OBJECTIVES AND TASKS The main objectives and tasks of the National Centre for Computer Incident Response are as follows: O1. Play a key role in coordinating the handling of incidents among the stakeholders at a national level. O2. Respond to computer incidents by providing the necessary services to its constituent/user, allowing it to efficiently deal with the incidents. O3. Continuously monitor the risks, receive information about computer threats and incidents (automatically or via third parties) and continuously have at its disposal the indicators of incoming or outgoing malicious traffic in the country. O4. Is an official national point of contact and exchange of information (incidents, vulnerability reports, etc.) within the country and abroad with the National/Governmental CIRTs of the countries in the region and beyond. O5. Timely inform and notify its constituents. Provide for its constituents security advice, information for early warning and act as a focal point for issues related to cybersecurity. O6. Fully cooperate and exchange information with the state institutions in charge of law enforcement, particularly those in the field of cybercrime, and adequately address the legal issues that may arise during the incident. O7. Continuously exchange information, know-how and experience with the constituents, establish best security practices/guidelines and publish them accordingly, as well as continuously provide education and training for the constituents and for the employees of the Centre. O8. Provide assistance when establishing internal centres for computer incident response of large organisations that manage key/critical information infrastructures (public and private) in the Republic of Macedonia. O9. Continuously raise the awareness among the citizens on the negative effects of cyber threats and cybercrime. 7