A/75/123 With regard to the identification of national points of contact at the technical and policy levels to address serious ICT incidents, the Ministry of Information and Communications Technology has clearly identified the individuals responsible for addressing each dimension of digital security. The relevant data may be shared with any bodies that require them. The Ministry of Information and Communications Technology also has a directory with contact information for the chief information officers an d chief information security officers of State entities and for the various stakeholders, who have been involved in discussions on digital security guidelines and in coordinated activities at each stage of incident management by the Government’s computer security incident response team. With regard to the development of and support for mechanisms and processes for bilateral, regional, subregional and multilateral consultations, in order to enhance inter-State confidence-building and to reduce the risk of misperception, escalation and conflict that may stem from ICT incidents, Colombia is actively participating in various international forums. In particular, it has participated in debates held at the United Nations (in New York, Vienna and Geneva), and in regional mechanisms and events, primarily within the framework of OAS. In the context of the Digital Agenda Group of the Pacific Alliance, and w ith the support of the OAS network of cybersecurity incident response teams in the Americas, Colombia is participating in the project for the exchange of information on cyberthreats among States members of the Pacific Alliance. In that connection, the technological platform for information exchange among the cybersecurity incident response teams of the member countries has been operational since 23 January 2020. The national node of Colombia is operated by the Computer Emergency Response Group of Colombia. At the bilateral level, Colombia entered into a memorandum of understanding with Chile on cyberspace, cybersecurity, cyberdefence, cybercrime and cyberintelligence, which was signed on 21 March 2019 by the countries’ ministers for foreign affairs. The participating entities for Colombia are the Presidential Advisory Office for Economic Affairs and Digital Transformation, the Ministry of Information and Communications Technology, the Ministry of Defence, the Cybersecurity Capacities Centre of Colombia of the National Police, the National Intelligence Directorate, the Attorney General’s Office, the Ministry of Justice and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. An exchange of experiences in the area of digital security took place between government experts from Colombia and Peru in a virtual format on 15 April 2020. Information on national policies and strategies was exchanged, and a channel for communication regarding future support activities to address ICT-related security incidents was established. Colombia also participates in cybersecurity innovation councils, an initiative of OAS and Cisco, which are forums for collaboration among key leaders in the public and private sectors, civil society and academia in promoting innovation, raising awareness and disseminating best practices related to cybersecurity in the region. These forums represent an important contribution to the implementation of confidence-building measures in cyberspace, and may support the implementation of more effective digital security policies at the national and international levels. International requests related to cybersecurity matters are generall y channelled through the Crime Prevention Coordination Office of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. 20-08285 21/84