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Furthermore, the National Computer Emergency Response Team, which is part
of the Information and Communication Technologies Authority, has coordinated the
cyberincident response in Turkey since 2013. In addition to cyberthreat dete ction and
cyberincident response, including before, during and after incidents, the team ensures
the implementation of preventive measures against cyberthreats and cyberdeterrence.
The main focus areas relating to cybersecurity of the National Computer
Emergency Response Team are:
• Cyber capacity-building
• Technological measures
• Gathering and disseminating threat intelligence
• Protection of critical infrastructure
In the context of improving national cybersecurity, 14 sectoral computer
emergency response teams for critical sectors or infrastructures (such as energy,
health, banking and finance, water management, electronic communications and
critical public services) and 1,803 institutional computer emergency response teams
have been established since 2013. All computer emergency response teams operate
24 hours a day, seven days a week, under the coordination of the national team, in
order to mitigate cyberrisks and fight against cyberthreats. The National Computer
Emergency Response Team uses detection and prevention tools for monitoring, and
reporting tools for information-sharing with relevant parties. The National Computer
Emergency Response Team developed the information-sharing platform for all
computer emergency response teams within Turkey in order to distribute alarms,
warnings and security notices, which provides an efficient and secure
communications channel.
The National Computer Emergency Response Team organizes and supports
training courses, summer camps and competitions on cybersecurity open to several
communities. In addition, the national team provides training to computer emergency
response teams on topics such as malware analysis and log analysis. Mo re than
5,000 people have been trained in different areas of cybersecurity by the national team
over the past four years.
In addition, the Academy established within the Information and
Communication Technologies Authority provides online training open to the public
on cybersecurity and other related areas in order to contribute to increased expertise
within Turkey’s human resources. The training content is available on the Academy ’s
official web portal (www.btkakademi.gov.tr/portal).
Several Turkish organizations, institutions, universities, non-governmental
organizations and private sector entities also organize seminars, conferences and
training nationwide on cybersecurity, the protection of critical infrastructure and other
related topics.
The annual Safer Internet Day is among the awareness-raising activities, and its
main objective is the conscious and safe use of the Internet. An internet helpline and
a safe web website, where families can find advice for efficient use of the Internet, is
publicly available on the official safe web portal ( www.guvenlinet.org.tr/).
Turkey also takes steps to counter heightened digital security risks to ensure
cybersecurity and takes measures within the scope of the coronavirus disease
(COVID-19) pandemic.
Malware, phishing attacks and other cyberthreats exploiting the trends of the
COVID-19 pandemic are analysed by the National Computer Emergency Response
Team, which operates 24 hours a day, seven days a week. Through command and
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