MINISTRY OF SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS The Central Bank of Costa Rica has constituted a Certifying Authority for issuance of digital signature certificates for physical persons (CA SINPE – Physical Person) and legal persons (CA SINPE- Legal Person), besides enabling the service of time stamps (TSA SINPE)22. Use of these certificates has strengthened the public sector, as well as the services offered, guaranteeing safer online transactions. 3.3.5 Costa Rica Computer Security Incident Response Team: CSIRT-CR This Team was formed by Executive Decree Nº 37052-MICIT of March 09 of 201223. This provision designates CSIRT-CR as the agency in charge of coordinating everything related to matters of informatics and cybernetics security. It is further empowered to have a team of experts i n Information and Communication Technologies security in charge of preventing and responding to incidents of informatics and cybernetic security affecting governmental institutions. CSIRT-CR seeks the implementation and management of technological measures with the purpose of mitigating the risk of attacks against the community’s systems providing the service, so as to incorporate the cybernetic security system and information technologies to the Central Government and Autonomous Entities’ protection and decrease cybernetic risks and threats. The team is in charge of MICITT’s Directorate of Digital Governance; however, its operation i s presently limited o w i n g t o l a c k o f r e s o u r c e s i n t h e p u b l i c sector. Tasks carried out to this date have mainly consisted of generation of capacities of the public sector’s officials, through different cybersecurity trainings. In addition, CSIRT-CR, has assumed the task of raising awareness and informing, with support from specialists in different fields on relevant topics as Deep Web and security in bank transactions. 21 Digital Signature web site. [Online]. Available at: http://www.firmadigital.go.cr/Leyes.html Digital Signature web site. [Online]. Available at: http://www.firmadigital.go.cr/Leyes.html 23 Creation of the Computer Security Incident Response Team CSIRT-CR, Decree Nº 37052-MICIT, Creates Computer Security Incident Response Team CSIRT-CR. Diario Oficial La Gaceta de la República de Costa Rica, March 09 of 2012. Available at: http://www.gaceta.go.cr/pub/2012/04/13/COMP_13_04_2012.html#_Toc321989832 22 - 27 www.micitt.go.cr