should be continuously evaluated and updated due to dynamic changes and impacts in cyber
space.
Apart from this, Bureau is actively involved in the elaboration of the third edition of the
National Cyber Security Strategy, along with other national cyber stakeholders. The document
is designed to set goals, roles and responsibilities among the public and private sector
representatives in the sphere of cyber security.
GEO MoD leadership considers cyber security as one of the top priorities in the defence sphere.
As a result, 2019 was announced as the “Year of Cyber” in the Defence Forces which intensifies
a focus towards cyber security and its development.
In order to integrate cyber capabilities in defence forces CSB has participated in different
military and cyber exercises on national/international levels.
Taking into account that one of the top priorities for Cyber Security Bureau as well as for the
Ministry of Defence of Georgia is to care and support the wounded soldiers, CSB initiated the
Wounded Warrior Project in 2016. The goal of the Project is to facilitate wounded soldiers in
their adaptation process to social environment and reintegration into the society and also assist
them to develop their IT skills. More precisely, Bureau promotes further professional
development by providing basic cyber security and IT course. Now 2 retrained wounded
warriors are employed in the Bureau and are involved in cyber awareness campaign.
Besides, in 2018 Cyber Security Bureau introduced the Cyber Reserve project. The strategic
objective of this project is to develop and strengthen cyber capabilities which ultimately will
enhance the country's defence capabilities, through recruiting of highly professional cyber
specialists employed in private sector. The function of the Cyber Reserve is the
development/strengthening of cyber capabilities of defence sphere during the peace, crisis, war
and/or a state of emergency or based on national security interests. According to the schedule,
in early spring 2019 cyber reservists took part in cyber exercise “Paintball”, organized by the
Michigan state NG, together with Bureau’s personnel and participated in the specialized
training conducted by the US cyber experts.
Since the weakest point in cyber security is an end-user and considering the lack of knowledge
in the sphere of cyber security, Bureau has elaborated special obligatory course for MoD
employees. Different trainings, workshops and exercises are conducted on a regular basis. In
order to check the level of awareness of end-users fishing exercises are conducted occasionally.
The next step of this project is an implementation of Cyber Hygiene Platform within the
defence system.
In order to integrate cyber capabilities with defence forces Bureau’s personnel has been
participated in the different military and cyber exercises on national/international levels. It is
worth mentioning NATO-GEO 19 multinational military exercise, where Cyber Security
Bureau was responsible for information and cyber security of the exercise.
In today’s world, filled with hybrid, asymmetric threats and multidimensional provisions of
security, cyber domain represents one of the key aspects for maintaining stability in the Black
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