Cyber Capacity Unit were commissioned by the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office in Chișinău to produce guidance for the Government of the Republic of Moldova to support their national cyber security strategy. There is immediate and significant threat for Moldova and it was a great pleasure to work with representatives from across the government to produce this report.

“I was very pleased with the work that the Cyber Capacity Unit (CCU) undertook, providing recommendations for the Moldovan government as they look to strengthen their defences against cyber attack. We thank CCU’s UK experts for reacting quickly in providing practical recommendations that have been well received by the Moldovan government. This important work complements other EU and US activities in support of Moldova’s cyber security strategy, and underlines the strong friendship between the UK and Moldova.”

— Steven Fisher, His Majesty’s Ambassador to the Republic of Moldova

During his first official visit to Moldova, UK Minister for Europe Leo Docherty MP handed our report to Nicu Popescu, Minister of Foreign Affairs and European Integration.

It's great to see this work getting such a high profile and ministerial endorsement from the UK. We look forward to getting back to Chișinău in the not too distant future

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The CCU directors worked closely with the Serbian government on two projects. The first was to support the Ministry of Interior Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT) by delivering strategic gap analysis, a management road map and training plan, as well as designing and delivering bespoke on-site training for analysts and responders. This was conducted across multiple visits to Belgrade.

After the success of this project CCU were invited back to work with the Serbian National CERT (SRB-CERT) to conduct a maturity assessment, develop a human resources management road-map and training plan, as well as an in-person workshop session over multiple days.

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“CCU supported our unit in our efforts to become fully functional (CERT), Oliver and his colleagues were engaged as the main contributors. It is my opinion that they did a great job, and shared their knowledge and experience very efficiently. We were very satisfied and I could recommend these guys for any similar activities.”

— Nebojša Jokić
Head of Computer Emergency Response Team
Serbian Ministry of Interior

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CCU is currently providing strategic consultancy via the UK’s Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO), to the Indonesian government, working with a wide range of ministries, agencies (health, security, ICT, health insurance), professional bodies and academic stakeholders. CCU has not only identified key policy, technical and data security standards and data processing recommendations, but has been asked to implement such measures, alongside KPMG, through the development of a varied programme of capacity building measures.

This is an important piece of work for the FCDO and the CCU, as it aligns with the regional and thematic areas identified as crucial to the UKs future national security and prosperity in the March 2021 Integrated Review.

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CCU, working on behalf of NATO, assisted the North Macedonia government to develop and deliver bespoke training to assist with national cyber threat assessment, evaluation, and situational awareness for the national CERT (MKD-CERT) and another, newly formed, government cyber defence and analysis team.  

CCU, working with NATO and regional FCDO staff, conducted an initial visit to Skopje to meet the local teams and identify training needs.  The outputs from this visit were used to develop a five day training programme for Cyber Defence practitioners. This course was delivered onsite for the CERT team and their colleagues by one of our directors, and received extremely positive feedback from the attendees.

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