CONDUCTING OF SEENSA ONLINE TRAINING SEMINAR “COMMUNICATION AND INFORMATION SYSTEMS PROTECTION”

Posted on 09 Sep 2020 15:05:22

In the period 01-02 September 2020 an online training seminar on the topic “Communication and Information Systems Protection” were held. The joined initiative between SCIS and the National Security Authority of the Republic of North Macedonia were held in SEENSA format as in it experts from the National Security Authorities of the South Eastern European states, members of the Regional Cooperation Council took part. The lectors of the seminar were Assoc. Prof. PhD Ventsislav Trifonov (Technical University – Sofia), Col. Nikolay Stoianov – Deputy Director of the Defense Institute “Prof. Tsvetan Lazarov” ) as well as experts from the security service, which is the competent accreditation authority in the Republic of Bulgaria for the security of Communication and Information Systems, in which classified information is generated, processed, stored and transmitted – State Agency “National Security”

In the framework of the seminar the issues of communication and information systems protection for working with classified information, artificial intelligence, cyber-security and computer security, were reviewed as a whole. The topic of the seminar was been chosen in coordination with all participants in the SEENSA format. In the end of the training the participants expressed their satisfaction and gratitude that his broad subject was reviewed comprehensively from theoretical standpoint as well as in practice.

The “Communication and Information Systems Protection” seminar was the first training initiative in SEENSA format as the SEENSA participants seek with this training to inspire the organization of similar initiatives in South Eastern Europe.