(MENAFN – Caribbean News Global)
WASHINGTON, USA – The Organization of American States (OAS), the ministry of foreign affairs of the government of Mexico and Cisco held the first national meeting of Cybersecurity Innovation Councils in their Mexico chapter, in which experts and managers of public and private sector policies exchanged experiences and best practices on cybersecurity.
This meeting, held virtually via Webex and as a follow-up to the commitment made in August 2019 between the OAS and Cisco, was attended by Mexican government authorities, OAS officials, academics, representatives of the private sector, and managers from Cisco Mexico and Latin America, who joined efforts to democratize and promote the adoption of cybersecurity in the country.
This first meeting of the Council in its Mexico chapter was headed by Farrah Urrutia, secretary for multidimensional security of the OAS, who emphasized that ‘digitalization is accompanied by new risks and increasingly sophisticated cyber threats, which require us to be alert in order to enjoy an open and safe Internet for everyone.’ Moreover, she said that, during the pandemic, “it is of…
