Civil society organisations in the Macau SAR remain vulnerable and exposed to cyber risks and should partner with local authorities and private service providers to enhance their cyber resilience capacities, a report by researchers from the United Nations University Institute in Macau shows.
Titled ‘Civil Society Organizations’ Cyber Resilience – leaving no civil society organization behind in cyber resilience’ the research was carried out by United Nations University researchers Christy Un, Mamello Thinyane and Debora Christine.
The report details an investigation of the cyber resilience posture of CSOs in the local context of Macau SAR and finds that the organisations are operating in the context of increased cybersecurity vulnerability and limited resources and capacity for cyber resilience, which has been exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic.
CSOs are defined in the report as civil society or volunteer-run associations, social movements, and the non-profit sector.
‘In general, CSOs continue to experience marginalisation within the cybersecurity domain as far as threat intelligence reporting, direct technical support for incident handling, and capacity-building is…
