CRDF Global, in partnership with the National Cyber Security Coordination Centre (NCSCC) and the National Directorate for Cybersecurity of Romania, organized the third international meeting in Bucharest, Romania.
Experts from the cyber community contributed their knowledge, experience and insights during the event. The central theme of the meeting was “Cultivating Partnerships for Cyber Resilience in Southeast Europe.” Key speakers included:
- Serhii Prokopenko, Head of the NCSCC Support Department
- Dan Cîmpean, Director, DNSC of Romania
- Ivan Kalabashkin, Deputy Head, Cybersecurity Department, Security Service of Ukraine
- Alina Bărgăoanu, Dean of the Faculty of Communication and Public Relations, National University of Political Studies, and Public Administration
- Eduard Mititelu, Secretary of State at the Ministry of Research, Innovation and Digitalization of Romania
- Oleksandr Klok, Head of Cyber Incidents Response Division, National Bank of Ukraine (NBU)
- Egor Aushev, CEO, Cyber Unit Technologies
- Răzvan Bologa, CEO, NEXTLAB.Tech
- Valentyn Kucheruk, CEO, Cyberlab
- Andrei Ioniță, Regional Director of Government Affairs and Strategic Accounts, Bitdefender
- Andrei Enachi, Senior Project Officer at the CyberUA project from Council of Europe
- Tetiana Prykhodko, Coordinator of Regional Digitalization and Innovation Directions, Analyst at the Ministry of Digital Transformation of Ukraine and East European Foundation
- Gabriela Matei, Cyber Resilience Expert, Euro-Atlantic Resilience Centre (E-ARC)
- Andrii Zablotskyi, Advisor to the Deputy at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine
- Yoeri van Haaften, Expert on EU-NATO relations, European External Action Service (EEAS)
- Ihor Malchenyuk, Director of Cyber Defense Department, Service of Special Communications and Information Protection of Ukraine
- Oleg Shemetov, Head of the Expert Group of Information and Cybersecurity Policies of the Directorate of Digital Transformation in Defense of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine
The 26th meeting of the National Cybersecurity Cluster brought together about a hundred partners from international organizations, government agencies, embassies, donor organizations, private and academic sectors.
