What are the main challenges that Brazil faces to prevent threats in the cybersecurity field, such as cyber attacks? Who are the social actors with a key role in this theme? How can they work together to mitigate existing risks? The search for answers to these questions encouraged the Igarapé Institute to systematize, analyze and gather the existing knowledge on Brazil’s cybersecurity governance landscape.

 

The Brazilian Cybersecurity Portal gathers analyzes, research, norms and other documents on national cybersecurity. Thus, it intends to strengthen the skills for a collective action by the civil society, the academic community, the public authorities and the private sector in order to build a more secure, cooperative, resilient and sustainable digital environment.

General Coordination for the Treatment of Network Incidents (CGCTIR – DSIC) - 4057

According to Decree No. 5,772, CGCTIR is subordinated to the DSI (Information Security Departament). This general coordination only have its responsabilities established in 2017 by Ministerial Ordinance No. 91. Among its duties are: (I) to operate and maintain the CTIR Gov (Government Response Team for Computer Security Incidents), (II) to promote scientific-technological exchange, (III) “to support organs and entities of the government in computer network incident handling activities”, (IV) “monitoring and technically analyzing security incidents in government networks”, among others.

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