The Centre for Cybersecurity
Belgium (CCB, https://ccb.belgium.be)
is the national authority for
cybersecurity in Belgium. The CCB
coordinates and monitors the
application of the Belgian
cybersecurity strategy.
Pursuant to its legal mandate the CCB
is strongly committed to protecting
four target groups: the general
population (informing and raising
awareness), companies (guiding and
assisting), government (guiding and
supporting) and organizations of vital
interest (reinforce and support).
Through optimal information exchange,
companies, the government, providers of
essential services and the population
can protect themselves
appropriately.
As the national authority for
cybersecurity, the CCB has been
designated as the responsible entity
for the implementation of the NIS
Directive and as the NIS Single Point
of Contact. In this capacity it also
coordinates the work of the different
sectoral NIS-authorities. The Belgian
NIS Act also gave the CCB additional
tasks, such as acting as a national
CSIRT (Computer Security Incident
Response Team) for Belgium, monitoring
cyberthreats and warning vital
organizations. Because of their
importance, such organizations can rely
on the CCB's Early Warning System
(EWS), Malware Information Sharing
Platform (MISP) and Incident Response,
as well as other Spear Warning and
Incident Response services.
In addition to these services, CCB
provides many online tools and
publications to help Internet users and
organizations in general become more
secure, such as the Cyberguide, the
Cyber Security Incident Management
Guide, webinars, Technical Expert
Training for federal officials, and
pentesting for government agencies. Via
Safeonweb.be and regular awareness
campaigns, the CCB informs and advises
the Belgian population about
cybersecurity and major current digital
threats and provides tips for safe
surfing behaviour.
The Centre for Cybersecurity Belgium
(CCB) was established by the Royal
Decree of 10 October 2014 and operates
under the authority of the Prime
Minister of Belgium.
CCB participates to the NISDUC project as an associated partner. Its main tasks include:
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Activity 2 - Training and
certification
- Users identification among their regulated entities for validation purposes
- Participation to the training/certification needs identification
- Review and feedback on produced results
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Activity 3 - Monitoring on
the practices and
experiences
- Centralisation of practices and experiences of their regulated entities
- Sharing of experiences and practices on the enforcement of the directive in Belgium
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Activity 4 - NISDUC
Conferences organisation
- Support for the organisation of the second NISDUC conference in Belgium