
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:
- 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
- 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
- Activity 4 - NISDUC Conferences organisation
- Support for the organisation of the second NISDUC conference in Belgium