The Director General of the National Cyber Security Authority, Bledar Kazia, represented Albania on the panel “Strengthening Security: Cyber-Resilience and Defence in Critical Sectors” at the ImpactSEE Conference in Bucharest, Romania, where he presented Albania’s approach to strengthening cyber resilience in critical sectors.
In his remarks, Mr Kazia stressed that cybersecurity is a matter of national security. An attack on the energy, healthcare, telecommunications or financial sectors directly affects citizens, the economy and the functioning of the state. Protecting these sectors requires prevention, coordinated response and the ability to restore services quickly following an incident.
International cooperation and the real-time exchange of threat information were among the priorities highlighted during the panel, alongside the need to develop specialised capabilities in every critical sector.
In this context, Albania’s model for sectoral CSIRTs was presented. Their establishment under the new approach is set to begin in the coming days. These structures will enable specialised incident response tailored to the risks and needs of each sector.
The model has attracted interest from other countries, some of which have requested Albania’s support in understanding and implementing it. By sharing its expertise and the practices developed at national level, Albania is expanding its contribution to cybersecurity across the region.
