Training on Cybersecurity and Information Security for the Public Sector

📅 28–29 July 2026
Vientiane, Lao PDR

In an era of rapidly advancing digital technologies, countries are increasingly exposed to a wide range of cybersecurity threats, including cyber intrusions. These threats can pose significant risks to national security, economic stability, critical infrastructure, and the protection of personal data. Many countries, however, continue to face challenges in developing the institutional capacity, legal frameworks, and technical expertise required to effectively prevent, detect, and respond to such risks. Strengthening national cybersecurity governance through comprehensive policies, strategies, and coordinated institutional mechanisms has therefore become a critical priority.

Training on Cybersecurity and Information Security for the Public Sector is a two-day intensive executive training, which aims to strengthen participants’ understanding of key concepts related to information security and data protection, raise awareness of emerging cyber threats, and support the assessment of existing national policies against international good practices and standards. It also seeks to build participants’ capacity to formulate, implement, and recommend effective cybersecurity and information security policies that contribute to a safer and more resilient digital environment.

Course Objectives

By the end of the programme, participants will be able to:

• Evaluate the impact of cybersecurity threats on national security and economic stability.
• Distinguish between various cyber-risks.
• Benchmark existing national policies against international best practices and privacy standards.
• Assess institutional capacity for preventing and detecting advanced digital threats.
• Formulate high-level recommendations for resilient information security policies.

Learning Outcomes

At the end of the programme, participants are expected to:

• Define information security, privacy and related concepts;
• Identify threats to information security;
• Assess existing information security policy in terms of international standards of information security, freedom of expression and privacy and data protection;
• Formulate or make recommendations regarding information security policy that would be appropriate to their countries.

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