The US provides the Republic of Moldova with security equipment to deal with cyber attacks
The Republic of Moldova received from the United States security equipment worth about 600 thousand dollars to deal with cyber attacks. The announcement was made by the US ambassador to Chisinau, Kent Logsdon, during the second meeting of the Working Group for the cyber security of the critical infrastructure in which Prime Minister Dorin Recean also participated.
Through this assistance, national institutions will become more protected and stronger, said the American ambassador, Kent Logsdon.
"The United States will provide the Government of Moldova through USAID with the essential hardware and software cyber security component, as well as further support in the amount of approximately 600 thousand dollars. This equipment represents a component of security and an important step towards increasing Moldova's ability to better prevent, deter and react to cyber attacks," the ambassador said.
Prime Minister Dorin Recean appreciated the support offered by the US, emphasizing its major importance in the context of the hybrid challenges and threats our country is facing.
"All online payments, online government services, i.e. digital, interaction through online businesses, we depersonalize a lot of services, but that also means that we automatically expose ourselves more and more to these cyber security risks. Technological progress also works in the field of digitization, but also in the field of attempted attacks and fraud. Therefore, on one hand the industry is growing and on the other hand the need for cyber security is also growing. We are moving from conventional wars to hybrid wars, and cyber wars are becoming more and more persistent," the prime minister said.
We remind that the Working Group for the cyber security of the critical infrastructure of the Republic of Moldova consists of 16 permanent members and invited members from the ministries and agencies, being supported by cyber security experts.
American assistance comes through the regional Critical Infrastructure Digitization and Resilience (CIDR) program, launched in 2022 by USAID.
