Centre for Cybersecurity

The Centre for Cybersecurity Belgium (CCB) calls on the administrative and logistical support of the Federal Public Service Chancellery of the Prime Minister in carrying out its assignments. The CCB is the central authority for cybersecurity in Belgium. It will draft a national Cyber Security policy and encourage all relevant Belgian governments departments to make an adequate and integrated contribution. The CCB will take over the management of the Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT) from the FPS Information and Communication Technology for the purpose of carrying out activities relating to the detection, observation and analysis of online security problems as well for providing continuous information related thereto to users.

Mission
As a national authority, the CCB's tasks are the following:
-Monitoring, coordinating and supervising the implementation of Belgian policy on the subject;
-Managing the various projects on the topic of cybersecurity using an integrated and centralized approach;
-Ensuring coordination between the relevant government departments and governments, as well as the public authorities and the private or scientific sectors;
-Formulating proposals aimed at adapting the regulatory framework in the field of cybersecurity;
-Ensuring crisis management in case of cyber incidents in cooperation with the government's Coordination and Crisis Centre;
-Preparing, disseminating and supervising the implementation of standards, guidelines and security standards for the various information systems of the governments and public institutions;
-Coordinating the Belgian representation in international cybersecurity forums, coordinating the monitoring of international commitments and national proposals on this subject;
-Coordinating the security evaluation and certification information and communication systems;
-Informing and raising awareness among users on information and communication systems.