On February 22 the EU Cyber Rapid Response Teams (CRRT) Council confirmed that cyber rapid response capabilities will be activated in support of Ukraine.
“Lithuania, Netherlands, Poland, Estonia, Romania and Croatia respond to the request from Ukraine and activate the Cyber Rapid Response Team to support Ukraine’s institutions in the face of cybersecurity challenges,” said Vice Minister of National Defence Margiris Abukevičius.
Concrete numbers and specialization of experts to be deployed are currently subject to coordination. “We are considering deploying a CRRT to Ukraine ,” said Vice Minister M. Abukevičius.
The Cyber Rapid Response Teams have been operational since 2019. A CRRT comprises 8-12 cybersecurity experts delegated at national level by six EU member states – Croatia, Estonia, Lithuania, Netherlands, Poland and Romania. The team is capable of offering assistance in managing a cyber-incident or carry out prevention and vulnerability assessments.
The Lithuanian-coordinated PESCO Cyber Rapid Response Teams and Mutual Assistance in Cyber Security project is among the most successfully developed and most advanced PESCO projects. It reached Full Operation Capability in May 2021.
