Vice Minister of National Defence Edvinas Kerza is conducting a visit to Washington on November 4 – 8. He will meet with U.S. officials responsible for cybersecurity: discuss bilateral cooperation in cybersecurity and international cybersecurity issues at meetings with representatives of the Department of Defence, Department of State, Department of the Interior, and the Department of Energy.
The meetings will focus significantly on the Regional Cyber Security Centre to be established in Kaunas which is planned to be manned by Lithuania, the U.S., Ukraine, and Georgia. The Regional Centre is expected to reach Full Operational Capability in 2021.
Other aspects to be discussed with the U.S. allies are cooperation in ensuring 5G networks security and potential mitigating measures. Just like the other EU member states, Lithuania completed a national risk assessment, the EU plans presenting common recommendations on risk management related to the security of 5G networks by the end of the year.
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