Uploaded August 2025 | Updated September 2026, 25 minutes ago
đ In this week's "Improving Security Across Nations with FIRST" video series, we spotlight Carlos Leonardo, FIRST Board of Directors Member and Director of CSIRT-RD/DR.
He shares how regional leadership drives cybersecurity transformation across Latin America and the Caribbean:
đŻ National strategy implementation - Led the Dominican Republic's National Cybersecurity Strategy development and established the country's first National CSIRT, becoming the first Caribbean national CSIRT to join FIRST in 2020
đ Regional capacity building - Expanded FIRST membership from one to four organizations in the Dominican Republic while mentoring other nations to establish effective cybersecurity mechanisms and share critical threat intelligence
đ€ Cyber diplomacy leadership - Bridging technical operations with international policy through UN working groups on responsible ICT use, demonstrating how cybersecurity connects to national security and geopolitics
Watch to discover how Carlos' 20-year journey from digital forensics to cybersecurity strategy shows that prevention through international collaboration creates stronger collective defense than investigation alone.
#CyberDefense #cybersecurity
#infosec #security
đ In this week's "Improving Security Across Nations with FIRST" video series, we spotlight Carlos Leonardo, FIRST Board of Directors Member and Director of CSIRT-RD/DR.
He shares how regional leadership drives cybersecurity transformation across Latin America and the Caribbean:
đŻ National strategy implementation - Led the Dominican Republic's National Cybersecurity Strategy development and established the country's first National CSIRT, becoming the first Caribbean national CSIRT to join FIRST in 2020
đ Regional capacity building - Expanded FIRST membership from one to four organizations in the Dominican Republic while mentoring other nations to establish effective cybersecurity mechanisms and share critical threat intelligence
đ€ Cyber diplomacy leadership - Bridging technical operations with international policy through UN working groups on responsible ICT use, demonstrating how cybersecurity connects to national security and geopolitics
Watch to discover how Carlos' 20-year journey from digital forensics to cybersecurity strategy shows that prevention through international collaboration creates stronger collective defense than investigation alone.
#CyberDefense #cybersecurity
#infosec #security
