The updated Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Cyber Security and Cybercrime Action Plan (CCSCAP) 2025 was launched on Friday in Port-of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago as part of the region’s efforts to boost its level of cybersecurity.
CCSCAP 2025 is a critical strategic blueprint designed to safeguard the Caribbean region’s accelerating digital and the launch which was spearheaded by the CARICOM Implementation Agency for Crime and Security (IMPACS) in collaboration with the European Union–Latin America and Caribbean (EULAC) Digital Alliance policy dialogue on cybersecurity, implemented by Expertise France, and EL PAcCTO 2.0, implemented by the Fundación para la Internacionalización de las Administraciones Públicas (FIAP), signals a shift from traditional cyber security measures to a comprehensive strategy focused on cyber resilience, an IMPACS release on Saturday stated.
It explained that the updated CCSCAP addresses critical gaps identified since the original 2016 framework, including fragmented training, inconsistent legislation and insufficient collaboration between government agencies and educational institutions. To counter the dynamic threat landscape, which includes sophisticated ransomware attacks and identity fraud targeting state apparatus, the CCSCAP 2025 strengthens the original five pillars and introduces a crucial new sixth pillar – Incident Response – which seeks to ensure that effective, coordinated response mechanisms are in place to protect critical infrastructure, maintain public confidence, and safeguard the continuity of essential services during a crisis.
