Cybersecurity Division

The BtCIRT shall carry out of the following responsibilities at the national level:

• Act as a national point of contact for cyber security issues for Bhutanese people, business, government and international agencies within the country.
• Develop and maintain national incident management capabilities in both reactive and preventive ways.
• Carryout cyber security awareness in the country.
• Be a competent source of cyber incident information.
• Coordinate cyber security incident response at the international level on behalf of the country.
• Represent the country in international organizations.

The BtCIRT shall carry out of the following responsibilities at the governmental level:

• Monitor cyber security threats, identify incidents in governmental networks, data centers, and national critical ICT and Media infrastructures.
• handle incidents, including having the authority to provide obligatory instructions for the government agencies, state owned organizations and national critical ICT and Media infrastructure agencies during major cyber security incidents.
• Provide preventive cyber security services for government agencies, state owned organizations and national critical ICT and Media infrastructure agencies.