Armenia continues to strengthen its capabilities in the field of cybersecurity
April 14, 2026
A 5-day workshop titled “Cybersecurity Risk Management,” organized by the Information Systems Agency of Armenia, has been launched. Within this framework, representatives from the Software Engineering Institute of Carnegie Mellon University were hosted in Armenia.
The purpose of the workshop is to contribute—through the participation and joint efforts of representatives from government agencies, the academic community, cybersecurity organizations, and critical infrastructure—to the development of Armenia’s national cybersecurity risk management framework and the corresponding capacity-building program.
Participants of the workshop were welcomed, and a productive course was wished, by Deputy Minister of High-Tech Industry of the Republic of Armenia, Ruben Simonyan.
The Deputy Minister emphasized that risk management is a direction of strategic importance for all sectors. According to him, while emerging issues can often be addressed quickly, it is far more essential to anticipate and prevent them in a timely manner.
The workshop is being conducted by Justin Novak (Senior Security Operations Researcher) and Jason Frick (Senior Cybersecurity Engineer).
Nerses Yeritsyan, the Director of the Information Systems Agency, delivered an opening speech.
Expressing gratitude to the representatives of Carnegie Mellon University, N. Yeritsyan emphasized that cybersecurity risk management is about preparedness, coordination, long-term strategy, and national resilience.
“It is extremely important to form and develop a collaborative ecosystem; only through joint work, open and uninhibited professional discussions, and mutual trust will it be possible to achieve value-based results,” he noted.
A welcome speech was also delivered by Christine Bushby, Economic and Commercial Officer at the U.S. Embassy in Armenia.
The workshop is being conducted by Justin Novak (Senior Security Operations Researcher) and Jason Frick (Senior Cybersecurity Engineer).
The Agency and Carnegie Mellon University have been cooperating for more than three years. The Software Engineering Institute is the founder of one of the first CERT centers in the world. In addition to numerous sectoral studies, the Institute aims to work with the private sector by introducing innovations into the public sector.
The workshop has been organized under the leadership of the Ministry of High-Tech Industry of the Republic of Armenia and implemented by the Information Systems Agency of Armenia and Carnegie Mellon University.