Guyana and US hold discussions assessing military communications network

 Members of the United States Southern Command (USSOUTHCOM), held discussions with the Guyana Defence Force (GDF) to assess its military communications network and to discuss emerging threats in the cyber and 5G domains, the US Embassy here announced Monday.

It said that the talks last week involved USSOUTHCOM Florida Air National Guard, and interagency personnel and were part of the United States’ and Guyana’s continuing military-to-military partnership.

“The participants discussed how the GDF has made significant progress in implementing recommendations from the assessment to improve their cyber security posture,” the Embassy said in the brief statement.

It said that the US representatives and GDF “reaffirmed their mutual commitment to collaborate on countering threats in the cyber domain and discussed how the next engagement can build on the success of this week’s conference,” adding that the meeting built on the baseline cyber assessment conducted in March 2023.

The Embassy said that following USSOUTHCOM Commander General Laura Richardson’s visit to Guyana in July this year, “the United States and Guyana agreed to increase cooperation in the cyber domain”.

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