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SENSITIVE 
 
STATE FOR EUR/CE ASCHEIBE AND INR/CYBER 
 
SIPDIS 
 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: EINT TINT PREL RO
SUBJECT: ROMANIA: CYBERSECURITY POLICIES UNDER DEVELOPMENT 
 
REF: STATE 059432 
 
Sensitive but Unclassified, not for Internet distribution. 
 
¶1.  (SBU) EconOff met with Andrei Savulescu, Director General of the 
Department for Information Society in the Ministry of Communications 
and Information Society (MCSI) and Toma Cimpeanu, Vice President of 
the Agency for Information Society Services (ASSI) in response to 
reftel demarche.  The Government of Romania (GOR) broadly concurs 
with the USG that cybersecurity issues present a looming threat, 
both to commerce and to national security.   Noting that Romania has 
recently reorganized their Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT) 
following the U.S. model, they expressed an interest in working 
cooperatively with the U.S. to establish best practices and share 
information.  The Romanian CERT was recently established under the 
MCSI's authority in January 2009, building on existing capabilities 
within the Ministry of Interior and Ministry of Defense. 
 
¶2.  (SBU) Savulescu and Cimpeanu stated that the biggest 
cybersecurity threat in Romania is the illegal collection of private 
data through Internet banking.  However, Cimpeanu also pointed out 
that as e-government services increasingly take hold, threats to the 
public sector are expected to increase.  Savulescu and Cimpeanu 
acknowledged that there have been exploratory attacks by foreign 
governments and other entities on Romanian computer networks and 
that the GOR consequently maintains a high level of vigilance in 
response to this threat.  Some critical industries, specifically in 
the energy sector, already have robust cybersecurity defense 
programs in place, but the MSCI believes these programs could be 
expanded. 
 
¶3.  (U) According to post's interlocutors, the GOR is working hard 
to improve the security of commercial networks and bolster data 
privacy.  The GOR is eager to work both bilaterally and 
multilaterally on efforts to enhance the security of public and 
private computer networks in Romania. 
 
GUTHRIE-CORN