[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":91},["ShallowReactive",2],{"news-\u002Fnews\u002Feu-backed-caribbean-cyber-training-centre-lac4":3},{"id":4,"title":5,"author":6,"authorTitle":7,"authorUrl":8,"body":9,"canonical":8,"category":43,"date":44,"description":45,"draft":46,"extension":47,"faqs":48,"findingsSource":8,"geo":58,"image":60,"industries":61,"keyFindings":8,"meta":64,"modified":65,"navigation":66,"path":67,"pullquote":8,"recommendations":8,"references":68,"related":72,"seo":79,"seoTitle":80,"signposts":8,"slug":81,"stats":8,"stem":82,"tags":83,"tldr":89,"__hash__":90},"news\u002Fnews\u002Feu-backed-caribbean-cyber-training-centre-lac4.md","EU-Backed Caribbean Cyber Training Centre LAC4 Serves 27 Countries","ArcQubit Team","",null,{"type":10,"value":11,"toc":39},"minimark",[12,17,24,27,30,33],[13,14,16],"h2",{"id":15},"eu-backed-caribbean-cyber-training-centre-lac4-serves-27-countries","EU-backed Caribbean cyber training centre LAC4 serves 27 countries",[18,19,20],"p",{},[21,22,23],"strong",{},"26 MAY 2022, SANTO DOMINGO",[18,25,26],{},"The EU-backed Latin America and Caribbean Cyber Competence Centre, LAC4, launched on 26 May 2022 and serves 27 member countries. It builds cyber skills across the region through training and capacity development. While LAC4 is not quantum-specific, the capacity it creates matters for how the region will handle emerging risks, including quantum.",[18,28,29],{},"Skills are the link to quantum readiness. Post-quantum migration demands skilled people, and that expertise is scarce in every region. A centre that raises regional cyber competence builds the human capacity that quantum readiness will draw on, so investment in general cyber skills today supports the specialised work migration will require tomorrow.",[18,31,32],{},"Regional capacity is what makes LAC4 effective. Smaller countries often lack the resources to build cyber expertise on their own, so a shared centre serving 27 countries pools effort and spreads skills more widely than any single nation could manage. That collective model strengthens the whole region's ability to respond to risks that no member could fully address alone.",[18,34,35,38],{},[21,36,37],{},"Why it matters."," LAC4 builds the regional cyber skills base that underpins any future quantum work in Latin America and the Caribbean. It does not address quantum directly, but post-quantum migration cannot happen without skilled people, and the centre develops exactly that capacity across 27 countries. The region's quantum readiness will rest in part on the foundation that shared training institutions like LAC4 provide.",{"title":7,"searchDepth":40,"depth":40,"links":41},2,[42],{"id":15,"depth":40,"text":16},"Policy","2022-05-26","The EU-backed LAC4 cyber training centre, launched in 2022, serves 27 member countries, building regional cyber skills that underpin quantum readiness.",false,"md",[49,52,55],{"q":50,"a":51},"What is LAC4?","LAC4 is the Latin America and Caribbean Cyber Competence Centre, an EU-backed cyber training centre launched on 26 May 2022. It serves 27 member countries, building cyber skills across the region through training and capacity development.",{"q":53,"a":54},"How does cyber training relate to quantum readiness?","Post-quantum migration demands skilled people, and skills are scarce everywhere. A training centre that raises regional cyber competence builds the human capacity that quantum readiness will draw on, even though LAC4 is not quantum-specific.",{"q":56,"a":57},"Why does regional capacity matter?","Smaller countries often lack the resources to build cyber expertise alone. A shared centre serving 27 countries pools effort and spreads skills more widely than any single nation could, strengthening the region's collective ability to handle emerging risks like quantum.",[59],"santo-domingo","\u002Fassets\u002Fog-default.png",[62,63],"Government Facilities","Cross-Sector",{},"2026-08-14",true,"\u002Fnews\u002Feu-backed-caribbean-cyber-training-centre-lac4",[69],{"label":70,"url":71},"European Union, \"Latin America and Caribbean Cyber Competence Centre (LAC4),\" launched May 26, 2022.","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.lac4.eu\u002F",[73,76],{"label":74,"url":75},"Caribbean Updates Its Cybersecurity Action Plan With an Incident Response Pillar","\u002Fnews\u002Fcaribbean-updated-cybersecurity-action-plan",{"label":77,"url":78},"African Consortium Issues a Post-Quantum Readiness Paper and Forms an Alliance","\u002Fnews\u002Fafrican-consortium-readiness-paper-regional-alliance",{"title":5,"description":45},"EU-Backed Caribbean Cyber Training Centre LAC4","eu-backed-caribbean-cyber-training-centre-lac4","news\u002Feu-backed-caribbean-cyber-training-centre-lac4",[84,85,86,87,88],"quantum readiness","critical infrastructure","policy analysis","PQC migration","for government","The EU-backed LAC4 cyber training centre, launched in May 2022, serves 27 member countries, building the regional cyber skills that underpin future quantum readiness.","tDKlCrenVUuXm5VBAZ4KBlHkLCV9_pHK6maiDc_FCjA",1792182887470]