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Verified cybersecurity activity context · Costa Rica / MICITT 2024

Costa Rica MICITT 2024 national cybersecurity capacity, threat-attempt, and training context

Market context — not industry-specific evidence

Costa Rica MICITT announcement context (micitt.go.cr, published 2024-10-22) states the following: 446% increase in investment to strengthen national cybersecurity capacity; 882 million cyberattack attempts reached in 2023; more than 86 million malicious-program attacks contained; 15 million deception attempts contained; 195,000 organised attacks contained; more than 35,000 users trained in cybersecurity; 250 IT professionals trained in cybersecurity; USD 25 million in assistance from the United States to strengthen digital infrastructure. These figures apply to MICITT national response and capacity context only and must not be presented as a CSIRT-CR annual incident registry, total Costa Rican business incident prevalence, confirmed compromises, resolved incident counts, protected organisations, or industry-specific evidence.

Costa Rica · MICITT 2024 national cybersecurity capacity, contained threat-attempt, and training context2023-2024 reporting context · Published 2024-10-22

Investment in national cybersecurity capacity — Costa Rica MICITT 2024

446% increase in investment to strengthen national cybersecurity capacity in the MICITT announcement context
446%
Unit
percent increase in investment to strengthen national cybersecurity capacity in the MICITT announcement context
Period
Costa Rica MICITT 2024 public-announcement national cybersecurity capacity, threat-attempt, contained-activity, and training context.
Scope
Costa Rica MICITT 2024 national cybersecurity context

MICITT announcement context (2024-10-22) states 446% increase in investment to strengthen national cybersecurity capacity. This refers to investment growth in national cybersecurity capacity context and must not be presented as 446% more incidents or 446% more confirmed compromises.

Costa Rica MICITT 2024 national cybersecurity investment increase context only. The 446% value refers to investment increase to strengthen national cybersecurity capacity and must not be presented as 446% more incidents, 446% more confirmed compromises, 446% more attacks, or a measure of total Costa Rican business risk increase. Not industry-specific evidence.

Cyberattack attempts — Costa Rica MICITT 2023 context

Cyberattack attempts reached in 2023 in the MICITT announcement context (source states 882 million)
882,000,000
Unit
cyberattack attempts reached in 2023 in the MICITT announcement context — source states 882 million
Period
Costa Rica MICITT 2024 public-announcement national cybersecurity capacity, threat-attempt, contained-activity, and training context.
Scope
Costa Rica MICITT 2024 national cybersecurity context

MICITT announcement context states 882 million cyberattack attempts reached in 2023. This refers to attempt volume in the MICITT context and must not be presented as 882 million confirmed incidents, successful attacks, or confirmed compromises.

Costa Rica MICITT 2023 cyberattack-attempt volume context only. The 882 million value refers to cyberattack attempts reached in 2023 in the MICITT announcement context and must not be presented as confirmed incidents, successful attacks, confirmed compromises, breached organisations, or all Costa Rican cyber incidents. Not industry-specific evidence.

Contained activity categories — Costa Rica MICITT 2024

Malicious-program attacks contained (source states more than 86 million)
86,000,000
Unit
malicious-program attacks contained in the MICITT announcement context — source states more than 86 million
Period
Costa Rica MICITT 2024 public-announcement national cybersecurity capacity, threat-attempt, contained-activity, and training context.
Scope
Costa Rica MICITT 2024 national cybersecurity context
Deception attempts contained — 15 million
15,000,000
Unit
deception attempts contained in the MICITT announcement context
Period
Costa Rica MICITT 2024 public-announcement national cybersecurity capacity, threat-attempt, contained-activity, and training context.
Scope
Costa Rica MICITT 2024 national cybersecurity context
Organised attacks contained — 195,000
195,000
Unit
organised attacks contained in the MICITT announcement context
Period
Costa Rica MICITT 2024 public-announcement national cybersecurity capacity, threat-attempt, contained-activity, and training context.
Scope
Costa Rica MICITT 2024 national cybersecurity context

MICITT announcement context states malicious-program attacks (source: more than 86 million), deception attempts (15 million), and organised attacks (195,000) as contained-activity categories. These values refer to contained activity in the MICITT announcement context and must not be summed as a total resolved-incident count or presented as resolved incidents, prevented breaches, or protected organisations.

Costa Rica MICITT 2024 contained-activity context only. All three values refer to contained-activity categories in the MICITT announcement context and must not be presented as resolved incidents, prevented breaches, protected organisations, or proof of protection. These categories must not be summed to produce a total resolved-incident figure. Not industry-specific evidence.

Cybersecurity training and capacity — Costa Rica MICITT 2024

Users trained in cybersecurity (source states more than 35,000)
35,000
Unit
users trained in cybersecurity in the MICITT announcement context — source states more than 35,000
Period
Costa Rica MICITT 2024 public-announcement national cybersecurity capacity, threat-attempt, contained-activity, and training context.
Scope
Costa Rica MICITT 2024 national cybersecurity context
IT professionals trained in cybersecurity — 250
250
Unit
IT professionals trained in cybersecurity in the MICITT announcement context
Period
Costa Rica MICITT 2024 public-announcement national cybersecurity capacity, threat-attempt, contained-activity, and training context.
Scope
Costa Rica MICITT 2024 national cybersecurity context

MICITT announcement context states more than 35,000 users and 250 IT professionals trained in cybersecurity. These values refer to training and capacity-strengthening activity and must not be presented as secured users, protected users, or certified professionals.

Costa Rica MICITT 2024 training and capacity-strengthening context only. The user training and IT professional training values refer to training activity in the MICITT announcement context and must not be presented as secured users, protected users, certified professionals, or guaranteed readiness. Not industry-specific evidence.

US assistance for digital infrastructure strengthening — Costa Rica MICITT 2024

USD assistance from the United States to strengthen Costa Rica digital infrastructure (source states USD 25 million)
25,000,000
Unit
USD assistance from the United States to strengthen digital infrastructure — source states USD 25 million
Period
Costa Rica MICITT 2024 public-announcement national cybersecurity capacity, threat-attempt, contained-activity, and training context.
Scope
Costa Rica MICITT 2024 national cybersecurity context

MICITT announcement context states USD 25 million in assistance from the United States to strengthen digital infrastructure. This refers to infrastructure assistance context and must not be presented as BilgeQor spending or a protection guarantee.

Costa Rica MICITT 2024 US infrastructure assistance context only. The USD 25 million value refers to assistance from the United States to strengthen digital infrastructure and must not be presented as BilgeQor spending, direct cybersecurity incident reduction, protection guarantee, or complete security. Not industry-specific evidence.

Source: MICITT, MICITT lidera la respuesta nacional ante el creciente panorama de ciberamenazas, 2024-10-22

Scope: Ministerio de Ciencia, Innovacion, Tecnologia y Telecomunicaciones (MICITT) public-announcement context published 2024-10-22. This is a MICITT national response and capacity announcement; do not present it as a complete annual incident registry or total national cyber incident census. The 882 million value refers to cyberattack attempts reached in 2023 and must not be presented as confirmed incidents, successful attacks, or confirmed compromises. The 86 million, 15 million, and 195,000 values refer to contained activity categories and must not be presented as resolved incidents, prevented breaches, protected organisations, or proof of protection. The 446% value refers to investment increase to strengthen national cybersecurity capacity and must not be presented as 446% more incidents or 446% more confirmed compromises. The 35,000 and 250 training values refer to training activity and must not be presented as secured users, certified professionals, or guaranteed readiness. The USD 25 million value refers to assistance to strengthen digital infrastructure and must not be presented as BilgeQor spending or a protection guarantee. These figures do not measure total Costa Rican business incident prevalence, hidden incident prevalence, population-wide victimisation rates, all-sector incident totals, confirmed compromises, industry-specific evidence, compliance achievement, certification, or security outcomes.

Methodology: Costa Rica Ministerio de Ciencia, Innovacion, Tecnologia y Telecomunicaciones (MICITT) public-announcement context published 2024-10-22. The admitted indicators describe MICITT national cybersecurity response and capacity context: investment growth, cyberattack attempt volume (2023), contained activity categories, training and capacity-strengthening, and US infrastructure assistance. This is a MICITT public-announcement context; do not present it as a CSIRT-CR annual incident registry, complete national incident census, or total Costa Rican business incident prevalence. The 882 million value refers to cyberattack attempts reached in 2023 and must not be presented as confirmed incidents, successful attacks, confirmed compromises, breached organisations, or all Costa Rican cyber incidents. The 86 million, 15 million, and 195,000 values refer to contained activity categories and must not be presented as resolved incidents, prevented breaches, protected organisations, or proof of protection. The 446% value refers to investment increase to strengthen national cybersecurity capacity and must not be presented as 446% more incidents or 446% more confirmed compromises. The 35,000 and 250 training values refer to training activity and must not be presented as secured users, certified professionals, or guaranteed readiness. The USD 25 million value refers to assistance to strengthen digital infrastructure and must not be presented as BilgeQor spending or a protection guarantee. Do not present any admitted indicator as total Costa Rican business incident prevalence, hidden incident prevalence, population-wide victimisation rate, all-sector incident rate, confirmed compromise count, breached-organisation count, resolved incident count, compliance achievement, certification, proof of security, or guaranteed protection.

Accessible data table
Verified Costa Rica MICITT 2024 national cybersecurity context data from MICITT, MICITT lidera la respuesta nacional ante el creciente panorama de ciberamenazas, 2024-10-22, reporting period Costa Rica MICITT 2024 public-announcement national cybersecurity capacity, threat-attempt, contained-activity, and training context..
MetricValueSourceScopeReporting period
446% increase in investment to strengthen national cybersecurity capacity in the MICITT announcement context446% percent increase in investment to strengthen national cybersecurity capacity in the MICITT announcement contextMICITT, MICITT lidera la respuesta nacional ante el creciente panorama de ciberamenazas, 2024-10-22Costa Rica MICITT 2024 national cybersecurity contextCosta Rica MICITT 2024 public-announcement national cybersecurity capacity, threat-attempt, contained-activity, and training context.
Cyberattack attempts reached in 2023 in the MICITT announcement context (source states 882 million)882,000,000 cyberattack attempts reached in 2023 in the MICITT announcement context — source states 882 millionMICITT, MICITT lidera la respuesta nacional ante el creciente panorama de ciberamenazas, 2024-10-22Costa Rica MICITT 2024 national cybersecurity contextCosta Rica MICITT 2024 public-announcement national cybersecurity capacity, threat-attempt, contained-activity, and training context.
Malicious-program attacks contained (source states more than 86 million)86,000,000 malicious-program attacks contained in the MICITT announcement context — source states more than 86 millionMICITT, MICITT lidera la respuesta nacional ante el creciente panorama de ciberamenazas, 2024-10-22Costa Rica MICITT 2024 national cybersecurity contextCosta Rica MICITT 2024 public-announcement national cybersecurity capacity, threat-attempt, contained-activity, and training context.
Deception attempts contained — 15 million15,000,000 deception attempts contained in the MICITT announcement contextMICITT, MICITT lidera la respuesta nacional ante el creciente panorama de ciberamenazas, 2024-10-22Costa Rica MICITT 2024 national cybersecurity contextCosta Rica MICITT 2024 public-announcement national cybersecurity capacity, threat-attempt, contained-activity, and training context.
Organised attacks contained — 195,000195,000 organised attacks contained in the MICITT announcement contextMICITT, MICITT lidera la respuesta nacional ante el creciente panorama de ciberamenazas, 2024-10-22Costa Rica MICITT 2024 national cybersecurity contextCosta Rica MICITT 2024 public-announcement national cybersecurity capacity, threat-attempt, contained-activity, and training context.
Users trained in cybersecurity (source states more than 35,000)35,000 users trained in cybersecurity in the MICITT announcement context — source states more than 35,000MICITT, MICITT lidera la respuesta nacional ante el creciente panorama de ciberamenazas, 2024-10-22Costa Rica MICITT 2024 national cybersecurity contextCosta Rica MICITT 2024 public-announcement national cybersecurity capacity, threat-attempt, contained-activity, and training context.
IT professionals trained in cybersecurity — 250250 IT professionals trained in cybersecurity in the MICITT announcement contextMICITT, MICITT lidera la respuesta nacional ante el creciente panorama de ciberamenazas, 2024-10-22Costa Rica MICITT 2024 national cybersecurity contextCosta Rica MICITT 2024 public-announcement national cybersecurity capacity, threat-attempt, contained-activity, and training context.
USD assistance from the United States to strengthen Costa Rica digital infrastructure (source states USD 25 million)25,000,000 USD assistance from the United States to strengthen digital infrastructure — source states USD 25 millionMICITT, MICITT lidera la respuesta nacional ante el creciente panorama de ciberamenazas, 2024-10-22Costa Rica MICITT 2024 national cybersecurity contextCosta Rica MICITT 2024 public-announcement national cybersecurity capacity, threat-attempt, contained-activity, and training context.

Relevant loss and exposure areas

These existing industry scoping prompts help frame a proposal. They do not assert an incident, loss, or market-specific condition.

Industry themes

  • Supply Chain Attacks
  • Data Exfiltration
  • Ransomware

Digital surfaces in scope

Vendor PortalsSupply Chain DashboardsOrder Management

What structured security support changes

The Security File turns risk signals into decisions.

Official market data shows where risk exists. The BilgeQor Security File connects that context to your real websites, apps, accounts, payment flows and team responsibilities, so leaders can decide what to fix first.

Why this matters

The file gives your team one place to understand what was reviewed, what matters, what changed, and what still needs a decision.

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What the Security File contains

A Security File is not a generic report. It is a structured decision record for the assets, workflows and risks covered by the agreed scope.

01

Market and sector context

We connect official market signals and industry exposure to the business surfaces in scope.

02

Exposure map

We map websites, apps, accounts, payment journeys, admin roles, vendors and customer-facing workflows.

03

Priority register

We separate urgent risks, important improvements and lower-priority findings so the next action is clear.

04

Executive summary

We provide a concise summary that leadership, operations, vendors or insurers can read without needing raw technical detail.

05

Remediation roadmap

We turn findings into a 14 / 30 / 90-day action path with ownership, evidence notes and follow-through guidance.

What it is not

  • Not a guarantee of perfect security.
  • Not a certification or compliance verdict.
  • Not a per-company loss estimate or fear-based claim.