International Conference: Current Security Challenges for the Western Balkan Region Addressed by Means of Joint Responsibility and Cooperation Overall cybersecurity understanding in the region According to ENISA database, only Montenegro is in a phase of preparation of cybersecuriy strategy. Albania has started building its cybersecurity program upon the initiative and support of the USAID lately. Publication of the International Telecommunication Union labeled as“Cyberwelness prole” refers that Bosnia and Herzegovina have established CERT and cyber strategy, but in the same, it refers that there are not available information on the key implementing focal points. The overall conclusion is that both countries and citizens are lacking data and awareness about cyber security. Institutions and governments also do not put too much effort into this subject. General understanding of cyber security in the region is low. Why this matters? All of the countries of the Western Balkan region in the Balkans have dictated that the issue has deal up with the same problems, challenges and shifted from the margins to the mainstream, fast 79 aspirations for the most of the time. Due to this fact, they are sharing the same risks and same becoming recognized as one the key political­security issues in the Western Balkan region.” 110 needs: internally and externally. Although Islamic religious leaders on a Balkan conference in Skopje in 2011 have claimed that All countries of the Western Balkan region are NATO and/or EU aspiration countries. Macedonia is the best example: as one of the there is not danger of radicalization in the region, 111 academia does not fully agree with that statement. 112 As time passes, this issue main troop contributors in ISAF from the region, transforms into growing problem. Islamic with permanent international military presence Religious Community admitted that there is a abroad, it is directly affected as a potential target, being labeled as a strategic partner in the presence of Wahabi Islam in Macedonia in 2010, 113 and that they are lacking control over so called war on terror. Albania is already NATO some of the mosques in the country. member, and is completely under the joint shield Additionally, in the meanwhile, the problem of of protection. foreign ghters had occurred. One of the latest Internally, the region has a long history of inner media articles from October 2014 states“It is conicts and international presence and assumed that on the battleelds in Syria there interference. The long period of democratic are hundreds of citizens of the Balkan countries, transition was exhausting for the economies and mostly from Albania, Kosovo, Macedonia and the people that also led to ethnicizing of social Bosnia and Herzegovina. The latest gures conicts. Presence of fundamental radical Islam on the Balkan has also been invoked during the approximate that dozen people have been killed on the battleeld only from Macedonia so far.” 114 last decade. The presence of illegal migrants coming from “Growing concern over the rise of Wahhabism the Middle East has also increased,that is 110 Morrison, Kenneth Wahhabism in the Balkans(2008) Defence Academy of the United Kingdom 111 Article available at http://www.dw.de/%D0%B8%D1%81%D0%BB%D0%B0%D0%BC%D0%BE%D1%82-%D0%BD%D0%B0-%D0%B1%D0%B0%D0%BB%D0%BA%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%BE%D1%82-%D0%BD%D0%B5-%D0% B5-%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%B4%D0%B8%D0%BA%D0%B0%D0%BB%D0%B5%D0%BD/a-14951859 112 Article available at http://www.alfa.mk/News.aspx?id=62305 113 Article available at http://www.novamakedonija.com.mk/NewsDetal.asp?vest=72101025291&id=9&setIzdanie=22023 114 Article available at http://telma.com.mk/vesti/sad-i-makedonija-zagrizheni-za-zaminuvanjeto-borci-vo-sirija