International Conference: Current Security Challenges for the Western Balkan Region Addressed by Means of Joint Responsibility and Cooperation The specic structure of cyber-related domain Cyberspace is probably the most accessible space for“troublemakers”. Since he beginning it was intended to be highly achievable and client oriented. It has a great potential for the creation of a cascade effect in different areas of society. Protection of the critical infrastructure is another crucial element that is lacking. Excessive part of the critical infrastructure is in private ownership­the push for privatization and economic and democratic transition through capitalism was an inuential factor over those issues and relations, making them even more complicated to some extent. Need for centralized domestic approach Lack of effective and comprehensive cyber different stakeholders are engaged and it is strategies on a national level within the region sometimes tricky to allocate responsibility. That's leads to the decreased understanding of the why, there is an imminent need for preparation of issues of cyber security as well as lack of effective and reliable cybersecurity strategy, and centralized body(on a national level) that would this is not the case for Macedonia only. The rst deal up with cyber security in general. Although step for effective cybersecurity is readiness to all of the western Balkan countries are put on ITU deal up both with the consequences of potential list of established national CIRT(except Kosovo), 117 there is a great discrepancy between attack, but also prevention and understanding of the problem. The ministry of interior and related 81 theory and practice. Macedonia is lacking CERT (or CIRT) unit, as well as the national institutions already have a lot of practice in dealing up with some sort of cybercrimes, or coordinating body responsible for cyber security. child protection in the cyber sphere but this is Different institutions deal up with different aspects of the issue, but unfortunately, none of hardly far from enough. In the autumn 2014, rst SEENSA 118 meeting occurred in Belgrade that is them is going deeply through the problematic. also some promise for future cooperation. Single legal and policy framework is lacking; Need for coordinated efforts regionally For the Western Balkan, shared responsibility usually means shared security. And shared security goes in two directions: rst, learning about relying on each other and building mutual trust, through transfer of part of the responsibilities for the common good as a compensation for the greater good(or better to say, greater security) of all, and secondly, through factual increased security and resilience of the systems and societies. Although Western Balkan states lag behind in regard to issues of cyber security, although they have serious cause for concern, perhaps the advantage should be sought in the similarity of the concerning situations in each of those states: the ability to use them as a platform for building cooperation and mutual trust. Cyber threats are generally considered exempt from national, ethnic or religious inclinations, and this makes them a great challenge to be resolved jointly, by cooperative efforts. The countries of the Western Balkans are more or less confronted with the same challenges and the same questions: that's why the best way is jointly to come to some answers, and to overcome the effects of the century long conicts by working together on a eld as cybersecurity, which is equally important for all of them, and at the same time is gender, religious and ethnic neutral. 117 ITU, National CIRTs established worldwide, available at<http://www.itu.int/en/ITU-D/Cybersecurity/Documents/CIRT_Status.pdf> 118 SEENSA, new regional format of advanced protection of classied information, information available at http://www.rcc.int/articles/79/seensa-new-regional-format-of-advanced-protection-of-classied-information