The Regional Center for Alert and Response to Cyber Attacks Bourgogne-Franche-Comté (CSIRT-BFC), operated by the ARNia (Regional Agency for Digital Technology and Artificial Intelligence), has been selected under the RALEC Call for Expressions of Interest (Strengthening Local Support for Cybersecurity Challenges) launched by ANSSI in August.
This renewal is accompanied by 400,000 euros in funding from the State, aimed at strengthening the CSIRT-BFC’s human and technical resources, expanding prevention efforts, and consolidating a regional public cybersecurity service accessible to all.
A Regional Public Service Dedicated to Cybersecurity
Established in 2022, the CSIRT-BFC provides free assistance to public and private entities in the region — local authorities, public establishments, associations, SMEs, mid-sized enterprises, and micro-enterprises.
It operates in addition to national schemes such as CERT-FR or Cybermalveillance.gouv.fr, offering direct incident support, ongoing monitoring, and remediation services.
Since its launch, CSIRT-BFC has supported more than 4,600 entities in Bourgogne-Franche-Comté. In 2024, it monitored 2,200 structures continuously, with nearly 2 million scans conducted. Of the incidents reported, 11% directly affected the operations of the organizations.
Recipients are primarily made up of local authorities (47%), public institutions (18%), and SMEs (13%).
The main identified threats include phishing, banking fraud, ransomware, and counterfeit online shopping sites. In parallel, 37 awareness-raising actions were organized in 2024.
Integration into the National InterCERT France Network
Since 2024, CSIRT-BFC has been the first regional CSIRT to join the InterCERT France network, which brings together French CERTs and CSIRTs. This integration strengthens national cooperation for the detection and response to cybersecurity incidents.
The renewal of CSIRT-BFC rests on an extended partnership with
the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté Region, ARNia, the competitiveness clusters, French Tech Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, the Regional Economic Agency, the employers’ associations (MEDEF BFC, CPME), the regional universities, as well as Dijon Métropole and Besançon Métropole.
Over the next two years, CSIRT-BFC plans to strengthen support for small organizations across the territory, to structure a Territorial Cyber Campus to unite the ecosystem and foster innovation, to deploy new detection and monitoring services, and to multiply awareness-raising actions among public and economic actors.
