Table 3: Cyber Troop Capacity in Cuba
Team Size
Resources
Spent Activity Levels
(USD)
Coordination
Capacity
Measure
Permanent
Operation centre at Medium
Universidad de las
Ciencias Informáticas
(UCI).
Schedule of attacks
and online responses.
Source: Authors’ evaluations based on data collected. Blank spaces indicate no evidence was found.
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