TR-CERT also takes both proactive and reactive actions toward cyber incidents that would affect the country as a whole, such as botnets,[4] malware,[5] and distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks.

[11] Held at the ICTA headquarters in Ankara,[12] contestants from 17 countries[11] competed to identify cybersecurity emergencies and take the necessary measures within the scenarios and technical infrastructure prepared by TR-CERT.

The exercise was supported by the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) agency of the United Nations and the Cybersecurity Alliance for Mutual Progress (CAMP).

On 10 February 2020, TR-CERT's security operations center (SOC) was officially opened, with the attendance of the President of Turkey, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan.

[13]"Cooperating with "ICTA Academy" (Turkish: BTK Akademi), TR-CERT has given various cybersecurity trainings,[14] ranging from web application security to computer forensics.