28th October 2021
Online
Webinar – Women in Cyber: A year later
14:00 - 15:30 CEST
ITU launched in 2021 the Women in Cyber Mentorship Programme (in collaboration with FIRST and EQUALS). The programme is an outcome of the CyberDrill 2020 Empowering Women in Cybersecurity webinar, where the need for role models and mentorship was identified as pivotal for increasing the number of women leaders in cybersecurity. Building upon ongoing efforts of ITU to close the digital gender divide by mainstreaming gender-focused activities, the programme engages role models and leaders in the field, and connects them with talented women worldwide.
The first edition of the programme was successfully implemented, and this session will bring together leaders in the field to assess the efficiency of capacity building programs for women in cybersecurity, the impact of mentorship, and explore new areas of action to improve women inclusion in the field, share testimonials and best practices, in a collective effort to devise the future of the programme and of the community for 2022 and beyond.
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27 Oct, 2021
Online
Cybersecurity Crossroads: The Intersection of Information, Technology, and People
October 27, 2021 11:00 am - 3:00 pm (ET)
Join the National Cyber Security Alliance and Nasdaq for the 2021 Cybersecurity Summit, “Cybersecurity Crossroads: The Intersection of Information, Technology, and People.” The challenges faced by the cybersecurity community today are hitting mainstream headlines. However, new approaches to information sharing, securing technologies, and human-centric cyber training can empower organizations and professionals to enable a safer, more secure world.
In honor of Cybersecurity Awareness Month, experts will delve into the current cybersecurity landscape, and discuss how looking at cybersecurity as an intersection of information, technology and people can secure its future.
Sessions will include:
- Flipping the Switch: Prioritizing People in Cybersecurity
- Global Information Sharing to Disarm Cyber Criminals
- The Cybersecurity Solution: Educating Future Leaders
- Fireside Chat: The Supply Chain Ripple Effect
26-27 October 2021
Online, Netherlands (the)
NCSC research symposium: Let’s Do Cybersecurity Research Together
The symposium will take place entirely digitally and will last both days from 13:00 to 17:00 (CEST)
More collaboration and research is needed to take cybersecurity incident response to the next level. That is why the NCSC is proud to present the upcoming research symposium: Let's do Cybersecurity Research Together. This symposium revolves around connecting multidisciplinary academic and applied research(ers) with the professionals who are involved in preventing and handling cyber security incidents on a daily basis.
The symposium offers a varied program with keynotes by Dr. Jeroen van der Ham and Dr. Stephanie de Smale of the NCSC with The Future of Cybersecurity Incident Response and Dr. Corinne Cath of the University of Oxford on her PhD research Changing Minds and Machines.
Furthermore, on the first day TNO and Leiden University will present the results of their research carried out in collaboration with the NCSC. Day two offers interesting panel discussions on The Power of Internet Standards and dcypher's community panel on cryptocommunication and automated vulnerability research.
21 - 22 October, 2021
Kigali (Rwanda) and Online, Rwanda
African Finance Cybersecurity Conference 2021
The objective of this conference is to initiate and foster a financial sector cybersecurity community at the continental level, connected to international intelligence, enabling trusted information exchange and cooperation.
It will be held from October 21st till October 22nd at the Kigali Convention Centre (Rwanda) during the African Microfinance Week 2021. Although on-site attendance is recommended, it can also be attended remotely. Note that Covid-19 compliant sanitary measures will be strictly enforced at the conference venue in Rwanda.
The African Finance Cybersecurity Conference will consist of 2 tracks:
- Information Sharing & ACRC - Thursday 21st of October from 8.30 am – 6.00 pm & Friday 22nd from 8:30 am – 12:30 pm
- Research & Education – Thursday 21st of October from 2.00 pm – 6.00 pm & Friday 22nd from 8:30 am – 5:30 pm
Registration for On-site participation opens September 15th and closes on October 4th. Pre-registration is required for remote participation, and registration will be confirmed by ACRC.
Registration for remote participation opens September 15th and closes October 20th.
For further information, you can contact bekitah@cyber4africa.org
12-13 October 2021
Online
Cyber 9/12 Strategy Challenge for South Africa
Atlantic Council and the Cybersecurity Capacity Centre for Southern Africa (C3SA) at the University of Cape Town, are partnering to host the inaugural Cyber 9/12 Strategy Challenge in South Africa. The Cyber 9/12 Challenge for South Africa is designed to offer students enrolled in tertiary education programmes across a wide range of academic disciplines in South African universities, a better understanding of the policy challenges associated with cybercrime and/or cyber operations. Part interactive learning experience and part competitive scenario exercise, the Cyber 9/12 Strategy Challenge for South Africa gives students interested in understanding and learning how to tackle and respond to cybercrime and/or to cyber operations, from a technical, policy, and legal angles an opportunity to interact with expert international, regional, and national mentors, judges, and cyber professionals while developing valuable skills in policy analysis and presentation.
Student teams will be challenged to respond to an evolving scenario involving a major cyber-attack and analyse the threat it poses to state, military, and private sector interests. Teams will be judged based on the quality of their policy responses, their decision-making processes, and their oral presentation to a panel of judges. Along the way, teams will work with coaches at their home institution to develop their policy skills and feedback from expert panels of judges will ensure that all participants have an opportunity to improve their skills, as well as networking opportunities during the competition.
13 Oct, 2021
Online, United States
The Ransomware Pandemic: Is There a Light at the End of the Tunnel? Cyber Resilience Seminar Series.
Oct 13, 2021 09:00 AM in Eastern Time (US and Canada)
GFCE Member World Bank, is hosting on Wednesday, October 13th “The Ransomware Pandemic” webinar which covers the increasing threat posed by ransomware attacks, and will focus on several themes: governmental response, economic impact, incident management and capacity building.
The webinar will feature a keynote address by Chris Painter, President of the GFCE Foundation Board, followed by a panel discussion featuring leading global cyber resilience experts Dr. Maya Bundt, Mr. Menny Barzilai, David Satola and Dr. Ts. Aswami Ariffin.
13 Oct, 2021
Online , Austria
Cyber Stability Games – A Virtual Experience for Practitioners
13 October 2021, 13:00 CET
As part of the Cybersecurity Awareness Month, OSCE is organising the Cyber Stability Games – a virtual exercise for cyber practitioners organized in co-operation with Kaspersky and DiploFoundation and held on Webex.
The Cyber Stability Games are a capacity-building exercise intended to assist diplomats, policy researchers and other cyber professionals who do not have a technical background in learning about the complexities of technical attribution in a political context.
The exercise aims to teach players about the complexities of technical attribution; i.e. technical malware analysis. Action cards played, and thus decisions made by players through five turns, will either lead them to the most accurate technical analysis and help understand who is the culprit by collecting technical pieces of evidence, or will spark greater uncertainty and cyber instability if the riddle is not solved.
11-12 October 2021
Online
Cyber 2021: Overcoming the Vulnerabilities of Digital Transformation
11-12 October 2021, 1:00PM-4:00PM BST
This year’s annual cyber conference will explore the accelerated digital transformation globally, the challenges it creates for effective cyber governance and security, and how to maintain a truly global and open internet.
Join an international audience of policymakers, senior business leaders, intergovernmental and multilateral organizations and other experts to engage in discussion over two days. With a focus on interactivity, key features in the virtual environment include 1:1 networking, polling, Q&A with speakers and live analysis of results.
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4 - 8 Oct, 2021
Singapore International Cyber Week (SICW) 2021
The sixth edition of SICW will take place from 4 to 8 October 2021, under the theme of “Living with COVID19 – Reimagining digital security risks and opportunities”. COVID-19 has accelerated digitalisation and resulted in a growing dependence on technology, but this has also increased our exposure to cyber attacks. While a handful of countries have started on the bumpy road to recovery, most are experiencing a resurgence in infections. Living with COVID-19 will be a prolonged reality that the global community has to come to terms with. As private and public stakeholders reposition themselves or recalibrate policies to promote digitalisation, what are the digital and cyber risks involved and how should we manage them? Amidst these risks, what are the new digital opportunities that did not exist pre-COVID-19? How can countries and organisations leverage these opportunities? These and many other questions will be tackled at SICW 2021.
Alongside the shift of business meetings towards a hybrid model, CSA will be organising SICW 2021 as a combination of inter-linked physical and virtual meetings that will allow key leaders from governments, industry, academia and non-government organisations to explore the future of cyberspace cooperation from a broader range of perspectives.
7 Oct, 2021
Online and Singapore, Singapore
GFCE Southeast Asia Regional Meeting
At the Singapore International Cyber Week (SICW) 2021, the Global Forum on Cyber Expertise (GFCE) and the Cyber Security Agency (CSA) Singapore will host the first ever GFCE Southeast Asia Regional Meeting on Thursday 7th October 2021 at 09:00 - 11:30 local Singapore time (01:00-3:30 UTC).
The inaugural GFCE Southeast Asia Regional Meeting 2021 will bring together the GFCE community and ASEAN stakeholders to identify opportunities and challenges for cyber capacity-building in the region and share good practices and knowledge. The session will discuss the cyber capacity-building landscape in Southeast Asia as well as collaborative opportunities to enhance coordinated capacity-building efforts in the region.
This is a hybrid event, with both in-person and virtual speakers and audience. Online access to this event is provided through registration on the SICW Virtual Platform.
