February 20, 2024
Online
2024 Cyber Dialogues: Part I
The United Nations Institute for Disarmament Research (UNIDIR) is pleased to invite you to the first session of the 2024 Cyber Dialogues.
This first dialogue will host sharp conversations featuring nuanced viewpoints between diplomats, policymakers, think tanks and private sector to create a fuller picture of the dynamics on existing and potential threats to cyberspace. Key questions include:
What are the most pertinent challenges of the malicious use of ICT, and how are they evolving over time?
How have cyber threats evolved over time, and do OEWG discussions reflect States’ and stakeholders’ perceptions?
What joint State-private sector initiatives currently address supply chain challenges and proliferation of malicious tools?
What is the impact of ICT threats on multiple sectors, including the healthcare, maritime, aviation and energy sectors and how are States responding to these threats?
29 Jan - 9 Feb 2024
New York, United States
Concluding Session Ad-hoc Committee on Cybercrime – New York
13 - 15 Dec 2023
Bucharest, Romania
Octopus Conference on Cybercrime
This year’s Conference will take place in Bucharest, Romania between 13-15 December, providing an opportunity for cybercrime experts from public and private sectors as well as international and non-governmental organisations from all over the world to share experience. High-level interventions are envisaged.
The focus for the 2023 edition will be two-fold:
1. Securing and sharing electronic evidence: the tools are here – let’s use them!
2. Capacity building on cybercrime and electronic evidence: 10 years of Cybercrime Programme Office (C-PROC) – What impact so far; what’s next?
The conference will also include an expo area with booths where projects, partners and other initiatives will have the possibility to showcase their work.
Registration will be open from 1 September to 31 October 2023 on the dedicated Conference webpage (https://www.coe.int/en/web/cybercrime/octopus-conference-2023)
Organisation
11 - 15 Dec 2023
New York, United States
Sixth session: Open-ended Working Group (OEWG) on security of and in the use of information and communications technologies
At the sixth substantive session to the open-ended working group, the group will consider progress made in the development of rules, norms and principles of responsible behaviour of States, with a view to promoting common understandings in the sphere of information security.
15 Dec, 2023
New York and Online
[OEWG Side-Event] Fostering Information Sharing and Transparency on Cyber Capacity-Building: A collaboration between UNIDIR Cyber Policy Portal and GFCE Cybil Portal
WHAT: The United Nations Institute for Disarmament Research (UNIDIR) and the Global Forum on Cyber Expertise (GFCE) are pleased to invite you to a side event to announce a collaborative effort that enriches the existing UNIDIR Cyber Policy Portal by integrating capacity building data from the GFCE Cybil Portal. In the spirit of collaboration and by leveraging existing resources, this initiative will enhance the security of and in the use of ICTs through improving awareness of existing resources, facilitating collaboration among stakeholders, and encouraging greater transparency in cyber capacity building efforts.
UNIDIR's Cyber Policy Portal provides a comprehensive overview of cyber policy landscapes across all 193 UN Member States and select intergovernmental organisations. The UNIDIR Cyber Policy Portal has been acknowledged as a global confidence-building measure in the second Annual Progress Report of the OEWG on ICTs which has been subsequently welcomed by the UNGA. Now, the Portal is evolving as it incorporates data from nearly 900 capacity building projects sourced from the GFCE Cybil Portal.
GFCE’s Cybil Portal is the largest global, open and free knowledge repository for and by the international cyber capacity building (CCB) community. It facilitates a baseline understanding of the CCB landscape through mapping almost 900 projects and activities, over 400 tools and resources, actor information and an events calendar.
During the upcoming launch event, participants will gain insights into the capabilities of the UNIDIR Cyber Policy Portal and the GFCE Cybil Portal, along with other digital tools and initiatives provided by the organisations. The event provides an opportunity for attendees to acquaint themselves with the expanded capabilities of the platforms, helping them better understand how these tools can actively contribute to strengthening the global cyber capacity building landscape. Regional perspectives will be shared, and participants are encouraged to reflect and intervene from the floor.
AGENDA:
• Opening Remarks – Giacomo Persi Paoli, Head of Security and Technology Programme, UNIDIR
• UNIDIR Cyber Policy Portal & Other Digital Tools – Lenka Filipová, Digital Tools Coordinator, Security and Technology Programme, UNIDIR
• GFCE Cybil Portal – Chris Painter, President, GFCE Foundation Board
• Ambassador Richard Kadlčák, Director, the Cybersecurity Department, Special Envoy for Cyber Space, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Czech Republic
• Daniela Ruiz, Director for Cybersecurity and Arms Control, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Mexico
• Emmanuella Darkwah, Senior Manager, International Cooperation, Cyber Security Agency, Ghana
• Shariffah Rashidah Syed Othman, Director of Policy and International Cooperation at the National Cyber Security Agency, Malaysia
Moderated by Giacomo Persi Paoli, Head of Security and Technology Programme, UNIDIR
The presentations will be followed by an interactive Q&A session with the audience.
WHEN & WHERE: Friday 15 December 2023, 13:15 – 14:30 EDT. Hybrid format – Conference Room 7, United Nations Headquarters, New York and online. Light lunch will be provided to the participants attending in person. If attending online, please consult this website to find your local time.
PARTICIPANTS: We welcome OEWG delegations and cyber experts, as well as members of the multi-stakeholder community including industry, civil society, and intergovernmental organizations (ECOSOC status). Please kindly note that UNIDIR is not able to grant access to the United Nations Headquarters for those who are not already in possession of the UN accreditation.
RSVP: Please register here (https://forms.office.com/e/y0v7UJYsu2) by Thursday 14 December 2023. You are kindly requested to specify if you will be attending in person or connecting remotely. Early registrations are encouraged. For those joining online, the link to access the event will be provided by email to registered participants one day prior to the session. For any questions, please contact the UNIDIR Security and Technology Programme (sectec-unidir@un.org).
6 - 7 Dec 2023
Brussels, Belgium
Closing the Gap Conference 2023
The EU Cyber Diplomacy Initiative – EU Cyber Direct is joining forces with research institutions and civil society organisations around the world to organize the third edition of the Closing the Gap Conference.
This two-day, in-person, conference aims to explore regional perspectives on emerging and disruptive digital technologies. The motivation for this thematic focus is threefold:
1. To de-center approaches to emerging and disruptive digital technologies that have largely been Western/European-centric;
2. To explore the diversity of interpretations regarding associated challenges and opportunities:
3. To enrich the state of the art with novel research ideas, theoretical insights, and empirical case studies.
The conference aims to bring to the fore a variety of perspectives, ideas, and mechanisms from different disciplines to inform policymakers, cyber diplomats and academics, as well as contribute to evidence-based policymaking. Scholars are welcomed from fields as diverse as international relations, security studies, political science, law, behavioural science, computer science, science and technology studies, sociology, and communication studies.
Themes & Topics
Organisation
7 Dec 2023
Geneva / Hybrid, Switzerland
Cyber Norms in Action: The Launch of the Geneva Manual
''Cyber norms in action: How to translate diplomatic agreements into real security for us all?'' will launch the Geneva Manual, a comprehensive guide on non-state actors’ contributions to the implementation of cyber norms, developed by the Geneva Dialogue on Responsible Behaviour in Cyberspace.
The Dialogue particularly asks how the norms and confidence-building measures (CBMs) might be best operationalised (or implemented) by relevant actors as a means to contribute to international security and peace.
The event will take place in a hybrid format.
29 Nov - 1 Dec 2023
New Delhi, India
International Conference on Cyberlaw, Cybercrime & Cybersecurity
The International Conference on Cyberlaw, Cybercrime & Cyber Security 2023 aims to examine and analyze the emerging Cyberlaw, Cybercrime and Cybersecurity trends of today’s times.
The International Conference will be attended by various international delegates and speakers as also representatives from the national Diaspora representing the stakeholders in the digital ecosystem.
29 - 30 November 2023
Accra, Ghana
Global Conference on Cyber Capacity Building (GC3B) 2023: “Cyber Resilience for Development”
The inaugural Global Conference on Cyber Capacity Building (#GC3B), co-organized by the Global Forum on Cyber Expertise (GFCE), the World Bank (WB), the CyberPeace Institute, and the World Economic Forum (WEF), will take place in Accra (Ghana) on the 29th-30th November 2023 under the theme “Cyber Resilience for Development.”
Built upon four pillars – (1) Cyber Resilience for Development; (2) Collaboration to Secure the Digital Ecosystem; (3) Cyber Capacity Building for the Stability and Security of the Digital Environment; and (4) Solutions for Safeguarding Development from Digital Risks and Threats – the conference seeks to bring together decision-makers from around the world to catalyze action on mainstreaming cybersecurity, resilience, and cyber capacity building (#CCB) within the international development agenda. It also aims to raise awareness of how cybersecurity and resilience are an integral part of digital, social, and economic development as well as critical to achieving the UN Sustainable Development Goals (#SDGs).
The first-annual GC3B is anticipated to:
• Develop a demand-driven and international Global Cyber Capacity Building Agenda for cyber resilient development;
• Enhance CCB efforts by accelerating current multi-stakeholder cooperation and public-private partnerships;
• Mobilize global action, promote coordination mechanisms for CCB at the global and regional levels, and encourage funding of CCB;
• Advance good practices and tools for the protection of critical infrastructure; and
• Showcase examples from developing countries, particularly across the Global South, that have effectively incorporated cybersecurity and resilience into their development strategies and infrastructure projects and successfully coordinated external CCB funding and activities.
For more information, please email contact@gc3b.org
Themes & Topics
13 - 17 Nov 2023
Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic (the)
CyberWeek @LAC4 2023
This year CyberWeek at the Latin America and Caribbean Cyber Competence Centre (LAC4) will focus on CSIRT Technical and Operational Development for the Latin America and the Caribbean region.
This event will provide a platform for fostering collaboration, enhancing technical capabilities, and strengthening operational frameworks within the regional CSIRT community.
Cyber Week @ LAC4 is designed for professionals and stakeholders involved in CSIRT operations from the Americas, the EU and other like-minded countries.
