25 - 28 May, 2021
Tallinn, Estonia
CyCon 2021: Going Viral
CyCon 2021's central theme is Going Viral. It alludes to the implications of human crises (such as the 2020 pandemic) for cybersecurity and cyberspace. At a more abstract level, it aims to encourage discussions on the impact of fast proliferation and high unpredictability in cyberspace. Whether they concern old threats such as malware or new trends affecting cyberspace such as information campaigns, these phenomena have major real-life implications. We need to acknowledge those, study them and strive to use them for our common benefit.
26 May, 2021
Online
Cyber Trends 2021
Now in its fifth year, Cyber Trends draws on the experience of industry practitioners, government representatives, and researchers to examine the current trends and what is on the horizon for the cybersecurity ecosystem, across the UK and around the world.
This year the debates will consider the impact of the global pandemic on the current and future cyber scene. We are at a critical juncture where new trends are appearing and transformative initiatives are taking place.
26 May, 2021
Online, France
Paris Call Working Group 3: Supporting the Continuation of UN Negotiations with a Strong Multi-Stakeholder Approach
Following the first meeting of the Paris Call Working Group 3 (WG3) on Supporting the Continuation of UN Negotiations with a Strong Multi-Stakeholder Approach held on 24 March 2021 (March Meeting), the French Ministry of Europe and Foreign Affairs and the Cybersecurity Tech Accord are organizing Four Working Sessions in preparation for the Paris Peace Forum Conference in November 2021. The four sessions will be held online, and will focus on four topics which were agreed during the March Meeting:
1. Examples of multi-stakeholder governance and applicability to the discussions on cyber (May 2021)
2. UN OEWG on international ICT security: Multistakeholder engagement lessons learned (June 2021)
3. Deep dive into the Program of Action (PoA) and potential way forward (September 2021)
4. UN discussions on cyber: Recommendations on multi-stakeholder governance (October 2021)
Register here: https://form.jotform.com/211121866250345
24 May, 2021
Online , United Arab Emirates (the)
MENA E-Crime & Cyber Resilience Summit 2021
The current digital age has transformed the way we live our lives with plenty of online communication, commerce, social media, distant digital workforce and convenient living facilitated by digital devices and networks around us. While our dependence for technology is becoming a necessity, we aren’t doing enough to protect ourselves. Cyber criminals, hacktivists, and state actors are constantly targeting our freedom, private lives, personal details, sensitive corporate information while we digitize our personal and corporate infrastructures.
MENA E-Crime & Cyber Resilience summit is the first of its kind summit in the region that focuses on best practices, innovative technologies, real-time case studies and thought leadership from global cybersecurity leaders in an educational environment. Topics covered at this summit unearths the latest cutting-edge technologies and innovations along with a 360-degree view of evolving cybersecurity landscape and how to combat cyber criminals with peer-reviewed solutions to be cyber resilient. At this summit, the delegates will take home tons of actionable insights to strengthen their organisation’s cybersecurity strategy by staying abreast of relevant data-protection policies and regulations necessary to safeguard one’s organization's integrity.
Be a part of this platform wherein we will extensively discuss Proactive threat hunting, Zero-trust model, industrial cybersecurity, Crisis Management, Cyber insurance, Anti-Money Laundering and other topics that matter the most in this digital world!
16 - 20 May, 2021
Online
e-Governance Conference 2021
The e-Governance Conference is an annual event organised by the e-Governance Academy since 2015. It is supported by the Estonian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and co-financed from the funds of development cooperation and humanitarian aid.
Conference speakers include President of Estonia Kersti Kaljulaid, futurist and author Trond Arne Undheim, Former President of Estonia Mr Toomas Hendrik Ilves, CIO of Estonian Government Mr Siim Sikkut, and ministers and high-level government officials from around the world. More than 1000 participants from 120 countries are expected to attend.
Organisation
19 May, 2021
Online
European Cybersecurity Skills Summit
The first ever European Cybersecurity Skills Summit will take place in a virtual format. Major industry CEOs and policy-makers, as well as representatives of the younger generation, are expected to attend. The opening talk will be joined by Emil IVOV, the Founder of Jitsi.
The summit supports the Paris Call and the implementation of the European Skills Agenda, as a part of Europe’s Digital Decade, to ensure that people have the right skills for jobs.
The idea of the summit is based on recommendations that emerged from a large consultation led by the Youth IGF in 2020. It involved youth, market and policy actors that tried to understand the market, challenges and approaches in addressing the cybersecurity skills gap in Europe.
The Summit, will be new way of approaching cybersecurity skills in Europe that will create better opportunities for the younger generations in term of professional development, social utility and participation in the digital transformation of societies
The main goal of the Summit is to create better opportunities for the young in the cybersecurity area by helping to eliminate the cybersecurity skills gap.
Registration opens on 20 April at www.cyberskills.today- don’t miss out!
17 May, 2021
San Francisco and Online, United States
RSA Conference 2021
RSA Conference, the world’s leading information security conferences and expositions, today announced that RSA Conference 2021 will now take place the week of May 17 instead of in February as previously planned. The physical event remains in San Francisco at the Moscone Center and it will be accompanied by a robust and innovative virtual experience.
10 May, 2021
Online, Sweden
Stockholm Internet Forum 2021
"Mobilising for Digital Resilience – a free, open, and secure internet in the shifting landscapes of the pandemic"
Stockholm Internet Forum (SIF) is the forum advancing a free, open, and secure internet as a driver of global development. This is an arena for exchanging knowledge and ideas, and the place to forge new partnerships within civil society, private sector, academia, donors, and government. SIF is hosted by the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (Sida).
The ongoing pandemic has led to shifts in societies and development across the globe. As both individuals and organisations rely on trustworthy information to act safely and resume economic activities, access to a free internet is critical. In this era of uncertainty, where technical solutions are hastily developed and deployed, we must ensure privacy and human rights are not set aside.
As we face new challenges for democracy, Stockholm Internet Forum 2021 focuses on Mobilising for Digital Resilience – a free, open, and secure internet in the shifting landscapes of the pandemic.
10 May, 2021
Online, Austria
UN Cybercrime Ad Hoc Committee (RES A/74/247)
Through its resolution 74/247, adopted on 27 December 2019, the General Assembly, inter alia, took note of Commission on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice resolution 26/4 of 26 May 2017, in which the Commission expressed appreciation for the work done by the Expert Group to Conduct a Comprehensive Study on Cybercrime and requested the Expert Group to continue its work, with a view to examining options to strengthen existing responses and propose new national and international legal or other responses to cybercrime, and in this regard reaffirmed the role of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC).
In the same resolution, the General Assembly decided to establish an open-ended ad hoc intergovernmental committee of experts, representative of all regions, to elaborate a comprehensive international convention on countering the use of information and communications technologies for criminal purposes, taking into full consideration existing international instruments and efforts at the national, regional and international levels on combating the use of information and communications technologies for criminal purposes, in particular the work and outcomes of the open-ended intergovernmental Expert Group to Conduct a Comprehensive Study on Cybercrime
The General Assembly also decided that the ad hoc committee shall convene a three-day organizational session in August 2020, in New York, in order to agree on an outline and modalities for its further activities, to be submitted to the General Assembly at its seventy-fifth session for its consideration and approval.
Due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, the General Assembly decided through its decision 74/567 of 14 August 2020 to postpone the organizational session of ad hoc committee to a date as early as conditions permit but not later than 1 March 2021.
UNODC, through the Organized Crime and Illicit Trafficking Branch, Division for Treaty Affairs, will serve as Secretariat for the ad hoc committee and is supporting Member States in preparation for its three-day organizational session.
Themes & Topics
6 May, 2021
Online
Securing a Shifting Landscape: A Conversation with the Cybersecurity Tech Accord on Escalating Nation State Threats Online
This event features a panel discussion on how the technology industry is navigating escalating nation state conflict and threats in cyberspace and how the public and private sectors can work together on these issues. The discussion will build on the findings in a recent report produced by the Cybersecurity Tech Accord in partnership with the Economist Intelligence Unit, and feature expert voices from across the technology industry addressing a pressing issue.
