24 November 2021
Online
Protecting the healthcare sector from cyber harm
15:00 – 17:00 CEST
If the past year has taught us anything, it has to be that we need to protect the healthcare sector from cyberattacks. Between January and August 2021 alone, the CyberPeace Institute recorded 77 disruptive attacks on healthcare organizations, of which the majority resulted in operational disruptions to the sector. These have a direct human impact as people are unable to access healthcare services, a basic human right.
The Czech Republic, the CyberPeace Institute, and Microsoft are taking action. Together, they kick-started the ‘Protecting the Healthcare Sector from Cyber Harm’ project which, over a series of thematic workshops, brings together healthcare, cybersecurity, and regulatory experts to identify good practices needed to protect this vital infrastructure. This is a multistakeholder issue that requires the attention of government, industry and civil society actors in order to come up with truly global solutions.
This event will explore challenges pertaining to, inter alia, accountability, state responsibility, due diligence, international human rights law, International Humanitarian Law, sovereignty and non-intervention as well as the use of force. It will explore existing initiatives and outcomes, including innovative recent ones such as the Oxford Process, with the aim of distilling good practices and recommendations, which we will endeavour to compile in a compendium to be published at the end of the workshop series.
10 November 2021
Online
Strengthening inclusive cybercrime policymaking: Europe regional consultation
12:00-3:30 PM (UTC)
Join Chatham House and the EU Cyber Direct project for this virtual regional consultation, intended for civil society, the private sector and other non-state stakeholders from the wider European region to share their perspectives on developing a new international convention on cybercrime, pursuant to United Nations General Assembly resolution 74/247.
As the United Nations prepares to negotiate a new convention on cybercrime starting in January 2022, it is vital that non-state stakeholders (such as civil society, the private sector, academia, and the technical community) have the opportunity to meaningfully share their opinions and concerns.
To this end, Chatham House’s International Security Programme is facilitating a series of virtual regional consultations to engage with non-state stakeholders from different regions during the negotiations on cybercrime, providing a platform for sharing knowledge, information and positions on different issues.
Participants include:
- Joyce Hakmeh, Senior Research Fellow, International Security Programme; Co-Editor, Journal of Cyber Policy.
- Patryk Pawlak, Brussels Executive Officer, European Institute for Security Studies.
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10 November 2021
Online
Cyberdiplomacy: Critical challenges in cybersecurity and digital sovereignty
Time: 17:00 - 18:00 CET
Sciences Po's Paris School of International Affairs (PSIA) is delighted to welcome Brad Smith, President and Vice Chair of Microsoft to deliver a lecture on Critical challenges in cybersecurity and digital sovereignty. The lecture will be followed by an interactive exchange with the audience.
New technologies have given raise to conundrums that neither governments, civil society, nor industry can tackle on their own. Moreover, given the interconnected nature of our online environments, we can no longer hide from them behind our national borders. In his lecture, Mr. Smith will highlight some of the most pressing concerns we need to tackle today as a society, as well as preview how we might evolve our current models of cooperation to solve them.
More information will be provided in the coming days, including a dail-in link, which will be shared with you upon registration.
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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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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.
9 November 2021
GFCE – OAS Donors & Implementers Forum
The GFCE - OAS Donors & Implementers Forum will take place virtually on 9 November at 15:00 - 18:00 UTC
This is the first event being held under this framework and the purpose of the meeting is to bring together as many of the donors and implementers involved in cybersecurity capacity building in the Latin and American and Caribbean Region to discuss coordination efforts in the region and find areas of intersections for collaboration and cooperation among regional cyber-capacity and development actors.
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8 - 12 November 2021
Online, United Kingdom
EmPower Cyber Week
The EmPower Cyber Week will take place from 8th - 12th November 2021. It will give 12 - 13 year olds an exciting opportunity to learn about cyber security. Each day will feature a different cyber-related theme, delivered through on-demand videos and live sessions - all available for free.
The five-day programme includes:
Day 1 - Cyber Security
Day 2 - Networks
Day 3 - Logic & Coding
Day 4 - Cryptography
Day 5 - Speciality Day
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
3 Nov, 2021
Online
Responsible state behaviour in cyberspace at the United Nations: How can the multistakeholder community ensure that existing agreements become a reality?
3 November 2021 at 11:00 EDT /15:00 UTC / 17:00 CEST
In an effort to build on the December 2020 and February 2021 Let’s Talk Cyber multistakeholder discussions and to mark the launch of their new multistakeholder engagement website, currently under construction, the LetsTalkCyber Initative, is organizing a virtual session titled: “Responsible state behaviour in cyberspace at the United Nations: How can the multistakeholder community ensure that existing agreements become a reality?“
In the first half of 2021, two United Nations (UN) processes successfully concluded with the adoption of two consensus reports by the GGE 2019/2021 and the OEWG 2019/2021, re-affirming the framework for responsible behaviour of states in cyberspace. But where do we go from here? How can we ensure these agreements are respected and implemented, and how can the multistakeholder community play an active role?
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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.
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.
30 Sep, 2021
Online, Ireland
Virtual Roundtable: “Evolving internationally coordinated strategy to detect ransomware attacks as an international diplomatic and enforcement priority”
In September 2020, The Azure Forum brought together experts from across the globe to examine the nature of malicious cyber-enabled state activity in the healthcare sector during the global pandemic and the policy responses open to states to deal with this behaviour. A number of high-profile ransomware incidents have since occurred globally, such as the Colonial Pipeline and Health Service Executive of Ireland attacks, and use of ransomware targeting Microsoft exchange servers. We are thus revisiting these themes and would like to invite you to join a high-level roundtable discussion on “Evolving internationally coordinated strategy to deter ransomware attacks as an international diplomatic and enforcement priority”.
Thursday 30 September 2021 at 13:00-14:30 (Irish Standard Time).
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10-12 May 2022
Hybrid (Tallin and Online), Estonia
e-Governance Conference 2022
The e-Governance Conference, considered the biggest e-governance event in the international arena, brings together strategists, decision-makers, policy implementers and donors to chart the future course of governance.
This year, we will focus on the timeliest topics influenced by the war in Ukraine and natural disasters, by exploring how to develop digital ecosystems that cope with crises and create digital services that help citizens to cope with them.
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17-19 November 2021
Online & Sydney, Australia
The Sydney Dialogue (TSD)
The Australian Strategic Policy Institute’s The Sydney Dialogue is a world-first summit for emerging, critical and cyber technologies. The inaugural dialogue will be hosted virtually from Australia and will begin on 17–19 November 2021.
The Sydney Dialogue (TSD) will have an Indo-Pacific focus and will bring business, government and technology leaders together with the world’s best strategic thinkers, to debate, generate ideas and work towards common understandings of the challenges posed by new technologies.
TSD provides a forum for the world to anticipate and respond to the challenges and opportunities presented by increasingly complex advances in technology. The dialogue will span both public and private activities, including keynotes, panels, roundtables, podcasts, an annual publication and more. While the dialogue will start in November, the conversation will extend into early 2022 as we continue to launch new events.
The program will commence with an opening address from Australian Prime Minister the Hon Scott Morrison MP.
The Prime Minister of India – Narendra Modi – will also be giving a keynote address at the inaugural Sydney Dialogue.
Invitations will be issued to select delegates from around the world, with priority given to those in the Indo-Pacific region. This year, most plenary sessions will be broadcast live to the general public, others will be publicly available at a later stage and a small number will be closed-door.
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.
