Building on the conclusions of the SDA's recently released report “Cyber-security: The vexed question of global rules”, this debate examined the international cooperation mechanisms both in place and urgently needed. What obstacles still stand in the way of improving cooperation and what role should be played by international and regional organisations? What are the legal difficulties that stand in the way of greater cyber-security, and how do governments plan to reconcile the rights of citizens with their own concerns over national security?
Join the brainstorming for a broad discussion in the context of ongoing global financial turmoil and ever-present transnational threats ranging from WMD proliferation to drugs and human trafficking, in forums to include: Capabilities & future technologies • Forging strategic partnerships Crisis management • Facing up to the cyber-challenge • Future leaders
The SDA hosted a dinner debate to discuss "Public-private cooperation in cyber-security". Questions asked included: What costs are involved, who will bear them? How much frontline protection should be left to private companies? How good is information-sharing between public institutions and the private sector? Can the creation of new EU-level and international standards improve our cybersecurity, and if so what should these entail? How do we try and create an international fabric of responsibility? Such questions defy easy answers, but all panellists agreed on one basic principal. As Vice President of the European Commission responsible for the Digital Agenda, Neelie Kroes stated, “we need to exchange good practices, before we run out of time.”
To mark the launch of the SDA’s in depth policy report "Cyber-security: The vexed question of global rules", SDA Director Giles Merritt and report author Brigid Grauman welcomed a panel of high-level experts to discuss the complex challenges of global governance in cyber-space. The report takes a hard look at the state of play in cyber-security and provides public and private sector decision-makers with food for thought and recommendations for concrete next steps. Among the panel of experts were, Jeff Moss, Vice President and Chief Security Officer of ICANN, Demosthenes Ikonomou, Head of Secure Services & Project Support Activities for the European Network Security Agency, Jamie Shea, Deputy Assistant Secretary General for Emerging Security Challenges of NATO, Raj Samani, Vice President and CTO of McAfee Europe, Middle East and Africa.