The Cybersecurity Diplomacy course equips professionals with the knowledge and skills they need to act effectively in cybersecurity diplomacy. This online course analyses how the abuse of technology impacts geopolitical security, social and economi...
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The UN’s Open-ended Working Group (OEWG) on Developments in the Field of ICTs in the Context of International Security (UN Cyber OEWG) has established another landmark in the international negotiations about the ‘rules of the road’, and particularly ...
19 Mar 2021
Blog post
Now that everyone’s morning news frequently feature cyberattacks that cause real damage to human health, safety, economic income and threaten nations’ political stability and elections; cybersecurity is finally mainstream. This is partially due to th...
18 Mar 2021
Blog post
One could say that the wish list for cyber-peace was already written in 2015, when states agreed on some rules of behaviour in cyberspace - including that existing international law applies to it. Are we good to go? Not so fast. The devil is in the d...
4 Dec 2019
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In December of last year, New York City was the place for diplomats to write a long list of New Year cyber-wishes, which came in the form of resolutions that established the first UN Open-Ended Working Group on Developments in the Field of ICTs in th...
4 Dec 2019
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As cyberspace increasingly gets (mis)used by states for military purposes, international negotiations on rules of behaviour in cyberspace evolve, in particular within the UN context. DiploFoundation, with the support of Microsoft, is organising a ser...
21 Nov 2019
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Vladimir Radunovic, Director of e-Diplomacy and Cybersecurity at DiploFoundation will give a brief presentation on the Geneva Internet Platform's (GIP) mapping of offensive cyber capabilities around the world and discuss trends in cyber-armament and ...
2 Apr 2019
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Vladimir Radunovic, Director of e-Diplomacy and Cybersecurity at DiploFoundation will give a brief presentation on the Geneva Internet Platform's (GIP) mapping of offensive cyber capabilitiesaround the world and discuss trends in cyber-armament...
25 Mar 2019
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At the opening of the annual UN Internet Governance Forum (IGF), held on 12–14 November 2018 at UNESCO in Paris, French President Emmanuel Macron launched the Paris Call for Trust and Security in Cyberspace, a high-level declaration laying out common...
19 Dec 2018
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While cyberspace and ICT can deliver significant benefits to society, the growing use of ICT by state and non-state actors for malicious purposes – threatening not only peace and security, but also the entire digital society and economy – is of signi...
19 Dec 2018
Event
While cyberspace and information and communications technology (ICT) can deliver significant benefits to society, the growing use of ICT by state and non-state actors for malicious purposes – threatening not only peace and security but also the entir...
25 Oct 2018
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Internet governance (IG) has become one of the most important policy areas of our time. Topics like privacy protection, human rights online, and cybersecurity are increasingly in the focus of gl...
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The comic brings a worrying, yet realistic and educative story that follows a life of a cyber vulnerability, from its inception to its deployment for an actual cyberattack.
Long TextCyber-attacks of various purposes – for warfare or crimes, terroris...
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Just as the world’s governments came together in 1949 to adopt the Fourth Geneva Convention to protect civilians in times of war, we need a Digital Geneva Convention that will commit governments to implement the norms that have been developed to prot...
24 Feb 2017
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Is cyber-armament a growing trend? What are the main diplomatic responses? And why is the private sector calling for a global political dialogue? This three-part post analyses cyber-armament as a growing trend, and looks at diplomatic initiatives on ...
22 Feb 2017
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Governments have placed cybersecurity and cyberconflict at the top of their agendas. Bilateral cyber agreements among lead economies - including the EU, China, India, Japan, Russia, Germany, Canada, and the USA - are on the rise. The number of multil...
2 Dec 2016
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Governments have placed cybersecurity and cyberconflict on top of their agendas. Bilateral cyber agreements among lead economies - including the EU, China, India, Japan, Russia, Germany, Canada, and the USA - are on the rise. The number of multilater...
23 Nov 2016
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