When the pandemic was declared last year, and lockdown measures were put in place, stress and anxiety levels were not the only things to spike. By April 2020, TikTok generated a staggering 2billion downloads across the globe, just 5 months afte...
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...
Start date: 17 May 2021
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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
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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
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Amidst the current environmental, socioeconomic, and health crises, a lot has been said in regard to humanity’s existential threats. COVID-19 has exposed us. The pandemic has revealed the fragility of our societies, and how inevitable and indispensab...
26 Feb 2021
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Precise agriculture, monitoring water use, remote medicine – these are just some of the developments enabled due to the expanding use of Internet of things (IoT) devices. There is no doubt that IoT devices can improve our lives. At the same time, how...
16 Dec 2020
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For delivering secure-by-design digital products, companies currently lack market incentives. Just as governments need industry for developing smart regulations and policies, the industry needs governments for setting the tone and impetus for the mar...
9 Dec 2020
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Malicious activities in cyberspace are a significant drag on the global economy. A 2018 assessment by the US government estimated that cyber incidents are likely to have cost the US economy up to USD$106 billion in 2016, amounting to abou...
26 Nov 2020
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Ensuring the integrity of the supply chain and encouraging vulnerability management are among the 11 voluntary cyber norms that have been agreed in the 2015 report of the UN Group of Governmental Experts (GGE) on ICT security. At the same time, as ha...
8 Oct 2020
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Diplo offers five postgraduate-level online courses starting the week of 5October 2020:
Language and Diplomacy
Sustainable Development Diplomacy
Negotiation Skills
Economic Diplomacy
Cybersecurity
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1 Oct 2020
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Diplo offers five postgraduate-level online courses starting the week of 5 October 2020:
Language and Diplomacy
Development Diplomacy
Negotiation Skils
Economic Diplomacy
Cybersecurity
For more information on each course please cli...
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Security in Cyberspace: Dynamics, limits and opportunities will take place on 14 May 2020 at 13:30 – 20:30, online.
The panel includes DiploFoundation's Marília Maciel (Digital Policy Senior Researcher).
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14 May 2020
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Online meetings and conferences are now a necessity for most organisations.
In this highly interactive, practice-based course participants learn how to plan, manage, and run successful online events: choosing and using an appropriate te...
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DiploFoundation, with the support of Microsoft, organised the Cyber-diplomacy web discussion: Norms and confidence building measures (CBMs): Are we there yet? This webinar was the fourth in a series of cyber-diplomacy web discussions, following the w...
2 Dec 2019
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DiploFoundation, with the support of Microsoft, organised the Cyber-diplomacy web discussion: Traceability and attribution of cyber-attacks: Who did it? This webinar was the third in a series of cyber-diplomacy web discussions, following the web disc...
21 Nov 2019
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DiploFoundation, with the support of Microsoft, organised the web discussion: Cyber-armament: A heavy impact on peace, economic development, and human rights. This webinar was the first in the series of cyber-diplomacy web discussions which aim to ma...
4 Nov 2019
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The programme will consist of a half-day session for higher level officials of the government of Uzbekistan, followed by a two-days training event for cybersecurity specialists from different key ministries, agencies, committees and representatives f...
5 Nov 2019
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Diplo offers five postgraduate-level online courses starting the week of 7 October 2019:
Language and Diplomacy
Development Diplomacy
Artifical Inteligence
Economic Diplomacy
Cybersecurity
For more information on each course please...
7 Oct 2019
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Issues which were considered ‘techie’ subjects, or deemed futuristic, are now part of the diplomatic reality. Artificial intelligence, cyber-attacks, fake news, and e-commerce are negotiated at the Unite...
18 Sep 2019
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Ms AndrijanaGavrilović is a digital policy researcher at DiploFoundation. In her research, she focuses on internet governance and cybersecurity. She is a curatorat the GIP Digital Watch (DW) observatory, where she follows global developme...
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