Geneva Security Forum to participate at ISF-International Security Forum 2011
http://www.isf.ethz.ch/isf/Program/Overview
This year’s ISF thus asks the most fundamental, yet most challenging question of all: Can the world find a new blueprint towards collective action in order to resolve global, regional and national challenges, or will shifting power patterns lead to further fragmentation? Notions of peace, order and international law may well need to be re-assessed. Cooperation is never easy, and never more so than in a time of geo-economic and geopolitical turmoil; but if tomorrow’s challenges are to be met today it is surely required.
Cyber Security: Challenges and Opportunities
Tuesday, 31 May 2011, 11:00 – 12:30
Hosted by Geneva Centre for the Democratic Control of Armed Forces (DCAF)
By enabling the open and transparent sharing of information among civil society actors, the media, governments and citizens, the Internet is an increasingly important tool for building and safeguarding democratic norms and for upholding and promoting human rights. At the same time, cyber security challenges threaten governments as well as legitimate Internet users and businesses.
In response to cyber security challenges, states, private institutions and international organizations are rushing to formulate an appropriate response. This panel will explore the challenges and opportunities of cyber security at the international, national and private level.
Chair
Theodor H Winkler Ambassador and Director, Geneva Centre for the Democratic Control of the Armed Forces (DCAF), Switzerland
Speakers
International Responses to Cyber Security
Barbara Weekes, CEO, Geneva Security Forum and Member of Policy Advisory Board, ICT4Peace Foundation, Switzerland
New Responses to Criminal Activity Online
Tobias Bolliger Head, Cybercrime Coordination Unit (CYCO), Swiss Federal Office of Police, Bern
Exploring Cyber Defense Capability Development Under the Umbrella of the European Defence Agency
Andrea De Candido Assistant Capability Manager (Knowledge), European Defence Agency, Brussels, Belgium