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1. June 2024

Les “Techs” Civiques Francophones: Un acteur du Développement et de la Promotion des Droits Humains.

Event at HEID as part of WSIS+20 organised by the Organisation Internationale de La Francophonie and ICT4Peace on 30 Mai 2024 at 18:15

Highly relevant and successful “Techs” Civics Francophones presented their projects on 30 Mai 2024 at HEID Geneva, an event organised by the Organisation Internationale de la Francophonie OIF and ICT4peace. ...

Support to L'Organisation Internationale de la Francophonie (OIF), La Francophonie (OIF), AI, disinformation, misinformation and hate speech, Activities, Policy Research ICT, Advisory ICT, ICTs and Human Rights Protection, New media for crisis management and peacebuilding, Big data, Geneva Peace Week, Geneva Digital Atlas, UN WSIS Processes,Global Digital Compact, Summit for the Future, ICT4Peace Paragraph 36, UN SDGs, International Geneva

20. May 2024

Anne-Marie Buzatu participated in the UN OEWG Global Roundtable in ICT Security Capacity-Building at the UN in New York

Open Ended Working Group Meeting at the UN New York on 10 May 2024

Anne-Marie Buzatu, Executive Director of ICT4Peace participated in the UN OEWG Global Roundtable in ICT Security Capacity-Building at the UN in New York. Her statement can be summarised as follows: ...

ICT4Peace Academy, UN First Committee - Disarmament and International Security, UN, Activities, Capacity Building CS, ICT4Peace Cybersecurity Policy and Diplomacy Capacity Building

2. May 2024

Navigating the Quantum Wave – A Policy Maker’s Guide for Responsible Governance of Quantum Technologies

Groundbreaking ICT4Peace Policy Paper by Drífa Atladóttir, Advisor, ICT4Peace and Master of Science in Science, Technology, and Policy, ETH Zurich

ICT4Peace is delighted to publish this groundbreaking policy paper: Navigating the Quantum Wave – A Policy Maker’s Guide for Responsible Governance of Quantum Technologies by Drífa Atladóttir, Advisor, ICT4Peace and ...

ETH, Quantum Technologies opportunities and governance, Activities, Policy Research ICT, Policy Research CS

2. May 2024

ICT4Peace comments and recommendations regarding the Global Digital Compact (GDC) Zero Draft

ICT4Peace comments and recommendations regarding the Global Digital Compact (GDC) Zero Draft (See Pdf here) 1. ICT4Peace General Comments ICT4Peace supports in general terms the objectives and principles of the ...

Office of the Secretary-General’s Envoy on Technolog, Activities, Geneva Peace Week, Geneva Digital Atlas, UN WSIS Processes,Global Digital Compact, Summit for the Future, ICT4Peace Paragraph 36, UN SDGs, International Geneva

1. May 2024

ICT4Peace – OAS Course on “Protection of critical infrastructure and critical information infrastructure against cyber attacks” in Costa Rica

From 29 April to 3 May 2024 ICT4Peace is conducting its newest version of Cybersecurity Capacity Building Course in Costa Rica in cooperation with the OAS.

ICT4Peace on 29 April to 3 May 2024 is carrying out its newest version of its course “Protection of critical infrastructure and critical information infrastructure against cyber attacks” in Costa ...

OAS, Activities, Capacity Building CS, Capacity Building, ICT4Peace Cybersecurity Policy and Diplomacy Capacity Building, ICT4Peace Support to UN OEWG and UN GGE, including Programme of Action PoA, Norms of Responsible Behaviour and Confidence Building Measures (CBMs) for the Cyberspace

23. April 2024

ICT4Peace Masterclass on Cybersecurity and Human Rights: A Gender-Inclusive Approach to Digital Freedom and Security

Online Masterclass in cooperation with the Organisation of American States and support by the UK Government (23 - 26 April 2024)

ICT4Peace is proud to conduct this novel online Masterclass in cooperation with the Organisation of American States from 23 to 26 April 2024 on “Cybersecurity and Human Rights: A Gender-Inclusive ...

OAS, Private Cybersecurity Services, Activities, Capacity Building CS, ICT4Peace Cybersecurity Policy and Diplomacy Capacity Building, Norms of Responsible Behaviour and Confidence Building Measures (CBMs) for the Cyberspace

22. March 2024 Online

Critical Infrastructure Protection, AI and IHL – ICT4Peace cooperation with Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam

Online Capacity Building Course with Policy Makers and Cyber Diplomats from Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam

Anne-Marie Buzatu, ICT4Peace Executive Director and Professor Przemek Roguski taught at the online Cybersecurity Policy and Diplomacy Course for CLV Countries from 19 to 21 March 2024. This course was ...

Activities, Capacity Building ICT, AI, disinformation, misinformation and hate speech, ASEAN, Capacity Building CS, ICT4Peace Cybersecurity Policy and Diplomacy Capacity Building, ICT4Peace Support to UN OEWG and UN GGE, including Programme of Action PoA, Norms of Responsible Behaviour and Confidence Building Measures (CBMs) for the Cyberspace

16. December 2023

Statement by ICT4Peace to the OEWG Informal Stakeholder Consultations, 6 December 2023

Statement by Anne-Marie Buzatu, ICT4Peace Executive Director to the OEWG Informal Stakeholder Consultations, 6 December 2023

Statement by Anne-Marie Buzatu, ICT4Peace Executive Director to the OEWG Informal Stakeholder Consultations, 6 December 2023 The text can be found here Thank you to the chair and secretariat for ...

UN First Committee - Disarmament and International Security, Activities, ICT4Peace Support to UN OEWG and UN GGE, including Programme of Action PoA

15. November 2023

“Emerging Threats and Cut-Edge Risks, a Turning Point for Peace and Security in Cyberspace?”

Paris Peace Forum High-Level Roundtable on "Emerging Threats and Cut-Edge Risks, a Turning Point for Peace and Security in Cyberspace?"

Anne-Marie Buzatu, Executive Director, ICT4Peace, participated in the Paris Peace Forum High-Level Roundtable on “Emerging Threats and Cut-Edge Risks, a Turning Point for Peace and Security in Cyberspace?” along with: ...

Paris Peace Forum, Activities

15. November 2023

Unpacking the Cyber Mercenaries’ Phenomenon – Paris Call Roundtable

Roundtable held at the Paris Peace Forum on 10 November 2023

Delighted Anne-Marie Buzatu, Executive Director of Ict4peace was invited to this important panel on Cyber Mercenaries of the Paris Peace Forum. Watch the recording here 👉 https://lnkd.in/edVV9R5s Her statement starts at ...

Private Cybersecurity Services, Paris Peace Forum, Activities

14. November 2023 Online

OAS-ICT4Peace Masterclass on Cyber Program of Action

ICT4Peace Academy Training for Officials from OAS Member States (13-17 November 2023)

OAS, ICT4Peace Academy, Activities, Capacity Building CS, ICT4Peace Cybersecurity Policy and Diplomacy Capacity Building, ICT4Peace Support to UN OEWG and UN GGE, including Programme of Action PoA, Norms of Responsible Behaviour and Confidence Building Measures (CBMs) for the Cyberspace

11. October 2023

ICT4Peace delivers Joint Civil Society statement on cyber peace and human security at UN General Assembly First Committee on Disarmament and International Security

Delivered by Jasmine Cintron Soto on behalf of ICT4Peace, 11 October 2023 in New York. The statement was drafted by Paul Meyer, Senior Advisor, ICT4Peace Foundation and consulted with and endorsed by civil society organisations.

Joint civil society statement on cyber peace and human security UN General Assembly First Committee on Disarmament and International Security The statement was delivered by Jasmine Cintron Soto on behalf ...

United Nations General Assembly, UN First Committee - Disarmament and International Security, Activities

2. October 2023

Renforcer l’action de la Francophonie dans le champ du numérique

Rapport du Groupe de travail exécutif chargé de formuler des propositions opérationnelles pour renforcer l’action de la Francophonie dans le champ du numérique (GTEN) 15 Septembre 2023

“À la suite du XVIIIe Sommet de Djerba, l’Organisation Internationale de la Francophonie (OIF) a créé un Groupe de travail exécutif chargé de formuler des propositions opérationnelles pour renforcer l’action ...

La Francophonie (OIF), Support to L'Organisation Internationale de la Francophonie (OIF), Policy Research, Advisory, Capacity Building

26. September 2023

Cyber Diplomacy, Law and Norms – Capacity Building in Siem Reap for Policymakers and Cyberdiplomats from the Lao PDR, Kingdom of Cambodia and Vietnam

Cybersecurity Capacity Building Course in Siem Reap, 25 -26 September 2023

ICT4Peace in cooperation with the Department of ICT Security, Ministry of Post and Telecommunications (MPTC) of the Kingdom of Cambodia organised the Cybersecurity Capacity Building for Policymakers and Cyber-diplomats from Laos, ...

Activities, Capacity Building ICT, Capacity Building CS, ASEAN, ICT4Peace Cybersecurity Policy and Diplomacy Capacity Building

23. September 2023

Cyber Diplomacy, Law and Norms – Capacity Building in Vientiane, Laos for Policymakers and Cyberdiplomats from the Lao PDR, Kingdom of Cambodia and Vietnam

Cybersecurity Capacity Building Course in Vientiane, Lao PDR 20 -21 September 2023

ICT4Peace in cooperation with the Department for Cybersecurity of the Lao PDR organised the 5th Cybersecurity Policy and Diplomacy Course for the CLV ASEAN Countries. The Course was opened by ...

Activities, Capacity Building ICT, Capacity Building CS, ASEAN, ICT4Peace Cybersecurity Policy and Diplomacy Capacity Building

6. September 2023

Her CyberTracks: Groundbreaking ITU-OAS-ICT4Peace Cyber Diplomacy Course for Women Leaders from the ECOWAS Region

ITU's Her CyberTracks: Promoting the equal, full, and meaningful representation of women in cybersecurity

The ICT4Peace Academy, along with OAS is proud to support ITU’s Her CyberTracks program with a tailor-made Cyber Diplomacy Course for women leaders, which was held online from 5 to ...

Women's Peace and Security in the Digital Age, Activities, ICT4Peace Cybersecurity Policy and Diplomacy Capacity Building, ICT4Peace Support to UN OEWG and UN GGE, including Programme of Action PoA, Norms of Responsible Behaviour and Confidence Building Measures (CBMs) for the Cyberspace

29. July 2023

ICT4Peace at the UN Open-Ended Working Group (OEWG) Stakeholder Session in New York

Fifth Substantive Session of the Open-ended Working Group on security of and in the use of information and communications technologies (2021-2025)

Statement by Anne-Marie Buzatu, ICT4Peace Executive Director at the OEWG Stakeholder Meeting of the Fifth Substantive Session at the UN in New York on 26 July 2023. The Fifth Substantive ...

Activities, ICT4Peace Cybersecurity Policy and Diplomacy Capacity Building, ICT4Peace Support to UN OEWG and UN GGE, including Programme of Action PoA, Norms of Responsible Behaviour and Confidence Building Measures (CBMs) for the Cyberspace

18. June 2023

ICT4Peace appui l’Organisation Internationale de La Francophonie dans le champs numérique.

Martin Dahinden and Anne-Marie Buzatu de ICT4Peace on été invite par le Governement Suits et la Francophonie à appuyer Groupe de travail exécutif chargé de formuler des propositions opérationnelles pour renforcer l’action de la Francophonie dans le champ du numérique.

ICT4Peace est honoré d’avoir été invité par le Gouvernement Suisse et l’Organisation Internationale de la Francophonie (OIF) à appuyer le Groupe de travail exécutif chargé de formuler des propositions opérationnelles ...

Support to L'Organisation Internationale de la Francophonie (OIF), La Francophonie (OIF), Activities, Policy Research ICT, Advisory ICT, Policy Research CS, Advisory CS, Geneva Peace Week, Geneva Digital Atlas, UN WSIS Processes,Global Digital Compact, Summit for the Future, ICT4Peace Paragraph 36, UN SDGs, International Geneva

23. May 2023

Prof. Margarita Boenig Liptsin and Prof. Nadja Mazouz Inaugural Lectures at ETH

ICT4Peace and the Zurich Hub for Ethics and Technology are happy to report the inaugural lectures by Prof. Margarita Boenig Liptsin and Prof. Nadja Mazouz on 10 May 2023 at ...

ETH, Zurich Hub for Ethics, Technology and Society (ZHET), Policy Research CS, AI, LAWS, Converging Technologies and Peace Time Threats, Zurich Hub for ethics and technology

6. May 2023

“World Press Freedom Day” – Africa’s contribution to the edifice of human rights”

By Alain MODOUX, former UNESCO Assistant Director-General for Freedom of Expression, Democracy and Peace , and Vice-Chair Emeritus ICT4Peace Foundation

Alain MODOUX played a pivotal role in steering the process which led the United Nations General Assembly to proclaim 3 May “World Press Freedom Day”. See also article by UNESCO. ...

United Nations General Assembly, Activities, AI, disinformation, misinformation and hate speech, Responding to/preventing Violent Extremism using ICTs and the Internet, ICTs and Human Rights Protection, New media for crisis management and peacebuilding

16. April 2023

OAS – ICT4Peace Course on the Application of International Humanitarian Law to Cyber Operations

Organization of American States (OAS) Washington DC (27 to 29 March 2023)

ICT4Peace is pleased to have co-organized with the Organization of American States (OAS) a specialised course for Senior Government Officials from Latin America and the Caribbean on the Application of International ...

ICT4Peace Academy, OAS, Capacity Building CS, ICT4Peace Cybersecurity Policy and Diplomacy Capacity Building, Norms of Responsible Behaviour and Confidence Building Measures (CBMs) for the Cyberspace

15. March 2023

UN OEWG – The Plot Thickens: The UN Open-Ended Working Group on ICTs – Fourth Session

The UN Open-Ended Working Group on ICTs (OEWG) – Report on the Fourth Session (March 6-10 2023)

The UN’s Open-Ended Working Group (OEWG) on the security and use of ICTs concluded its fourth session (March 6-10) at UN HQs in New York. The meeting was marked by ...

Activities, Reports, ICT4Peace Call to Governments to commit to refrain from Offensive Cyber Operations against civilian Critical Infrastructure, ICT4Peace Support to UN OEWG and UN GGE, including Programme of Action PoA, Norms of Responsible Behaviour and Confidence Building Measures (CBMs) for the Cyberspace

24. February 2023

OAS – ICT4Peace Course on Cyber-Diplomacy, Law and Norms

At OAS Headquarters in Washington DC on 21 - 23 February 2023

ICT4Peace – in cooperation with the Organisation of the American States (OAS) – have successfully completed its 3 Days Basic Course on Cyber-Diplomacy, Law and Norms (21 – 23 ...

Private Cybersecurity Services, OAS, ICT4Peace Academy, ICT4Peace Cybersecurity Policy and Diplomacy Capacity Building, Norms of Responsible Behaviour and Confidence Building Measures (CBMs) for the Cyberspace

17. February 2023

ICT4Peace and Ethics, Technology and Society at ETH Zurich

Launch events by the new Professorship for Ethics, Technology and Society at ETH Zurich

ICT4Peace and the Zurich Hub for Ethics and Technology (ZHET) were delighted to participate in two inaugural Conferences on Digital Democracy and Ethics in Technological Societies at ETH by the newly ...

Zurich Hub for Ethics, Technology and Society (ZHET), Policy Research ICT, AI, disinformation, misinformation and hate speech, Activities, Policy Research CS, Risk and opportunities of ICTs and social media in a pandemic world, AI, LAWS, Converging Technologies and Peace Time Threats, Norms of Responsible Behaviour and Confidence Building Measures (CBMs) for the Cyberspace

10. December 2022

OAS – ICT4Peace Academy Masterclass on Cooperation and Confidence Building Measures (CBMs) in Cyberspace

OAS Masterclass on Cooperation and Confidence Building Measures (CBMs) in Cyberspace (December 2022)

OAS, ICT4Peace Academy, Capacity Building CS, ICT4Peace Cybersecurity Policy and Diplomacy Capacity Building, Norms of Responsible Behaviour and Confidence Building Measures (CBMs) for the Cyberspace

10. December 2022

UN OEWG on ICT – ICT4Peace Statement at meeting with Stakeholders, December 6, 2022

Statement by Paul Meyer on behalf of ICT4Peace of 6 December 2022 and Submission by ICT4Peace to the Informal, inter-sessional meetings of the OEWG from 5-9 December 2022

Statement by ICT4Peace at UN OEWG on ICT meeting with Stakeholders, December 6, 2022 Thank you Chair. I will speak briefly to the ICT4Peace submission for this meeting which has ...

Activities, ICT4Peace Support to UN OEWG and UN GGE, including Programme of Action PoA, Norms of Responsible Behaviour and Confidence Building Measures (CBMs) for the Cyberspace

17. November 2022

UN OEWG – Submission by ICT4Peace to the OEWG on ICT Inter-sessional Meeting

OEWG Inter-sessional meeting, December 6, 2022

Submission by ICT4Peace to the OEWG on ICT Inter-sessional meeting, December 6, 2022 The Chair has requested input on the topics of confidence-building and the creation of a directory of ...

United Nations General Assembly, Activities, Policy Research CS, Cybersecurity High-Level Policy Briefings, ICT4Peace Call to Governments to commit to refrain from Offensive Cyber Operations against civilian Critical Infrastructure, ICT4Peace Proposal for a States Cyber Peer Review Mechanism, ICT4Peace Support to UN OEWG and UN GGE, including Programme of Action PoA, Norms of Responsible Behaviour and Confidence Building Measures (CBMs) for the Cyberspace

11. November 2022

Paris Peace Forum: Anne-Marie Buzatu moderated Panel on Non-Proliferation of Malicious Software

Paris Peace Forum, 11 November 2022 12:45 - 13:45

Anne-Marie Buzatu, Vice-President and COO of ICT4Peace on 11 November 2022 moderated at the Paris Peace Forum important Panel on “Non-Proliferation of Malicious Software and Practises Intended to Harm.” Other panelists ...

Activities, ICT4Peace Support to UN OEWG and UN GGE, including Programme of Action PoA, Norms of Responsible Behaviour and Confidence Building Measures (CBMs) for the Cyberspace

11. November 2022

Cyber Security at the UN General Assembly First Committee – Déjà vu all over again

A Commentary by ICT4Peace prepared by Amb. (ret.) Paul Meyer, Senior Advisor, ICT4Peace Foundation

Cyber Security at the UN General Assembly First Committee – Déjà vu all over again A Commentary by ICT4Peace prepared by Paul Meyer On November 3rd the First Committee (Disarmament ...

ICT4Peace Commentary, United Nations General Assembly, Activities, Policy Research CS, ICT4Peace Support to UN OEWG and UN GGE, including Programme of Action PoA, Norms of Responsible Behaviour and Confidence Building Measures (CBMs) for the Cyberspace

30. October 2022

On the occasion of Geneva Peace Week: Podcast conversation with Anne-Marie Buzatu on Digital Spaces: Risk and Opportunities for Peace

A podcast by Jackie Dalton of Fondation Hirondelle

A Podcast conversation with Anne-Marie Buzatu, Vice President and COO of ICT4Peace on Digital Spaces: Risk and Opportunities for Peace. How can digital spaces be used to contribute to a ...

Private Cybersecurity Services, ICT4Peace Commentary, Activities, AI, disinformation, misinformation and hate speech, ICT4Peace Cybersecurity Policy and Diplomacy Capacity Building, ICT4Peace Support to UN OEWG and UN GGE, including Programme of Action PoA, Norms of Responsible Behaviour and Confidence Building Measures (CBMs) for the Cyberspace

10. October 2022

ICRC – ICT4Peace Academy Three Days Course on Mis-, Disinformation and Hate Speech

ICRC ICT4Peace Academy Three Days Course on Mis-, Disinformation and Hate Speech for ICRC staff (October 2022).

ICT4Peace Academy, ICRC, AI, disinformation, misinformation and hate speech, Activities, Capacity Building CS, ICT4Peace Cybersecurity Policy and Diplomacy Capacity Building

23. July 2022

UN OEWG II Third Session – Editorial by Alyson Pytlak : Action, accountability, and ambition

This Editorial by Alyson Pytlak, was published in the Cyber Peace & Security Monitor, Vol. 2, No. 6 on 22 July 2022. Featured Image courtesy of Heidi Bucher Estate.

In view of the third Session of the UN Open-ended Working Group (OEWG II) on ICTs, which takes place from 25-29 July in New York, ICT4Peace is pleased to publish this ...

ICT4Peace Commentary, Activities, Policy Research, ICT4Peace Proposal for a States Cyber Peer Review Mechanism, ICT4Peace proposal for an independent incident attribution mechanism, ICT4Peace Support to UN OEWG and UN GGE, including Programme of Action PoA, Norms of Responsible Behaviour and Confidence Building Measures (CBMs) for the Cyberspace

12. April 2022

How can Arms Control and Disarmament Contribute to a Secure Cyberspace ?

New ICT4Peace Publication by Amb. (ret.) Martin Dahinden, Vice-Chair, ICT4Peace Foundation

ICT4Peace is proud to publish the Policy Brief by Martin Dahinden, Vice-Chair, ICT4Peace Foundation: How can Arms Control and Disarmament Contribute to a Secure Cyberspace ? The publication can be ...

ICT4Peace Commentary, Activities, Policy Research CS, Publications, Cybersecurity High-Level Policy Briefings, Norms of Responsible Behaviour and Confidence Building Measures (CBMs) for the Cyberspace

2. April 2022

UN OEWG on Cybersecurity – Statement by ICT4Peace to Second Substantive Session on Capacity Building – March 31, 2022

By Amb. (ret.) Paul Meyer, Senior Advisor, ICT4Peace

On the occasion of the second substantive session UN Open Ended Working Group (OEWG), Ambassador Burhan Gafoor, Chairman of OEWG invited stakeholders to informal consultations on the topic of capacity building. Amb. ...

ICT4Peace Academy, Activities, ICT4Peace Support to UN OEWG and UN GGE, including Programme of Action PoA, Norms of Responsible Behaviour and Confidence Building Measures (CBMs) for the Cyberspace

4. March 2022

Invasion of Ukraine – International Law, IHL, binding Norms and Accountability measures for the Cyberspace are needed more than ever

The military invasion of Ukraine and the ongoing cyberwar made it abundantly clear, that the application of the International Law and the International Humanitarian Law in the Cyberspace and the ...

ICT4Peace Commentary, Activities, Policy Research CS, ICT4Peace Proposal for a States Cyber Peer Review Mechanism, ICT4Peace proposal for an independent incident attribution mechanism, ICT4Peace Cybersecurity Policy and Diplomacy Capacity Building, ICT4Peace Support to UN OEWG and UN GGE, including Programme of Action PoA, Norms of Responsible Behaviour and Confidence Building Measures (CBMs) for the Cyberspace

2. March 2022

OAS – ICT4Peace Academy 5 Days Online Course on International Cyber Diplomacy, Law and Norms

This course was developed by the ICT4Peace Academy and co-organised with Organisation of American States from 8 to 12 November 2021

The Fourth OAS – ICT4Peace Academy 5 Days Online Course on International Cyber Diplomacy, Law and Norms (22 to 28 February 2022) was successfully completed. The goal of this course ...

OAS, ICT4Peace Academy, Activities, ICT4Peace Call to Governments to commit to refrain from Offensive Cyber Operations against civilian Critical Infrastructure, ICT4Peace Proposal for a States Cyber Peer Review Mechanism, ICT4Peace Cybersecurity Policy and Diplomacy Capacity Building, ICT4Peace Support to UN OEWG and UN GGE, including Programme of Action PoA

25. February 2022

OAS ICT4Peace Academy Five Days Training Course on Cyber Diplomacy and Norms

OAS ICT4Peace Academy Five Days Training Course on Cyber Diplomacy and Norms for Policy Makers and Diplomats of the OAS Member States (February 2022).

OAS, ICT4Peace Academy, Activities, Capacity Building CS, ICT4Peace Cybersecurity Policy and Diplomacy Capacity Building

23. February 2022

Cyber Attack on ICRC – States need to react

Daniel Stauffacher of ICT4Peace quoted in NZZ article of 18 February 2022 (Photo by Luisa Gonzalez / Reuters)

The Red Cross was previously considered untouchable. The fact that it is now the victim of an attack could be a wake-up call for all humanitarian organizations. So far, there ...

ICT4Peace Commentary, Neutrality in the Age of Cyberwarfare, ICRC, Activities, ICT4Peace in the Media, ICTs and Human Rights Protection, ICT4Peace Call to Governments to commit to refrain from Offensive Cyber Operations against civilian Critical Infrastructure, ICT4Peace Proposal for a States Cyber Peer Review Mechanism

15. February 2022

ICRC – ICT4Peace Academy Three Days Training Course on Mis-, Disinformation and Hate Speech

Three days Training Course on Mis-,Disinformation and Hate Speech for ICRC staff members (February 2022)

ICT4Peace Academy, ICRC, AI, disinformation, misinformation and hate speech, Activities, ICT4Peace Cybersecurity Policy and Diplomacy Capacity Building

25. January 2022

UN OEWG – ICT4Peace Submission to UN Open-Ended Working Group on Security of and in the Use of Information and Communications Technologies 2021-2025

Like in 2019 ICT4Peace is honoured to present its submission to the UN Open-Ended Working Group (UN OEWG) on Security of and in the Use of Information and Communications Technologies ...

Activities, Cybersecurity High-Level Policy Briefings, ICT4Peace Call to Governments to commit to refrain from Offensive Cyber Operations against civilian Critical Infrastructure, ICT4Peace Proposal for a States Cyber Peer Review Mechanism, ICT4Peace proposal for an independent incident attribution mechanism, ICT4Peace Support to UN OEWG and UN GGE, including Programme of Action PoA, Norms of Responsible Behaviour and Confidence Building Measures (CBMs) for the Cyberspace

5. January 2022 New York and virtual

UN OEWG on Security of and in the Use of ICTs – ICT4Peace Intervention

Virtual, informal consultative discussion with the Chair of the Open-Ended Working Group (OEWG) on the security of and in the use of information and communications technologies 2021-2025 on 16 December 2021

Anne-Marie Buzatu, Vice-President and COO of the ICT4Peace Foundation participated at the Virtual, Informal Consultative Discussion with Ambassador Burhan Gafoor, Chair of the Open-Ended Working Group (OEWG) on the Security ...

Activities, Advisory CS, Cybersecurity High-Level Policy Briefings, ICT4Peace Call to Governments to commit to refrain from Offensive Cyber Operations against civilian Critical Infrastructure, ICT4Peace Proposal for a States Cyber Peer Review Mechanism, ICT4Peace Support to UN OEWG and UN GGE, including Programme of Action PoA, Norms of Responsible Behaviour and Confidence Building Measures (CBMs) for the Cyberspace

18. December 2021

Virtual, Informal Consultative Discussion with Chair of the Open-Ended Working Group (OEWG) on the Security of and in the Use of Information and Communications Technologies (ICTs) 2021-2025

Statement by Ms. Anne-Marie Buzatu, Vice-President and COO of ICT4Peace

Anne-Marie Buzatu, Vice-President and COO of the ICT4Peace Foundation participated in the Virtual, Informal Consultative Discussion with Ambassador Burhan Gafoor, Chair of the Open-Ended Working Group (OEWG) on the Security ...

Activities, Policy Research CS, ICT4Peace Call to Governments to commit to refrain from Offensive Cyber Operations against civilian Critical Infrastructure, ICT4Peace Proposal for a States Cyber Peer Review Mechanism, ICT4Peace proposal for an independent incident attribution mechanism, ICT4Peace Support to UN OEWG and UN GGE, including Programme of Action PoA, Norms of Responsible Behaviour and Confidence Building Measures (CBMs) for the Cyberspace

13. December 2021 Paris

Anne-Marie Buzatu moderating High-Level Panel at Paris Peace Forum

Title of the Session: Keeping cyber attackers at bay: Improving international norms for a safer cyberspace

ICT4Peace is honoured that Anne-Marie Buzatu, Vice-President and COO of the ICT4Peace Foundation has been invited by the Paris Peace Forum to moderate the high-level Panel entitled: “Keeping cyber attackers ...

Activities, ICT4Peace in the Media, Strategic Input into UN peacekeeping, peacebuilding and humanitarian operations, Cybersecurity High-Level Policy Briefings, ICT4Peace Support to UN OEWG and UN GGE, including Programme of Action PoA, Norms of Responsible Behaviour and Confidence Building Measures (CBMs) for the Cyberspace

13. December 2021

ICT4Peace Academy in Action

Launched in July 2021 by Anne-Marie Buzatu, Vice-President and COO of ICT4Peace, the work of the ICT4Peace Academy has successfully taken off with the holding of 4 Five Days Online ...

OAS, ICT4Peace Academy, OSCE, Activities, ASEAN, Capacity Building CS, AU, ICT4Peace Cybersecurity Policy and Diplomacy Capacity Building, ICT4Peace Support to UN OEWG and UN GGE, including Programme of Action PoA, Norms of Responsible Behaviour and Confidence Building Measures (CBMs) for the Cyberspace

10. December 2021 Dakar, Sénégal

ICT4Peace Programme en ligne de cinq jours : Cyber diplomatie, droit international et cyber normes

Formation pour les représentants des pays africains francophones en cooperation avec l'Ecole Nationale Cybersécurité à Vocation Régionale (ENCVR) à Dakar, Sénégal (6 - 10 décembre 2021)

ICT4Peace Academy est heureux d’avoir offert du 6 au 10 Décembre 2021 son premier Programme de certificat en ligne de cinq jours pour les représentants des pays africains francophones: Cyber diplomatie, ...

ICT4Peace Academy, Activities, Capacity Building CS, ICT4Peace Cybersecurity Policy and Diplomacy Capacity Building, ICT4Peace Support to UN OEWG and UN GGE, including Programme of Action PoA, Norms of Responsible Behaviour and Confidence Building Measures (CBMs) for the Cyberspace

30. November 2021

Online Training for Government Officials from Southern African Countries 22-26 November 2021

Online Training Course held on 22 to 26 November 2021

The ICT4Peace Five Days Online Certificate Course on International Cyber Diplomacy, Law and Norms for Government Officials from Southern African States successfully completed. ICT4Peace has since 2014 been offering over 30 ...

ICT4Peace Academy, Capacity Building CS, ICT4Peace Cybersecurity Policy and Diplomacy Capacity Building, ICT4Peace Support to UN OEWG and UN GGE, including Programme of Action PoA, Norms of Responsible Behaviour and Confidence Building Measures (CBMs) for the Cyberspace

20. November 2021

Online Training for Government Officials from East African Countries, Level 2 completed

With the support of the Swiss Ministry of Foreign Affairs and in cooperation with the Government of the Republic of Kenya and ICT4Peace from 15-19 November 2021

Following on the success of last year’s online course on International Cyber Diplomacy, Laws and Norms and with the support of the Swiss Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Government of the Republic of ...

17. November 2021

Third OAS – ICT4Peace Academy 5 Days Online Course on International Cyber Diplomacy, Law and Norms

This course was developed by the ICT4Peace Academy and co-organised with Organisation of American States from 8 to 12 November 2021

The third OAS – ICT4Peace Academy 5 Days Online Course on International Cyber Diplomacy, Law and Norms (8 to 12 November 2021) was successfully completed. The goal of this course ...

4. November 2021

ICT4Peace welcomes new UN Joint Resolution on Peace and Security in Cyberspace – But concerns remain

On 3 November 2021 a UN joint resolution (A/C.1/76/L.13) co-sponsored by the US and the Russian Federation was adopted - An ICT4Peace Commentary by Paul Meyer

Cyber Security at UN GA’s First Committee 2021 – An appearance of harmony On 3 November 2021 a new joint First Committee Resolution (L.13), co-sponsored by the US and Russia ...

ICT4Peace Commentary, Activities, Policy Research CS, Reports, Cybersecurity High-Level Policy Briefings, ICT4Peace Support to UN OEWG and UN GGE, including Programme of Action PoA, Norms of Responsible Behaviour and Confidence Building Measures (CBMs) for the Cyberspace

30. October 2021

Geneva Peace Week – ICT4Peace’s Anne-Marie Buzatu speaking at the open ceremony

Opening Ceremony of the Geneva Peace Week on 1 November 2021 16:00 to 17:30 CET

ICT4Peace is honoured that Anne-Marie Buzatu Vice-President and COO is speaking at the opening ceremony of the Geneva Peace Week on 1 November 2021 from 16:00 to 17:30 pm CET. ...

Women's Peace and Security in the Digital Age, Activities, Cybersecurity High-Level Policy Briefings, Norms of Responsible Behaviour and Confidence Building Measures (CBMs) for the Cyberspace, Geneva Peace Week, Geneva Digital Atlas, UN WSIS Processes,Global Digital Compact, Summit for the Future, ICT4Peace Paragraph 36, UN SDGs, International Geneva

25. July 2021

Swiss Security Policy and the Cyberspace

ICT4Peace contribution to the Swiss Federal Council's new security policy strategy

The Swiss Federal Council is conducting a consultation on the new security policy strategy. Cyber risks and cyber warfare take a more prominent position in this report than ever before: https://fedlex.data.admin.ch/filestore/fedlex.data.admin.ch/eli/dl/proj/2021/36/cons_1/doc_1/fr/pdf-a/fedlex-data-admin-ch-eli-dl-proj-2021-36-cons_1-doc_1-fr-pdf-a.pdf. ...

Neutrality in the Age of Cyberwarfare, Activities, Norms of Responsible Behaviour and Confidence Building Measures (CBMs) for the Cyberspace

25. July 2021

Peter Maurer on the role of the ICRC in creating a safe cyber space

Conversation with Peter Maurer, President of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) on the role of the Red Cross in creating a safe cyber space during Cyber Polygon 2021. He ...

1. July 2021

Le Temps reports on ICT4Peace and Swiss Digital Charter

Op-Ed by Amb. Francois Nordmann in Le Temps of Geneva on 29 June 2021

Le Temps, 29 juin 2021 La Suisse et la cybersécurité: rapports, débats, action! OPINION. L’arrivée prochaine de l’ambassadeur Alexandre Fasel, qui sera le principal responsable des questions de cybersécurité, annonce ...

Neutrality in the Age of Cyberwarfare, Activities, ICT4Peace in the Media, Advisory CS, ICT4Peace Support to UN OEWG and UN GGE, including Programme of Action PoA, Norms of Responsible Behaviour and Confidence Building Measures (CBMs) for the Cyberspace, Geneva Peace Week, Geneva Digital Atlas, UN WSIS Processes,Global Digital Compact, Summit for the Future, ICT4Peace Paragraph 36, UN SDGs, International Geneva

27. June 2021

Second UN Security Council open debate on maintaining international peace and security in cyberspace

Estonia is hosting the UN Security Council open debate on Peace and Security in Cyberspace

Estonia is hosting the first official UN Security Council open debate on maintaining international peace and security in cyberspace. “The UN Security Council high-level virtual debate at 8am EDT/14.00 CEST on ...

United Nations General Assembly, Activities, Advisory CS, Capacity Building CS, Cybersecurity High-Level Policy Briefings, ICT4Peace Call to Governments to commit to refrain from Offensive Cyber Operations against civilian Critical Infrastructure, ICT4Peace Proposal for a States Cyber Peer Review Mechanism, ICT4Peace proposal for an independent incident attribution mechanism, ICT4Peace Support to UN OEWG and UN GGE, including Programme of Action PoA

27. June 2021

Neutrality in the Era of Cyber-Warfare

A Panel Discussion at Swiss IGF 2021 moderated by Nicolas Zahn with Adrian Koster, Amb. Martin Dahinden, Serge Droz, Sara Pangrazzi, Sanija Ameti, Kevin Kohler

The Question of Neutrality and Right to Self-defence in the era of Cyber-Warfare was discussed at the Swiss IGF 2021. The discussion was moderated by Nicolas Zahn (operation libero) and ...

Neutrality in the Age of Cyberwarfare, Activities, Policy Research CS, Norms of Responsible Behaviour and Confidence Building Measures (CBMs) for the Cyberspace

17. June 2021

Biden – Putin Summit in Geneva: What prospects for a more peaceful and secure cyberspace?

ICT4Peace Commentary written by Amb. (ret.) Martin Dahinden, former Ambassador of Switzerland to the US (2014-2019) and member of The ICT4Peace Foundation Board

President Biden and Russian President Vladimir Putin sit for a photo op before the start of their summit Wednesday in Geneva. (Patrick Semansky / Associated Press) Expectations for the June ...

ICT4Peace Commentary, Activities, ICT4Peace Call to Governments to commit to refrain from Offensive Cyber Operations against civilian Critical Infrastructure, Norms of Responsible Behaviour and Confidence Building Measures (CBMs) for the Cyberspace

12. June 2021

ICT4Peace Commentary on final UN GGE 2021 Report

Incremental Progress or Circular Motion? - The UN Group of Governmental Experts (UNGGE) Report 2021 by Amb. (ret) Paul Meyer, ICT4Peace Senior Advisor.

Incremental Progress or Circular Motion? – The UN Group of Governmental Experts (UN GGE) Report 2021 Making progress on complex issues in a forum like the United Nations with 193 ...

Activities, Policy Research CS, ICT4Peace Proposal for a States Cyber Peer Review Mechanism, ICT4Peace proposal for an independent incident attribution mechanism, ICT4Peace Support to UN OEWG and UN GGE, including Programme of Action PoA, Norms of Responsible Behaviour and Confidence Building Measures (CBMs) for the Cyberspace

29. May 2021

Cybersecurity Governance – international law as policy driver?

by Rolf Weber, Prof. emeritus, Faculty of Law, University of Zurich

Please see interesting paper by Prof. Rolf Weber published by Jusletter IT of 27 May 2021, which can be found here. Abstract “Governance issues in the cybersecurity context have so ...

Activities, Policy Research CS, Publications, Norms of Responsible Behaviour and Confidence Building Measures (CBMs) for the Cyberspace

17. April 2021

OAS – ICT4Peace Second 5 Days Online Cybersecurity Policy & Diplomacy Workshop completed

An online Workshop organized by ICT4Peace in cooperation with the Organisation of American States (OAS) on 12 to 16 April 2021

The second OAS – ICT4Peace 5 Days Online Course on International Cyber Diplomacy, Law and Norms (12 to 16 April 2021 was successfully completed. The goal of this course was ...

OAS, Activities, Capacity Building CS, ICT4Peace Cybersecurity Policy and Diplomacy Capacity Building, ICT4Peace Support to UN OEWG and UN GGE, including Programme of Action PoA, Norms of Responsible Behaviour and Confidence Building Measures (CBMs) for the Cyberspace

4. April 2021

Time to Create a Single Negotiating Cyber Forum under the UN General Assembly First Committee

Interview by Anastasia Tolstukhina of RIAC with Daniel Stauffacher

On March 12, 2021, the United Nations adopted a UN Open-Ended Working Group (OEWG) report on the Developments in the Field of Information and Telecommunications in the Context of International ...

Activities, ICT4Peace in the Media, Policy Research CS, ICT4Peace Call to Governments to commit to refrain from Offensive Cyber Operations against civilian Critical Infrastructure, ICT4Peace Proposal for a States Cyber Peer Review Mechanism, ICT4Peace Support to UN OEWG and UN GGE, including Programme of Action PoA, Norms of Responsible Behaviour and Confidence Building Measures (CBMs) for the Cyberspace

30. March 2021

ICT4Peace in Article of NZZ on recent conclusion of the UN OEWG negotiations on cybersecurity

Article by Lukas Mäder on recent conclusion of UN OEWG negotiations in Neue Zürcher Zeitung (NZZ) of 29 March 2021. Photo by Dylan Martinez / Reuters.

Trotz Cyberangriffen: Russland, China und die USA können sich bei der Cybersicherheit überraschend einigen Sechs Jahre lang ging in der Uno beim Thema Cybersicherheit nichts mehr. Die Fronten zwischen den ...

ICT4Peace in the Media, Activities, Policy Research CS, ICT4Peace Proposal for a States Cyber Peer Review Mechanism, ICT4Peace proposal for an independent incident attribution mechanism, ICT4Peace Support to UN OEWG and UN GGE, including Programme of Action PoA, Norms of Responsible Behaviour and Confidence Building Measures (CBMs) for the Cyberspace

21. March 2021

UN OEWG 2021 Final Report – ICT4Peace: Some Progress, Much Remains Unresolved

An assessment of the final Consensus Report of the UN Open Ended Working Group (OEWG) on Information and Telecommunications (ICT) in the Context of International Security

On Friday March 12, 2021, after one and half years of proceedings the UN Open Ended Working Group (OEWG) on Information and Telecommunications (ICT) in the context of international security, ...

Activities, Policy Research CS, Advisory CS, Publications, Cybersecurity High-Level Policy Briefings, ICT4Peace Call to Governments to commit to refrain from Offensive Cyber Operations against civilian Critical Infrastructure, ICT4Peace Proposal for a States Cyber Peer Review Mechanism, ICT4Peace proposal for an independent incident attribution mechanism, ICT4Peace Support to UN OEWG and UN GGE, including Programme of Action PoA, Norms of Responsible Behaviour and Confidence Building Measures (CBMs) for the Cyberspace, Geneva Peace Week, Geneva Digital Atlas, UN WSIS Processes,Global Digital Compact, Summit for the Future, ICT4Peace Paragraph 36, UN SDGs, International Geneva

2. March 2021

SELF-DEFENCE AGAINST CYBERATTACKS? – DIGITAL AND KINETIC DEFENCE IN LIGHT OF ARTICLE 51 UN-CHARTER

A new ICT4Peace Policy Brief by Sara Pangrazzi, Senior Advisor ICT4Peace

ICT4Peace is pleased to publish its latest Cyber Policy Brief by Sara Pangrazzi, Senior Advisor, ICT4Peace. Please find the full paper here. “The question on how international law applies to ...

Activities, Policy Research CS, Publications, Cybersecurity High-Level Policy Briefings, ICT4Peace Call to Governments to commit to refrain from Offensive Cyber Operations against civilian Critical Infrastructure, ICT4Peace Proposal for a States Cyber Peer Review Mechanism, ICT4Peace proposal for an independent incident attribution mechanism, ICT4Peace Support to UN OEWG and UN GGE, including Programme of Action PoA, Norms of Responsible Behaviour and Confidence Building Measures (CBMs) for the Cyberspace

12. February 2021

Swiss Neutrality in the age of Cyber Warfare

A discussion paper by Martin Dahinden,Former Ambassador of Switzerland to the US and member of the ICT4Peace Foundation Board.

ICT4Peace is proud to publish a first of its kind discussion paper by Martin Dahinden on Swiss neutrality in the age of cyber warfare. The original text in German can ...

Neutrality in the Age of Cyberwarfare, ICT4Peace in the Media, Activities, Policy Research CS, Publications, Cybersecurity High-Level Policy Briefings, ICT4Peace Support to UN OEWG and UN GGE, including Programme of Action PoA, Norms of Responsible Behaviour and Confidence Building Measures (CBMs) for the Cyberspace

11. February 2021

Don’t let Cyber War escalate

Article in Neue Zürcher Zeitung (NZZ) by Paul Meyer and Daniel Stauffacher of ICT4Peace

Article in Neue Zürcher Zeitung (NZZ) by Paul Meyer and Daniel Stauffacher. “The U.S. recently fell victim to a cyberattack of staggering proportions: Using a compromised software upgrade, a foreign ...

2. February 2021

UN OEWG Draft Report on Peace and Security in Cyberspace: ICT4Peace Comments

In January 2021 Ambassador Jürg Lauber, Chair of the UN Open Ended Working Group (OEWG) published the Draft Substantive Report (Zero Draft) on the results of the negotiations among UN member ...

1. February 2021

An International Response to Offensive Cyber Operations is long overdue

An Article by Paul Meyer, Senior Advisor, ICT4Peace in Policy Options, Canada

Recent cyberattacks underscore the need for international norms of responsible behavior, and an institutionalized process to support them. Article by Amb. (ret.) Paul Meyer, Senior Advisor, ICT4Peace in Policy Options, ...

ICT4Peace in the Media, Activities, Cybersecurity High-Level Policy Briefings, ICT4Peace Call to Governments to commit to refrain from Offensive Cyber Operations against civilian Critical Infrastructure, ICT4Peace Proposal for a States Cyber Peer Review Mechanism, ICT4Peace Support to UN OEWG and UN GGE, including Programme of Action PoA, Norms of Responsible Behaviour and Confidence Building Measures (CBMs) for the Cyberspace

28. January 2021

The Role of Parliamentarians to Advance Disarmament in Cyber-Space

A follow-up event to the release of Assuring our Common Future, a parliamentary handbook on disarmament for security and sustainable development

Anne-Marie Buzatu, Vice-President and COO of the ICT4Peace Foundation was invited on 27 January 2021 to participate in an online panel discussion organized by the Inter-Parlamentary Union (IPU) on the ...

International Parliamentary Union (IPU), Activities, Cybersecurity High-Level Policy Briefings, ICT4Peace Call to Governments to commit to refrain from Offensive Cyber Operations against civilian Critical Infrastructure, ICT4Peace Proposal for a States Cyber Peer Review Mechanism, ICT4Peace Support to UN OEWG and UN GGE, including Programme of Action PoA, Norms of Responsible Behaviour and Confidence Building Measures (CBMs) for the Cyberspace

31. December 2020

Neutrality in Cyberspace: A Challenge for Switzerland

Op-ed in Neue Zürcher Zeitung (NZZ) by Amb. Martin Dahinden and Sara Pangrazzi

Martin Dahinden, former Ambassador of Switzerland to the United States and Member of the ICT4Peace Foundation Board and Sara Pangrazzi, PhD candidate of the University of Zurich published on 30 ...

ICT4Peace in the Media, Activities, Policy Research CS, Cybersecurity High-Level Policy Briefings, Norms of Responsible Behaviour and Confidence Building Measures (CBMs) for the Cyberspace

16. December 2020

UN OEWG – ICT4Peace Comments on Chair’s Revised Pre-draft Report

The Revised Pre-draft Report by the OEWG Chair of the UN Open-Ended Working Group (OEWG) on Cybersecurity of May 2020 represents further progress in the effort to define an outcome of the OEWG in ...

14. December 2020

ICT4Peace in Meeting on the Future of EU Cyber Diplomacy

ICT4Peace is honoured to have been part of the discussion of a Non-Paper with proposals on the Future of the EU Cyberdiplomacy, prepared by the German Federal Foreign Office in ...

Activities, Advisory CS, Cybersecurity High-Level Policy Briefings, ICT4Peace Call to Governments to commit to refrain from Offensive Cyber Operations against civilian Critical Infrastructure, ICT4Peace Proposal for a States Cyber Peer Review Mechanism, ICT4Peace proposal for an independent incident attribution mechanism, Norms of Responsible Behaviour and Confidence Building Measures (CBMs) for the Cyberspace

8. December 2020

ICT4Peace addressing the Russian National Association for International Information Security

Plenary Session: “Current problems of ensuring international peace and maintaining sustainable development in the global information society”.

ICT4Peace’s Daniel Stauffacher has been invited to address the Plenary Session of the Russian National Association for International Information Security on the topic: «Partnership of State, Business and Civil Society ...

6. December 2020

Organisation of American States (OAS) ICT4Peace Five Days Online Cyber Diplomacy Course completed

International Cyber Diplomacy, Law and Norms

ICT4Peace is pleased to announce the successful completion of the new 5 Days Online Training Course for Government Officials from Latin America and the Caribbean Islands from 30 November – 4 December 2020 in ...

OAS, Activities, Capacity Building CS, ICT4Peace Cybersecurity Policy and Diplomacy Capacity Building, ICT4Peace Support to UN OEWG and UN GGE, including Programme of Action PoA

29. November 2020

New 5 Days Online Course on Cybersecurity Policy for East African Countries completed

In cooperation with the Government of Kenya and the African Union and with the support of the Swiss Federal Department of Foreign Affairs

ICT4Peace is pleased to announce the successful completion of the new 5 Days Online Training Course for Government Officials from East African Countries from 23 – 27 November 2020. This online pilot ...

Activities, Capacity Building CS, AU, ICT4Peace Cybersecurity Policy and Diplomacy Capacity Building, ICT4Peace Support to UN OEWG and UN GGE, including Programme of Action PoA, Norms of Responsible Behaviour and Confidence Building Measures (CBMs) for the Cyberspace

18. November 2020

It is more than a question of health – the need to protect critical infrastructure

"It is not in the public interest if those possessing offensive cyber capabilities, believe that they are free to “cherry-pick” which critical infrastructure in foreign countries they will refrain from attacking and which they will target."

It is more than a question of health – the need to protect critical infrastructure “It is not in the public interest if those possessing offensive cyber capabilities, believe ...

Activities, Policy Research CS, Publications, ICT4Peace Call to Governments to commit to refrain from Offensive Cyber Operations against civilian Critical Infrastructure, ICT4Peace Support to UN OEWG and UN GGE, including Programme of Action PoA, Norms of Responsible Behaviour and Confidence Building Measures (CBMs) for the Cyberspace

4. September 2020

Cyber Attacks on Civilian Critical Infrastructure: Peter Maurer President ICRC calls fo preventive action at Security Council

On August 26, 2020 at the initiative of Indonesia that month’s President of the UN Security Council, an informal “Arria formula” meeting was held. The theme was broadly the protection ...

Activities, Cybersecurity High-Level Policy Briefings, ICT4Peace Call to Governments to commit to refrain from Offensive Cyber Operations against civilian Critical Infrastructure, ICT4Peace Support to UN OEWG and UN GGE, including Programme of Action PoA, Norms of Responsible Behaviour and Confidence Building Measures (CBMs) for the Cyberspace

25. June 2020

OEWG UN GGE 3rd ICT4Peace Capacity Building Workshop on Cybersecurity Policy and Diplomacy with African Diplomatic Delegations

Online Workshop In support of UN OEWG and UN GGE Negotiations on Cybersecurity in New York and Geneva

Together with the Permanent Missions of the Republic of Kenya to the United Nations in New York and Geneva, the UN Office of Disarmament Affairs (ODA) in Geneva and New York, ...

Activities, Cybersecurity High-Level Policy Briefings, ICT4Peace Call to Governments to commit to refrain from Offensive Cyber Operations against civilian Critical Infrastructure, ICT4Peace proposal for an independent incident attribution mechanism, ICT4Peace Cybersecurity Policy and Diplomacy Capacity Building, ICT4Peace Support to UN OEWG and UN GGE, including Programme of Action PoA, Norms of Responsible Behaviour and Confidence Building Measures (CBMs) for the Cyberspace

23. June 2020

UN OEWG UNGGE – Video Interview with Amb. Paul Meyer: ICT4Peace Calls to Governments on Offensive Cyber Operations

ICT4Peace Senior Advisor Anne-Marie Buzatu sat down with Ambassador Paul Meyer in the first of a series of interviews with ICT4Peace’s team members and partners. They discussed a wide range ...

ICT4Peace Podcasts, Activities, Policy Research CS, Reports, Cybersecurity High-Level Policy Briefings, ICT4Peace Call to Governments to commit to refrain from Offensive Cyber Operations against civilian Critical Infrastructure, ICT4Peace Proposal for a States Cyber Peer Review Mechanism, ICT4Peace Support to UN OEWG and UN GGE, including Programme of Action PoA, Norms of Responsible Behaviour and Confidence Building Measures (CBMs) for the Cyberspace

8. June 2020

Disconnects in State Cyber Behaviour: Accountability for Attacks on Critical Infrastructure

ICT4Peace Call to Governments on Offensive Cyber Operations and Critical Infrastructure”

Disconnects in state cyber behaviour: Accountability for attacks on Critical Infrastructure Last October, ICT4Peace launched a “Call to Governments on Offensive Cyber Operations and Critical Infrastructure” . This initiative was ...

Activities, Policy Research CS, Advisory CS, Cybersecurity High-Level Policy Briefings, ICT4Peace Call to Governments to commit to refrain from Offensive Cyber Operations against civilian Critical Infrastructure, ICT4Peace Proposal for a States Cyber Peer Review Mechanism, ICT4Peace Support to UN OEWG and UN GGE, including Programme of Action PoA, Norms of Responsible Behaviour and Confidence Building Measures (CBMs) for the Cyberspace

1. May 2020

UN OEWG: Accountability – The missing ingredient in the comments by states on the Chair’s draft report

A Review of States comments on the OEWG Chairs's Pre-draft

Accountability: the missing ingredient in the comments by states on the OEWG draft report In reviewing the extensive commentary on the Chair’s “Pre-draft” report on the UN Open Ended Working ...

Activities, Policy Research CS, Cybersecurity High-Level Policy Briefings, ICT4Peace Call to Governments to commit to refrain from Offensive Cyber Operations against civilian Critical Infrastructure, ICT4Peace Proposal for a States Cyber Peer Review Mechanism, ICT4Peace proposal for an independent incident attribution mechanism, ICT4Peace Support to UN OEWG and UN GGE, including Programme of Action PoA, Norms of Responsible Behaviour and Confidence Building Measures (CBMs) for the Cyberspace

30. April 2020

UN OEWG and UN GGE – Paul Meyer’s Statement at Australia’s UN CYBER PROCESS PUBLIC CONSULTATIONS

Amb. Paul Meyer, Senior Advisor of ICT4Peace on 29 April 2020 gave a statement at Australia’s Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade public UN Cyber Consultation Meeting (see the Agenda of ...

5. April 2020

Making Cybersecurity Institution and Capacity Building ODA-eligible.

A proposal by Estonia and ICT4Peace

Considerable investments into Cybersecurity Institution and Capacity Building Programs in Developing Countries and LDCs have been made in recent years by Governments, Inter-governmental Organisations, Academia, Civil Society and the Business Sector. ...

Activities, Capacity Building CS, OECD, Cybersecurity High-Level Policy Briefings, ICT4Peace Cybersecurity Policy and Diplomacy Capacity Building, ICT4Peace Support to UN OEWG and UN GGE, including Programme of Action PoA, Norms of Responsible Behaviour and Confidence Building Measures (CBMs) for the Cyberspace

27. March 2020

UN OEWG ICT4Peace Comments on UN Cybersecurity Negotiation Draft Paper

ICT4Peace has been supporting the UN Cybersecurity Negotiations at the Open Ended Working Group (OEWG) with substantive inputs since the launch of the negotiations in the fall of 2019 (more ...

Activities, Policy Research CS, Advisory CS, Cybersecurity High-Level Policy Briefings, ICT4Peace Call to Governments to commit to refrain from Offensive Cyber Operations against civilian Critical Infrastructure, ICT4Peace Proposal for a States Cyber Peer Review Mechanism, ICT4Peace proposal for an independent incident attribution mechanism, ICT4Peace Support to UN OEWG and UN GGE, including Programme of Action PoA, Norms of Responsible Behaviour and Confidence Building Measures (CBMs) for the Cyberspace

6. March 2020

UN OEWG UN GGE – ICT4Peace proposed a State “Cyber Peer Review Mechanism” for state-conducted foreign cyber operations to UN Cybersecurity Negotiations

A proposal by the ICT4Peace Foundation to be considered by the UN Negotiations under UN OEWG and the UN GGE

In view of the ongoing UN Negotiations (UN OEWG and UN GGE) ICT4Peace Proposed [1] a State “Cyber Peer Review Mechanism” for state-conducted foreign cyber operations. It has been generally acknowledged that some ...

Activities, Advisory CS, Policy Research CS, Cybersecurity High-Level Policy Briefings, ICT4Peace Call to Governments to commit to refrain from Offensive Cyber Operations against civilian Critical Infrastructure, ICT4Peace Proposal for a States Cyber Peer Review Mechanism, ICT4Peace proposal for an independent incident attribution mechanism, ICT4Peace Support to UN OEWG and UN GGE, including Programme of Action PoA, Norms of Responsible Behaviour and Confidence Building Measures (CBMs) for the Cyberspace

6. March 2020

UN OEWG Second Substantive Session of the UN Negotiations on Cybersecurity

Second Substantive Session of the Open-Ended Working Group As part of the ICT4Peace delegation to the Open-Ended Working Group on information and communication technologies, Dr. Elaine Korzak, along with Dr. ...

25. February 2020

UN Report on Digital Cooperation: ICT4Peace Contribution to UN Discussion on Global Principled and Inclusive Artificial Intelligence Governance

As part of the UN Secretary General’s Digital Cooperation Recommendations Follow-Up Process, to which ICT4Peace has contributed the following Reflections and Recommendations , ICT4Peace has been invited to participate as one ...

Activities, AI, disinformation, misinformation and hate speech, AI, LAWS, Converging Technologies and Peace Time Threats, Policy Research, Advisory, Reports, Norms of Responsible Behaviour and Confidence Building Measures (CBMs) for the Cyberspace, Zurich Hub for ethics and technology

12. February 2020

UN OEWG – ICT4Peace Statement at the UN Negotiations on Cybersecurity in New York

Statement by ICT4Peace to Second OEWG session February 10-14, 2020, UN HQ Along with the Media Foundation for West Africa, Association for Progressive Communications, Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom, Access ...

Activities, Advisory CS, Cybersecurity High-Level Policy Briefings, ICT4Peace Call to Governments to commit to refrain from Offensive Cyber Operations against civilian Critical Infrastructure, ICT4Peace proposal for an independent incident attribution mechanism, ICT4Peace Support to UN OEWG and UN GGE, including Programme of Action PoA, Norms of Responsible Behaviour and Confidence Building Measures (CBMs) for the Cyberspace

10. February 2020

UN OEWG – UN Negotiations on Cybersecurity: ICT4Peace Inputs to the UN Negotiations on Peace and Security in Cyberspace

In View of the commencing second substantive Session UN Open Ended Working Group (OEWG) on Cybersecurity Meeting from 10 to 14 February 2020, the ICT4Peace Foundation is happy to recall the ...

Activities, Policy Research CS, Advisory CS, ICT4Peace Call to Governments to commit to refrain from Offensive Cyber Operations against civilian Critical Infrastructure, ICT4Peace Support to UN OEWG and UN GGE, including Programme of Action PoA, Norms of Responsible Behaviour and Confidence Building Measures (CBMs) for the Cyberspace

8. February 2020

ICT4Peace Submission to Australia’s Consultations on International Cyber Security Policy

Amb. Paul Meyer, Adjunct Professor of International Studies and Fellow in International Security, Simon Fraser University, Vancouver, Canada and Senior Advisor, ICT4Peace, has prepared the following submission to Australia’s Consultations ...

Activities, Policy Research CS, Advisory CS, Cybersecurity High-Level Policy Briefings, ICT4Peace Call to Governments to commit to refrain from Offensive Cyber Operations against civilian Critical Infrastructure, ICT4Peace Support to UN OEWG and UN GGE, including Programme of Action PoA, Norms of Responsible Behaviour and Confidence Building Measures (CBMs) for the Cyberspace

8. February 2020

2nd Capacity Building Workshop on Cybersecurity Policy and Diplomacy with African Diplomatic Delegations to the UN in New York in preparation of the UN OEWG on Cybersecurity

In preparation of the next Round of negotiations on Cybersecurity by the UN Open Ended Working Group (OEWG) (A/RES/73/27) from 10 to 14 February 2020 and by the UN Governmental Group of ...

Activities, Capacity Building CS, Cybersecurity High-Level Policy Briefings, ICT4Peace Call to Governments to commit to refrain from Offensive Cyber Operations against civilian Critical Infrastructure, ICT4Peace Cybersecurity Policy and Diplomacy Capacity Building, ICT4Peace Support to UN OEWG and UN GGE, including Programme of Action PoA, Norms of Responsible Behaviour and Confidence Building Measures (CBMs) for the Cyberspace

27. January 2020

UN OEWG UN GGE – 2nd Capacity Building Workshop on Cybersecurity Policy and Diplomacy for African Diplomatic Delegations in preparation of UN Negotiations on Peace and Cybersecurity in New York

6 February 2020, 3 to 6 pm United Nations Building, Conference Room 8 New York With two Resolutions, the UN General Assembly 2018 decided to convene a new edition of ...

Activities, Capacity Building CS, Cybersecurity High-Level Policy Briefings, ICT4Peace Call to Governments to commit to refrain from Offensive Cyber Operations against civilian Critical Infrastructure, ICT4Peace proposal for an independent incident attribution mechanism, ICT4Peace Cybersecurity Policy and Diplomacy Capacity Building, ICT4Peace Support to UN OEWG and UN GGE, including Programme of Action PoA, Norms of Responsible Behaviour and Confidence Building Measures (CBMs) for the Cyberspace

7. January 2020

Information on “Trust and Attribution in Cyberspace: A proposal for an independent network of organisations engaging in attribution peer review”

Early 2018, ICT4Peace published a report: “Trust and Attribution in Cyberspace: A proposal for an independent network of organisations engaging in attribution peer review”. The report can be found here. ...

Activities, Policy Research CS, ICT4Peace Proposal for a States Cyber Peer Review Mechanism, ICT4Peace proposal for an independent incident attribution mechanism, Norms of Responsible Behaviour and Confidence Building Measures (CBMs) for the Cyberspace

6. January 2020

International Conference on Cyber Stability in Moscow

The International Conference on Cyberstability in Moscow took place on 16 and 17 December 2019 at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation and was hosted by the ...

20. December 2019

2019: End of year review

ICT4Peace has had quite a year! Over the course of 2019, the breadth and complexity of our work can be gleaned through the more than 80 blog posts as well ...

AI, disinformation, misinformation and hate speech, Activities, AI, LAWS, Converging Technologies and Peace Time Threats, Policy Research, Advisory, Capacity Building, Publications, End of Year Review, Responding to/preventing Violent Extremism using ICTs and the Internet, ICTs and Human Rights Protection, ICT4Peace Call to Governments to commit to refrain from Offensive Cyber Operations against civilian Critical Infrastructure, Norms of Responsible Behaviour and Confidence Building Measures (CBMs) for the Cyberspace

7. December 2019

UN OEWG Intersessional and UN GGE Informal Meetings in New York – ICT4Peace Statements

After having participated in the First substantive session of the OEWG – New York, 9-13 September 2019, where ICT4Peace delivered the following statement , along with a written submission of its views, ...

Activities, Policy Research CS, Reports, ICTs and Human Rights Protection, New media for crisis management and peacebuilding, Cybersecurity High-Level Policy Briefings, ICT4Peace Support to UN OEWG and UN GGE, including Programme of Action PoA, Norms of Responsible Behaviour and Confidence Building Measures (CBMs) for the Cyberspace, Geneva Peace Week, Geneva Digital Atlas, UN WSIS Processes,Global Digital Compact, Summit for the Future, ICT4Peace Paragraph 36, UN SDGs, International Geneva

30. November 2019

UN OEWG ICT4Peace Cybersecurity Policy and Diplomacy preparatory Workshop with African Diplomats

Cybersecurity Policy and Diplomacy preparatory Workshop with African Diplomats

In preparation of the next Round of negotiations on Cybersecurity by the UN Open Ended Working Group (OEWG) (A/RES/73/27) and by the UN Governmental Group of Experts (UN GGE) (A/RES/73/266) from 2 ...

Activities, Cybersecurity High-Level Policy Briefings, ICT4Peace Call to Governments to commit to refrain from Offensive Cyber Operations against civilian Critical Infrastructure, ICT4Peace Cybersecurity Policy and Diplomacy Capacity Building, ICT4Peace Support to UN OEWG and UN GGE, including Programme of Action PoA, Norms of Responsible Behaviour and Confidence Building Measures (CBMs) for the Cyberspace

30. November 2019

Independent Attribution of Cyber-attacks – Workshop at IGF 2019

IGF 2019 Liveblog Day 4: Independent Attribution of Cyber-attacks Workshop co-organized by the The Internet Governance Project (IGP) and ICT4Peace and co-chaired by Milton Mueller and Serge Droz. See also our ...

Activities, Policy Research CS, Reports, Cybersecurity High-Level Policy Briefings, ICT4Peace proposal for an independent incident attribution mechanism, Norms of Responsible Behaviour and Confidence Building Measures (CBMs) for the Cyberspace

30. November 2019

UN OEWG & UN GGE: Preparatory Workshop with African Diplomats successfully completed

Activities, Policy Research CS, Capacity Building CS, Reports, Cybersecurity High-Level Policy Briefings, ICT4Peace Cybersecurity Policy and Diplomacy Capacity Building, ICT4Peace Support to UN OEWG and UN GGE, including Programme of Action PoA, Norms of Responsible Behaviour and Confidence Building Measures (CBMs) for the Cyberspace

27. November 2019

UN OEWG | A New Process for an Old Problem: Governing State Behaviour in Cyberspace

An article by Paul Meyer, first published in Opencanada.org on 18 November 2019

This fall in New York, the United Nations held the first session of a new process to develop norms of responsible state behaviour in cyberspace. Since 1998, the UN has ...

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23. November 2019

UN OEWG UN GGE Cybersecurity Capacity Building workshop for African Diplomats in New York

On behalf of the Swiss Government, the UN Office for Disarmament Affairs and the African Union, ICT4Peace is honoured to organise on 27 November 2019 a Capacity Building Workshop on Cybersecurity ...

Activities, Capacity Building CS, ICT4Peace Call to Governments to commit to refrain from Offensive Cyber Operations against civilian Critical Infrastructure, ICT4Peace Proposal for a States Cyber Peer Review Mechanism, ICT4Peace Cybersecurity Policy and Diplomacy Capacity Building, ICT4Peace Support to UN OEWG and UN GGE, including Programme of Action PoA, Norms of Responsible Behaviour and Confidence Building Measures (CBMs) for the Cyberspace

23. November 2019

IGF 2019 Berlin – Open Work Meeting on Cyber-Accountability: Building Attribution Capability

At IGF 2019 in Berlin, on Friday, November 29, 12:00 – 13:00, ICT4Peace, in cooperation with The Internet Governance Project (IGP) is organising an “Open Work Meeting on Cyber-Accountability: Building ...

Activities, ICT4Peace proposal for an independent incident attribution mechanism, ICT4Peace Support to UN OEWG and UN GGE, including Programme of Action PoA, Norms of Responsible Behaviour and Confidence Building Measures (CBMs) for the Cyberspace

28. October 2019

Outlining Future Challenges of Cybersecurity: CANVAS Report

Dr. Markus Christen, Head of the Digital Society Initiative of the University of Zurich, convened on 24 October 2019 the workshop on “Outlining Future Challenges of Cybersecurity – the CANVAS ...

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21. October 2019

UN OEWG UN GGE – A Call to Governments: Critical Infrastructure and Offensive Cyber Operations

An ICT4Peace Proposal for consideration by the UN OEWG and the UN GGE

Excellencies, Ladies and Gentlemen, ICT4Peace calls upon governments, especially those possessing offensive cyber capabilities, to publicly confirm that they will respect the norm prohibiting cyber operations directed at critical infrastructure. ...

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30. September 2019

UN OEWG – UN Negotiations on Cybersecurity: First Session of the Open-Ended Working Group at the UN in New York

As part of the ICT4Peace delegation to the UN Open-Ended Working Group on Cybersecurity, Dr. Elaine Korzak, along with Dr. Daniel Stauffacher, attended the week-long session in New York from ...

Activities, Policy Research CS, Cybersecurity High-Level Policy Briefings, ICT4Peace Call to Governments to commit to refrain from Offensive Cyber Operations against civilian Critical Infrastructure, ICT4Peace Support to UN OEWG and UN GGE, including Programme of Action PoA, Norms of Responsible Behaviour and Confidence Building Measures (CBMs) for the Cyberspace

11. September 2019

UN OEWG – UN Cybersecurity Negotiations launched in New York

On 13 September 2019 the first round of negotiations at the UN on Cybersecurity under the UN Open Ended Working Group on Cybersecurity (OEWG) took off in a positive spirit ...

Activities, Cybersecurity High-Level Policy Briefings, ICT4Peace Call to Governments to commit to refrain from Offensive Cyber Operations against civilian Critical Infrastructure, ICT4Peace Support to UN OEWG and UN GGE, including Programme of Action PoA, Norms of Responsible Behaviour and Confidence Building Measures (CBMs) for the Cyberspace

1. September 2019

UN GGE – OEWG: UN ODA Cyber-Diplomacy Training Course now online

Just in time before the beginning of the work of the UN Open-Ended Working Group on Cybersecurity in New York (9 to 13 September), ICT4Peace is welcoming the release by ...

Activities, Capacity Building CS, ICT4Peace Call to Governments to commit to refrain from Offensive Cyber Operations against civilian Critical Infrastructure, ICT4Peace Cybersecurity Policy and Diplomacy Capacity Building, ICT4Peace Support to UN OEWG and UN GGE, including Programme of Action PoA, Norms of Responsible Behaviour and Confidence Building Measures (CBMs) for the Cyberspace

16. August 2019

UN GGE and UN OEWG on Cybersecurity: ICT4Peace supporting OAS Regional Consultations

In preparation of the new Round of negotiations on Cybersecurity by the UN Governmental Group of Experts (UN GGE) (A/RES/73/266) and the UN Open Ended Working Group (OEWG) (A/RES/73/27),the Organisation ...

6. August 2019

UN OEWG ICT4Peace Submission to UN Negotiations on Cybersecurity in New York (9 – 13 September 2019)

ICT4Peace is pleased to publish its submission to the first meeting of the Open-ended Working Group (OEWG) on ICT and International Security at the UN in New York. Through resolution ...

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2. August 2019

ICT4Peace Lecture at ETH on Lethal Autonomous Weapons Systems (LAWS) and UN negotiations

On July 18, 2019, Regina Surber of ICT4Peace and the Zurich Hub for Ethics and Technololgy (ZHET) gave a one-hour lecture on Lethal Autonomous Weapons Systems (LAWS) and the United Nationals ...

Activities, Policy Research CS, Capacity Building CS, AI, LAWS, Converging Technologies and Peace Time Threats, ICT4Peace Cybersecurity Policy and Diplomacy Capacity Building, Norms of Responsible Behaviour and Confidence Building Measures (CBMs) for the Cyberspace, Zurich Hub for ethics and technology

20. July 2019

UN GGE UN OEWG: ICT4Peace Promoting Peaceful Settlement of Disputes in Cyberspace

On July 4, 2019 Dr. Eneken Tikk of ICT4Peace, attended the Expert Dialogue on How International Law Applies in Cyberspace organised by the Swiss Federal Department for Foreign Affairs in Geneva and ...

Activities, Policy Research CS, Capacity Building CS, ICT4Peace Call to Governments to commit to refrain from Offensive Cyber Operations against civilian Critical Infrastructure, ICT4Peace Cybersecurity Policy and Diplomacy Capacity Building, ICT4Peace Support to UN OEWG and UN GGE, including Programme of Action PoA, Norms of Responsible Behaviour and Confidence Building Measures (CBMs) for the Cyberspace

11. July 2019

ICT4Peace at OSCE: Best practises for Developing and Implementing National Cybersecurity Strategies and Legislation

On the occasion of the OSCE CBMs Contact Meeting in Vienna, (1-3 July 2019), Dr. Eneken Tikk and Dr. Mika Kerttunen of ICT4Peace presented best practices and recommendations for the ...

Activities, Advisory CS, Capacity Building CS, Cybersecurity High-Level Policy Briefings, ICT4Peace Cybersecurity Policy and Diplomacy Capacity Building, ICT4Peace Support to UN OEWG and UN GGE, including Programme of Action PoA, Norms of Responsible Behaviour and Confidence Building Measures (CBMs) for the Cyberspace

1. July 2019

ICT4Peace supports Geneva Consultations on the report of UN HLP on Digital Cooperation

On Monday 24 June 2019, Anne-Marie Buzatu Senior Advisor for ICT4Peace attended the event Unpacking the High-Level Panel’s Report: Contributions from Geneva hosted by the Geneva Internet Platform, in conjunction with ...

AI, disinformation, misinformation and hate speech, Policy Research ICT, Advisory ICT, AI, LAWS, Converging Technologies and Peace Time Threats, Reports, UN Crisis Information Management Strategy (CIMS), Strategic Input into UN peacekeeping, peacebuilding and humanitarian operations, Responding to/preventing Violent Extremism using ICTs and the Internet, ICTs and Human Rights Protection, Norms of Responsible Behaviour and Confidence Building Measures (CBMs) for the Cyberspace

25. June 2019

UN GGE – Disturbing installation of malware in civilian critical infrastructure: Governments must adhere to agreed UN norms of responsible state behavior

At a time when the UN is starting two new diplomatic processes to develop further norms of responsible state behaviour in cyberspace, ICT4Peace is disturbed to learn of alleged actions ...

Activities, Policy Research CS, Advisory CS, Cybersecurity High-Level Policy Briefings, ICT4Peace Proposal for a States Cyber Peer Review Mechanism, ICT4Peace proposal for an independent incident attribution mechanism, ICT4Peace Support to UN OEWG and UN GGE, including Programme of Action PoA, Norms of Responsible Behaviour and Confidence Building Measures (CBMs) for the Cyberspace

24. June 2019

UN GGE – Eneken Tikk’s Cyber Norms Blogposts: Search for Cyber Norms – Where to Look? #4 The norms test: existing norms

This is the fourth edition of Eneken Tikk’s Cyber Norms Blogposts. This series of articles is published on a monthly basis in 2019. In these posts Dr. Eneken Tikk, Senior ...

Activities, Policy Research CS, Advisory CS, ICT4Peace Cybersecurity Policy and Diplomacy Capacity Building, ICT4Peace Support to UN OEWG and UN GGE, including Programme of Action PoA, Norms of Responsible Behaviour and Confidence Building Measures (CBMs) for the Cyberspace

22. June 2019

UN GGE – ICT4Peace contributing to the EU – UN GGE Regional Consultations on Cybersecurity

In December 2018, the General Assembly established another UN GGE on Cybersecurity and for the first time a UN Open-Ended Working Group (OEWG) on the same topic. ICT4Peace recently published ...

Activities, Policy Research CS, Advisory CS, Cybersecurity High-Level Policy Briefings, ICT4Peace Call to Governments to commit to refrain from Offensive Cyber Operations against civilian Critical Infrastructure, ICT4Peace Support to UN OEWG and UN GGE, including Programme of Action PoA, Norms of Responsible Behaviour and Confidence Building Measures (CBMs) for the Cyberspace

29. May 2019

UN GGE and UN OEWG: How to live with two concurrent UN Cybersecurity processes

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Korea and the Cyber Law Centre at Korea University under the leadership of Prof. PARK Nohyoung organised a panel on “Prospects and Challenges of Developing International Cybersecurity Norms ...

Activities, Policy Research CS, Reports, Cybersecurity High-Level Policy Briefings, ICT4Peace Call to Governments to commit to refrain from Offensive Cyber Operations against civilian Critical Infrastructure, ICT4Peace Cybersecurity Policy and Diplomacy Capacity Building, ICT4Peace Support to UN OEWG and UN GGE, including Programme of Action PoA, Norms of Responsible Behaviour and Confidence Building Measures (CBMs) for the Cyberspace

20. May 2019

UN GGE – Eneken Tikk’s Cyber Norms Blogposts : Search for Cyber Norms – Where to Look? #3 International Cyber Norms through the Aperture of National Legislation

This is the third edition of Eneken Tikk’s Cyber Norms Blogposts. In these posts Dr. Eneken Tikk, Senior Advisor ICT4Peace Foundation, offers her insights on the international cyber norms dialogue ...

Policy Research CS, Advisory CS, Cybersecurity High-Level Policy Briefings, ICT4Peace Cybersecurity Policy and Diplomacy Capacity Building, ICT4Peace Support to UN OEWG and UN GGE, including Programme of Action PoA, Norms of Responsible Behaviour and Confidence Building Measures (CBMs) for the Cyberspace

15. April 2019

LAWS ICT4Peace at the 2019 Group on Governmental Experts on Lethal Autonomous Weapons Systems (LAWS) at the UN in Geneva

On behalf of ICT4Peace, Regina Surber and Emanuel Teicher participated at the 2019 Group on Governmental Experts on Lethal Autonomous Weapons Systems (LAWS) at the UN in Geneva, 25-29 March ...

AI, LAWS, Converging Technologies and Peace Time Threats, Policy Research, Publications, Cybersecurity High-Level Policy Briefings, Norms of Responsible Behaviour and Confidence Building Measures (CBMs) for the Cyberspace, Zurich Hub for ethics and technology

9. April 2019

4th ICT4Peace Senior Level Cybersecurity Policy and Diplomacy Workshop for CLMV Countries held in Naypyitaw Myanmar

After in Vientiane in 2016, in Hanoi in 2017 and in Siem Reap in 2018, the 4th ICT4Peace Senior Level Cybersecurity Policy and Diplomacy Workshop for CLMV Countries was held ...

Capacity Building CS, Cybersecurity High-Level Policy Briefings, ICT4Peace Cybersecurity Policy and Diplomacy Capacity Building, ICT4Peace Support to UN OEWG and UN GGE, including Programme of Action PoA, Norms of Responsible Behaviour and Confidence Building Measures (CBMs) for the Cyberspace

17. March 2019

ICT4Peace at OAS Meeting in Oxford: Urgent Need to address the Digital Security Divide

ICTPeace was invited by the Organization of American States (OAS) to participate in a Workshop with Parliamentarians from the OAS on (27-28 February 2019) on Cybersecurity and Strengthening Democratic Processes ...

AI, disinformation, misinformation and hate speech, Activities, AI, LAWS, Converging Technologies and Peace Time Threats, ICTs, new media and Election Monitoring:Sri Lanka, Egypt, Tunisia, ICT4Peace Matrix Plug-In, Constitution building and institutional strengthening post-war/post-conflict, Cybersecurity High-Level Policy Briefings, ICT4Peace Cybersecurity Policy and Diplomacy Capacity Building, Norms of Responsible Behaviour and Confidence Building Measures (CBMs) for the Cyberspace

4. March 2019

UN GGE – Eneken Tikk’s Cyber Norms Blogposts: Search for Cyber Norms – Where to Look? #2 National Views and Positions in the UN

This is the second edition of Eneken Tikk’s Cyber Norms Blogposts. This series of articles is published on a monthly basis in 2019. In these posts Dr. Eneken Tikk, Senior ...

Activities, Policy Research CS, Advisory CS, Reports, Cybersecurity High-Level Policy Briefings, ICT4Peace Support to UN OEWG and UN GGE, including Programme of Action PoA, Norms of Responsible Behaviour and Confidence Building Measures (CBMs) for the Cyberspace

1. February 2019

UN GGE – Eneken Tikk’s Cyber Norms Blogposts: Search for Cyber Norms – Where to Look?

In 2019, Dr. Eneken Tikk, Senior Advisor ICT4Peace Foundation, will offer her insights on the international cyber norms dialogue in monthly posts. These Cyber Norms Blogposts will highlight normative contributions ...

Activities, Policy Research CS, Advisory CS, Reports, Cybersecurity High-Level Policy Briefings, ICT4Peace Cybersecurity Policy and Diplomacy Capacity Building, ICT4Peace Support to UN OEWG and UN GGE, including Programme of Action PoA, Norms of Responsible Behaviour and Confidence Building Measures (CBMs) for the Cyberspace

21. January 2019

High-level Panel on Digital Cooperation: Reflections and Recommendations from the ICT4Peace Foundation

The ICT4Peace Foundation is pleased to present for the consideration of the High-level Panel on Digital Cooperation some insights, observations and recommendations based on over ten years of a close, ...

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10. January 2019

The cost of digital peace: Reflections for 2019

2018 served to acutely remind us of the essential fragility of that initial idea the pioneers of the Internet had around bringing humanity together by connecting them. From the start ...

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31. December 2018

UN GGE – 2018: The year that cyber peace became non-binding

In 2017, discussions broke down in a UN group of government experts about guarantees of peace and security in the context of the use of information and communication technologies by ...

Activities, Policy Research CS, Publications, End of Year Review, Reports, Cybersecurity High-Level Policy Briefings, ICT4Peace proposal for an independent incident attribution mechanism, ICT4Peace Cybersecurity Policy and Diplomacy Capacity Building, ICT4Peace Support to UN OEWG and UN GGE, including Programme of Action PoA, Norms of Responsible Behaviour and Confidence Building Measures (CBMs) for the Cyberspace

21. December 2018

New ICT4Peace Paper | Digital Human Security: Human beings need to be the core focus of the IT and security agenda going forward

ICT4peace, in cooperation with the Zurich Hub for Ethics and Technology (ZHET), is proud to announce its most recent paper Human security in the age of AI: Securing and empowering ...

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19. December 2018

ICT4Peace at Swiss Internet Governance Forum workshop on Cybersecurity

Dr. Serge Droz and Dr. Daniel Stauffacher of ICT4Peace were invited to participate in a panel discussion on 20 November 2018, organised and moderated by Quendresa Hoxha of the Swiss ...

Activities, Policy Research CS, Cybersecurity High-Level Policy Briefings, ICT4Peace Cybersecurity Policy and Diplomacy Capacity Building, Norms of Responsible Behaviour and Confidence Building Measures (CBMs) for the Cyberspace

19. December 2018

ICT4Peace at the ICRC Symposium on Digital Risks in Situations of Armed Conflict in London

Dr. Serge Droz and Daniel Stauffacher participated in the ICRC Symposium on Digital Risks in Situations of Armed Conflict on 11 & 12 December. The program, “Digital Risks in Situations of Armed ...

Capacity Building ICT, Activities, AI, disinformation, misinformation and hate speech, Policy Research ICT, Policy Research CS, Capacity Building CS, UN Crisis Information Management Strategy (CIMS), Strategic Input into UN peacekeeping, peacebuilding and humanitarian operations, Responding to/preventing Violent Extremism using ICTs and the Internet, ICTs and Human Rights Protection, New media for crisis management and peacebuilding, Norms of Responsible Behaviour and Confidence Building Measures (CBMs) for the Cyberspace

13. December 2018

Human rights: 70 Years On

ICTs and Human Rights Chaired by a woman, Eleanor Roosevelt, the Committee at the United Nations tasked with drafting the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) finished its work in ...

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7. December 2018

ICT4Peace proposal for an independent incident attribution mechanism and an analysis of recent developments on norms building

Access our email update, ‘ICT4Peace proposal for an independent incident attribution mechanism and an analysis of recent developments on norms building’, here.

Activities, Policy Research CS, Advisory CS, Cybersecurity High-Level Policy Briefings, Norms of Responsible Behaviour and Confidence Building Measures (CBMs) for the Cyberspace

6. December 2018

Trust and Attribution in Cyberspace: An ICT4Peace proposal for an independent network of organisations engaging in attribution peer-review

Most nations share the view that existing international legal rules and ordinances hold in cyberspace. Enforcement of these standards, however, is difficult. Malicious cyber activities are usually shrouded in secrecy ...

Activities, Policy Research CS, Advisory CS, Publications, Reports, Cybersecurity High-Level Policy Briefings, ICT4Peace proposal for an independent incident attribution mechanism, ICT4Peace Cybersecurity Policy and Diplomacy Capacity Building, Norms of Responsible Behaviour and Confidence Building Measures (CBMs) for the Cyberspace

3. December 2018

UN GGE – Global Cyber Security Norms: A Proliferation Problem?

At the invitation of the ICT4Peace Foundation, Paul Meyer, Senior Advisor of the Foundation, prepared his analysis of the most recent developments at the United Nations and elsewhere regarding the ...

Activities, Policy Research CS, Publications, Reports, Cybersecurity High-Level Policy Briefings, ICT4Peace Support to UN OEWG and UN GGE, including Programme of Action PoA, Norms of Responsible Behaviour and Confidence Building Measures (CBMs) for the Cyberspace

30. November 2018

Eneken Tikk: International Law Applies Both In and Against Cyber Attacks

On behalf of ICT4Peace Foundation, Dr Eneken Tikk attended the Geneva International Law Day, organised by the Swiss Federal Department of Foreign Affairs and was one of the panelists to ...

Policy Research CS, Advisory CS, Norms of Responsible Behaviour and Confidence Building Measures (CBMs) for the Cyberspace

15. November 2018

UN GGE – Visions on the future of cyberspace clash at the UN

By Amb. Paul Meyer A fragile consensus over norms of responsible state behaviour in cyberspace, as Paul Meyer observes, has fallen victim to East–West geopolitical tensions. Paul Meyer is Senior ...

Activities, Policy Research CS, Advisory CS, ICT4Peace Support to UN OEWG and UN GGE, including Programme of Action PoA, Norms of Responsible Behaviour and Confidence Building Measures (CBMs) for the Cyberspace

14. November 2018

Over 100,000 sign up for the Digital Peace Campaign

ICT4peace is pleased to report that over 100,000 people have already signed the Digital Peace Now Petition that ICT4Peace has helped launch together with Microsoft, Civicus, Observer Research Foundation and ...

Advisory CS, Foundation, ICTs and Human Rights Protection, Norms of Responsible Behaviour and Confidence Building Measures (CBMs) for the Cyberspace

12. November 2018

ICT4Peace early supporter of the Paris Call for Trust and Security in Cyberspace launched today

Today President Macron of France is officially launching the Paris Call for Trust and Security in Cyberspace. ICT4Peace has been an early supporter of this important global initiative and provided ...

Policy Research CS, Advisory CS, Cybersecurity High-Level Policy Briefings, Norms of Responsible Behaviour and Confidence Building Measures (CBMs) for the Cyberspace

12. November 2018

UN GGE – ICT4Peace at Wuzhen World Internet Conference: Implementation of internationally agreed Norms on Peace and Security is urgent

ICT4Peace was invited for the second time to attend the Wuzhen World Internet Conference. In the workshop “Norms in Cyberspace: Practises and Explorations”, organised by the China Institutes of Contemporary ...

Policy Research CS, ICT4Peace Support to UN OEWG and UN GGE, including Programme of Action PoA, Norms of Responsible Behaviour and Confidence Building Measures (CBMs) for the Cyberspace

5. November 2018

ICT4Peace welcomes the Geneva Dialogue on Responsible Behaviour in Cyberspace

ICT4Peace welcomes the Geneva Dialogue on Responsible Behaviour in Cyberspace, a new initiative of the Swiss Government in Geneva. “The Geneva Dialogue on Responsible Behaviour in Cyberspace aims to map ...

ICT4Peace Cybersecurity Policy and Diplomacy Capacity Building, Norms of Responsible Behaviour and Confidence Building Measures (CBMs) for the Cyberspace

1. November 2018

ICT4Peace Founding Advisory Board Member of Digital Peace Campaign initiated by Microsoft

ICT4Peace is proud to be a founding Advisory Board Member of Digital Peace Campaign initiated by Microsoft and announced at the Global Citizen Festival, Central Park, New York. Early September 2018 ...

Advisory CS, Foundation, ICTs and Human Rights Protection, Cybersecurity High-Level Policy Briefings, Norms of Responsible Behaviour and Confidence Building Measures (CBMs) for the Cyberspace

25. October 2018

UN GGE ICT4Peace Workshop on Implementing UN Norms on Responsible State Behaviour in Cyberspace in New York

In cooperation with the Mission of Finland to the United Nations in New York, ICT4Peace is conducting a workshop on the question of practical implementation of the UN GGE recommendations ...

Activities, Cybersecurity High-Level Policy Briefings, ICT4Peace Cybersecurity Policy and Diplomacy Capacity Building, ICT4Peace Support to UN OEWG and UN GGE, including Programme of Action PoA, Norms of Responsible Behaviour and Confidence Building Measures (CBMs) for the Cyberspace

26. September 2018

UN GGE ICT4Peace moderated High Level Panel on Norms in Cybersecurity during High Level Segment of UN GA

ICT4Peace was honoured to support and moderate the High-Level Panel on the Role of Norms in Cybersecurity hosted by the Government of Bangladesh and the UN Office for Disarmament Affairs ...

Advisory CS, Cybersecurity High-Level Policy Briefings, ICT4Peace Support to UN OEWG and UN GGE, including Programme of Action PoA, Norms of Responsible Behaviour and Confidence Building Measures (CBMs) for the Cyberspace

25. September 2018

ICT4Peace at Facebook Integrity, Safety, and Conflict Roundtable

Sanjana Hattotuwa, Special Advisor at the ICT4Peace Foundation, was invited to be part of the Integrity, Safety, and Conflict Roundtable held at Facebook’s HQ in Menlo Park, from 17-18 September 2018. ...

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18. September 2018

ICT4Peace moderated plenary Session at the Seoul Defense Dialogue (SDD) 2018

Daniel Stauffacher of ICT4Peace was invited by the Government of Korea to present at and moderate the 4th Plenary Session Panel at the Seoul Defense Dialogue: “Cyber Security: Strengthening Mutual ...

Advisory CS, Cybersecurity High-Level Policy Briefings, Norms of Responsible Behaviour and Confidence Building Measures (CBMs) for the Cyberspace

11. September 2018

UN GGE – The Struggle for Cyber Peace: Norms of Responsible State Behaviour

Ambassador (ret) Paul Meyer, Senior Advisor of ICT4Peace in the workshop “Cybersecurity Challenges in the Government Sphere – Ethical, Legal and Technical Aspects” held in Bern September 5-6. The workshop ...

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11. September 2018

ICT4Peace 3rd Senior Level Cybersecurity Policy and Diplomacy Workshop for CLMV Countries held in Siem Reap, Cambodia

After in Vientiane in 2016 and in Hanoi in 2017, the 3rd ICT4Peace Senior Level Cybersecurity Policy and Diplomacy Workshop for CLMV Countries was held in Siem Reap, from 6 ...

Activities, Capacity Building CS, Cybersecurity High-Level Policy Briefings, ICT4Peace Cybersecurity Policy and Diplomacy Capacity Building, ICT4Peace Support to UN OEWG and UN GGE, including Programme of Action PoA, Norms of Responsible Behaviour and Confidence Building Measures (CBMs) for the Cyberspace

7. September 2018

ICT4Peace partners with the World Economic Forum on Cybersecurity

The World Economic Forum Centre for Cybersecurity had its inaugural “Global CERT Advisory Board” Meting in Geneva. ICT4Peace is proud to be part of this important initiative. ICT4Peace’s Senior Adviser ...

Capacity Building CS, Policy Research CS, Advisory CS, ICT4Peace Cybersecurity Policy and Diplomacy Capacity Building, Norms of Responsible Behaviour and Confidence Building Measures (CBMs) for the Cyberspace

30. August 2018

ICT4Peace at UN Conference on Lethal Autonomous Weapon Systems (LAWS) from 27 to 31 August in Geneva

It is the third year that the ICT4Peace Foundation is taking part at discussions on Lethal Autonomous Weapons Systems (LAWS) at the Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons (CCW) at the ...

Policy Research ICT, AI, LAWS, Converging Technologies and Peace Time Threats, Big data, Norms of Responsible Behaviour and Confidence Building Measures (CBMs) for the Cyberspace, Zurich Hub for ethics and technology

22. August 2018

Open Letter to Swiss Parliament by ICT4Peace calling for robust and effective Swiss Cyber Security Competence Center

The Swiss government is currently working on implementing a cybersecurity competence center and has recently presented the first measures to be taken. ICT4Peace has followed this process closely and is ...

ICT4Peace in the Media, Policy Research CS, Advisory CS, Foundation, Cybersecurity High-Level Policy Briefings, Norms of Responsible Behaviour and Confidence Building Measures (CBMs) for the Cyberspace

15. July 2018

Dr. Serge Droz of ICT4Peace invited by the ITU GSR 2018 to participate in the Global Dialogue on AI, IoT and Cybersecurity

On 9 July 2018, Dr. Serge Droz, Member of the Board, First and Senior Advisor, ICT4Peace was invited by the ITU to participate in the ITU GSR Thematic Event on ...

Activities, ICT4Peace in the Media, AI, LAWS, Converging Technologies and Peace Time Threats, Big data, Cybersecurity High-Level Policy Briefings, ICT4Peace Cybersecurity Policy and Diplomacy Capacity Building, Norms of Responsible Behaviour and Confidence Building Measures (CBMs) for the Cyberspace, Zurich Hub for ethics and technology

7. July 2018

Farewell and thanks to Karsten Geier

On the occasion of the official launch on 6 July 2018 in Berlin of the ICT4Peace supported first international Commentary on Norms of Responsible State Behaviour in Cyberspace, friends and ...

Policy Research CS, Advisory CS, Reports, Cybersecurity High-Level Policy Briefings, ICT4Peace Cybersecurity Policy and Diplomacy Capacity Building, ICT4Peace Support to UN OEWG and UN GGE, including Programme of Action PoA, Norms of Responsible Behaviour and Confidence Building Measures (CBMs) for the Cyberspace

29. June 2018

2nd ASEAN Cyber Norms Workshop in Singapore supported by ICT4Peace

ICT4Peace was again invited by the Government of Singapore and its Cyber Security Agency of Singapore (CSA) to co-organise the 2nd ASEAN Cyber Norms Workshop on 26 and 27 June ...

Activities, ASEAN, Policy Research CS, Advisory CS, Capacity Building CS, Cybersecurity High-Level Policy Briefings, ICT4Peace Cybersecurity Policy and Diplomacy Capacity Building, ICT4Peace Support to UN OEWG and UN GGE, including Programme of Action PoA, Norms of Responsible Behaviour and Confidence Building Measures (CBMs) for the Cyberspace

13. May 2018

UN GGE UN ODA and ICT4Peace published Commentary on Voluntary Non-Binding Norms of Responsible State Behaviour in Cyberspace

UN ODA Publication supported by ICT4Peace: “Voluntary, Non-Binding Norms for Responsible State Behaviour in the Use of Information and Communications Technology - A Commentary"

ICT4Peace is pleased to announce its sponsorship of the first Global Commentary on “Voluntary, Non-Binding Norms for Responsible State Behaviour in the Use of Information and Communications Technology” published by the ...

ICT4Peace in the Media, Activities, Policy Research CS, Advisory CS, Capacity Building CS, Publications, Reports, Cybersecurity High-Level Policy Briefings, ICT4Peace Call to Governments to commit to refrain from Offensive Cyber Operations against civilian Critical Infrastructure, ICT4Peace Proposal for a States Cyber Peer Review Mechanism, ICT4Peace Cybersecurity Policy and Diplomacy Capacity Building, ICT4Peace Support to UN OEWG and UN GGE, including Programme of Action PoA, Norms of Responsible Behaviour and Confidence Building Measures (CBMs) for the Cyberspace

20. April 2018

Progress at the UN on use of Lethal Autonomous Weapons

ICT4Peace and the Zurich Hub for Ethics and Technology (ZHET) participated in the UN Meeting (GGE) on Lethal Autonomous Weapons (LAWS) in Geneva from 9 to 13 April 2018. ICT4Peace ...

Activities, Policy Research CS, Advisory CS, AI, LAWS, Converging Technologies and Peace Time Threats, Cybersecurity High-Level Policy Briefings, Norms of Responsible Behaviour and Confidence Building Measures (CBMs) for the Cyberspace

19. April 2018

Chinese think tank CICIR visits ICT4Peace Foundation in Zurich

Representatives of the Chinese Think Tank China Institutes of Contemporary International Relations (CICIR) visited ICT4Peace Foundation in Zurich on 9 and 10 April 2018 to discuss areas of ongoing and ...

Activities, Policy Research CS, Advisory CS, Foundation, Norms of Responsible Behaviour and Confidence Building Measures (CBMs) for the Cyberspace

15. March 2018

ICT4Peace Matrix on National and International Goals and Measures of Cybersecurity

On 7 March 2018, Daniel Stauffacher, President of ICT4Peace has been invited to make a presentation on Cyber Security to Swiss Parliamentarians in Bern. His presentation can be found here. ...

Activities, Policy Research CS, Advisory CS, Capacity Building CS, Reports, Cybersecurity High-Level Policy Briefings, ICT4Peace Cybersecurity Policy and Diplomacy Capacity Building, Norms of Responsible Behaviour and Confidence Building Measures (CBMs) for the Cyberspace

23. February 2018

ASEAN ICT4Peace Cybersecurity Policy and Diplomacy workshop in Brunei

ICT4Peace has been invited by the Governments of the UK, Japan and Brunei to support the holding of a workshop on Cybersecurity Policy, Programmes and Diplomacy with ASEAN countries in ...

Activities, ASEAN, Capacity Building CS, Cybersecurity High-Level Policy Briefings, ICT4Peace Cybersecurity Policy and Diplomacy Capacity Building, ICT4Peace Support to UN OEWG and UN GGE, including Programme of Action PoA, Norms of Responsible Behaviour and Confidence Building Measures (CBMs) for the Cyberspace

20. December 2017

ICT4Peace at Internet Governance Forum 2017 in Geneva

ICT4Peace’s Daniel Stauffacher was invited on 17 December 2017 to join a well attended panel discussion on “The Need for a Digital Geneva Convention in Times of Cyber(In)Security” regarding Microsoft’s ...

Activities, Policy Research CS, Cybersecurity High-Level Policy Briefings, Norms of Responsible Behaviour and Confidence Building Measures (CBMs) for the Cyberspace, Geneva Peace Week, Geneva Digital Atlas, UN WSIS Processes,Global Digital Compact, Summit for the Future, ICT4Peace Paragraph 36, UN SDGs, International Geneva

20. December 2017 New York

UN GGE – Commentary on Voluntary, Non-Binding Norms for Responsible State Behaviour in the Use of Information and Communications Technology

A Publication by ICT4Peace with the UN Office for Disarmament Affairs (UNODA): Civil Society and Disarmament: 2017

In June 2016 ICT4Peace co-launched with Leiden University’s Program for Cyber Norms a global open consultation on how to implement the Recommendations of United Nations’ Group of Governmental Experts on Developments ...

Activities, Policy Research CS, Publications, Reports, ICT4Peace Support to UN OEWG and UN GGE, including Programme of Action PoA, Norms of Responsible Behaviour and Confidence Building Measures (CBMs) for the Cyberspace

6. December 2017

ICT4Peace moderated Panel on Norms for Peace and Security in Cyberspace at Wuzhen World Internet Conference (WIC)

ICT4Peace moderated Panel on Norms for Peace and Security in Cyberspace at Wuzhen Summit – World Internet Conference (WIC) ICT4Peace’s Daniel Stauffacher was invited to join the World Internet Conference ...

Activities, Policy Research CS, Advisory CS, Cybersecurity High-Level Policy Briefings, ICT4Peace Cybersecurity Policy and Diplomacy Capacity Building, ICT4Peace Support to UN OEWG and UN GGE, including Programme of Action PoA, Norms of Responsible Behaviour and Confidence Building Measures (CBMs) for the Cyberspace

13. November 2017

Update: Promoting International Law and Norms of Responsible Behavior in Cyberspace

Read about our recent work on Promoting International Law and Norms of Responsible Behavior in Cyberspace here.

Activities, Advisory CS, Capacity Building CS, Reports, Cybersecurity High-Level Policy Briefings, Norms of Responsible Behaviour and Confidence Building Measures (CBMs) for the Cyberspace

6. November 2017

UN GGE ICT4Peace Promoting Norms of Responsible Behaviour in Cyberspace at the Munich Security Conference in Brussels and the Geneva Peace Week

Dr. Eneken Tikk, Senior Advisor, ICT4Peace, will be participating in the Munich Security Conference (MSC) on Cybersecurity Meetings in Brussels on 6 November 29017, before joining the panel discussions on ...

Activities, Policy Research, Advisory, Cybersecurity High-Level Policy Briefings, ICT4Peace Support to UN OEWG and UN GGE, including Programme of Action PoA, Norms of Responsible Behaviour and Confidence Building Measures (CBMs) for the Cyberspace, Geneva Peace Week, Geneva Digital Atlas, UN WSIS Processes,Global Digital Compact, Summit for the Future, ICT4Peace Paragraph 36, UN SDGs, International Geneva

20. October 2017

ICT4Peace presenting on Peace and Cybersecurity in Cyberspace at Global Parliaments Meeting (IPU) in St. Petersburg

ICT4Peace presenting on Peace and Cybersecurity in Cyberspace at Global Parlaments Meeting (IPU) in St. Petersburg ICT4Peace’s Daniel Stauffacher was invited by the Inter Parliamentary Union (IPU) to present on ...

Activities, Advisory CS, UN Crisis Information Management Strategy (CIMS), Responding to/preventing Violent Extremism using ICTs and the Internet, Cybersecurity High-Level Policy Briefings, Norms of Responsible Behaviour and Confidence Building Measures (CBMs) for the Cyberspace, Tech against terrorism

15. October 2017

ICT4Peace 2nd Senior Level International Cybersecurity Policy and Diplomacy in Cyberspace for CLMV Countries held in Hanoi

ICT4Peace, in cooperation with the Vietnam Government’s Computer Emergency Response Teams (VNCert) organised on 12 and 13 October 2017 the 2nd Senior Level Cybersecurity Policy and Diplomacy Workshop ...

Activities, Capacity Building CS, ASEAN, Cybersecurity High-Level Policy Briefings, ICT4Peace Cybersecurity Policy and Diplomacy Capacity Building, ICT4Peace Support to UN OEWG and UN GGE, including Programme of Action PoA, Norms of Responsible Behaviour and Confidence Building Measures (CBMs) for the Cyberspace

13. October 2017

ICT4Peace’s urgent call for Peace in Cyberspace in NZZ and Le Temps

On 20 June 2017 ICT4Peace’s Daniel Stauffacher and Paul Meyer released a commentary: “WannaCry, the Digital Geneva Convention and the urgent need for Cyber Peace”. This commentary was subsequently published ...

30. September 2017

Cybersecurity and humanitarianism: Opportunities and challenges

Sanjana Hattotuwa, Special Advisor at the ICT4Peace Foundation was invited to attend Crisis Code: Humanitarian Protection in the Digital Age, a two-day conference exploring how crisis-affected populations can be safeguarded ...

Activities, Policy Research ICT, Advisory ICT, AI, disinformation, misinformation and hate speech, Policy Research CS, Advisory CS, Policy Research, Advisory, UN Crisis Information Management Strategy (CIMS), Strategic Input into UN peacekeeping, peacebuilding and humanitarian operations, Responding to/preventing Violent Extremism using ICTs and the Internet, ICTs and Human Rights Protection, New media for crisis management and peacebuilding, ICTs, new media and Election Monitoring:Sri Lanka, Egypt, Tunisia, ICT4Peace Matrix Plug-In, ICT4Peace Support to UN OEWG and UN GGE, including Programme of Action PoA, Norms of Responsible Behaviour and Confidence Building Measures (CBMs) for the Cyberspace

17. September 2017

ICT4Peace teaching at ETH Zurich Swiss School of Public Governance

ICT4Peace’s Sanjana Hattotuwa and Daniel Stauffacher were invited in September 2017 to lecture at the ETH Certificate of Advanced Studies in Public Governance and Administration Course, of the Swiss School ...

AI, disinformation, misinformation and hate speech, Activities, Capacity Building ICT, Capacity Building CS, Capacity Building, UN Crisis Information Management Strategy (CIMS), Crisis Information Management Capacity Building, ICTs and Human Rights Protection, New media for crisis management and peacebuilding, Norms of Responsible Behaviour and Confidence Building Measures (CBMs) for the Cyberspace

23. July 2017

UN GGE ICT4Peace Call for Global Open Consultations on the United Nations Cybersecurity Norms Proposals

ICT4Peace is honoured to have been invited to co-launch with Leiden University’s Program for Cyber Norms, the global open consultation on how to implement the United Nations’ Group of Governmental ...

Activities, Policy Research CS, Advisory CS, Publications, Reports, Cybersecurity High-Level Policy Briefings, ICT4Peace Support to UN OEWG and UN GGE, including Programme of Action PoA, Norms of Responsible Behaviour and Confidence Building Measures (CBMs) for the Cyberspace

20. June 2017

WannaCry, the Geneva Digital Convention and the urgent need for Cyber Peace

Download this commentary as a PDF here. ### A commentary by Paul Meyer, Senior Advisor and Daniel Stauffacher, President, ICT4Peace Foundation The mass assault of the “WannaCry” malware that holds ...

Activities, Policy Research CS, Advisory CS, Cybersecurity High-Level Policy Briefings, ICT4Peace Call to Governments to commit to refrain from Offensive Cyber Operations against civilian Critical Infrastructure, ICT4Peace Proposal for a States Cyber Peer Review Mechanism, ICT4Peace proposal for an independent incident attribution mechanism, ICT4Peace Support to UN OEWG and UN GGE, including Programme of Action PoA, Norms of Responsible Behaviour and Confidence Building Measures (CBMs) for the Cyberspace

11. May 2017

Promoting Norms of Responsible Behaviour in Cyberspace in Singapore

The Cyber Security Agency (CSA) of Singapore, in collaboration with ICT4Peace Foundation, held the inaugural ASEAN Cyber Norms Workshop in Singapore from 8 to 9 May 2017 under the auspices ...

Activities, Advisory CS, Capacity Building CS, ASEAN, Policy Research CS, ICT4Peace Cybersecurity Policy and Diplomacy Capacity Building, ICT4Peace Support to UN OEWG and UN GGE, including Programme of Action PoA, Norms of Responsible Behaviour and Confidence Building Measures (CBMs) for the Cyberspace

2. April 2017

Swiss “Partners in Dialogue” panel on “Geopolitics and Cyberspace: Current Risks and Challenges” in Brussels

ICT4Peace’s Daniel Stauffacher was invited by the Mission of Switzerland to the European Union and the Mission of Switzerland to NATO in Brussels to moderate a high-level panel on “Geopolitics ...

Activities, Policy Research CS, Advisory CS, Policy Research, Advisory, Cybersecurity High-Level Policy Briefings, ICT4Peace Cybersecurity Policy and Diplomacy Capacity Building, ICT4Peace Support to UN OEWG and UN GGE, including Programme of Action PoA, Norms of Responsible Behaviour and Confidence Building Measures (CBMs) for the Cyberspace

20. February 2017

UN GGE ICT4Peace Workshop for the UN GGE Experts: Existing and Future Norms on International ICT Infrastructure and Data Integrity

On 20 February 2017 ICT4Peace organised a workshop at the Palais des Nations in Geneva in support of the UN Group of Governmental Experts (UN GGE) on Developments in the ...

Activities, Policy Research CS, Advisory CS, Capacity Building CS, Policy Research, Advisory, Capacity Building, Cybersecurity High-Level Policy Briefings, ICT4Peace Cybersecurity Policy and Diplomacy Capacity Building, ICT4Peace Support to UN OEWG and UN GGE, including Programme of Action PoA, Norms of Responsible Behaviour and Confidence Building Measures (CBMs) for the Cyberspace

20. December 2016 Bangkok

Royal Thai Government Regional Workshop on Cybersecurity: Norms in Cyberspace

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the National Security Council and Ministry of Digital Economy of the Kingdom of Thailand had invited ICT4Peace to contribute to the Regional Workshop on Cybersecurity: ...

Activities, Policy Research CS, Advisory CS, Capacity Building CS, ASEAN, Cybersecurity High-Level Policy Briefings, ICT4Peace Cybersecurity Policy and Diplomacy Capacity Building, ICT4Peace Support to UN OEWG and UN GGE, including Programme of Action PoA, Norms of Responsible Behaviour and Confidence Building Measures (CBMs) for the Cyberspace

19. December 2016

OSCE ICT4Peace Workshop on International Cyber Security Policy and Diplomacy for OSCE Field Staff

ICT4Peace was invited by the Organisation for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) in Vienna to conduct a workshop on 14 and 15 December 2016 for OSCE field staff on ...

OSCE, Activities, Capacity Building CS, Cybersecurity High-Level Policy Briefings, ICT4Peace Cybersecurity Policy and Diplomacy Capacity Building, ICT4Peace Support to UN OEWG and UN GGE, including Programme of Action PoA, Norms of Responsible Behaviour and Confidence Building Measures (CBMs) for the Cyberspace

1. December 2016

First UN Security Council Arrias Formula Meeting on Cybersecurity and International Peace and Security – Briefing by ICT4Peace

Co-convened and Co-chaired by Sénégal and Spain

On 28 November 2016, the ICT4Peace Foundation was invited to brief the members of the UN Security Council on Cybersecurity and International Peace and Security. The first ever Arrias Formula ...

United Nations General Assembly, Activities, Capacity Building CS, Advisory CS, Foundation, Cybersecurity High-Level Policy Briefings, ICT4Peace Call to Governments to commit to refrain from Offensive Cyber Operations against civilian Critical Infrastructure, ICT4Peace Support to UN OEWG and UN GGE, including Programme of Action PoA, Norms of Responsible Behaviour and Confidence Building Measures (CBMs) for the Cyberspace, Geneva Peace Week, Geneva Digital Atlas, UN WSIS Processes,Global Digital Compact, Summit for the Future, ICT4Peace Paragraph 36, UN SDGs, International Geneva

4. November 2016

CLMV ASEAN – ICT4Peace Cybersecurity Policy and Diplomacy workshop for Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar and Vietnam

In cooperation with the Government of the Lao PDR, ICT4Peace organised it’s Workshop on Cybersecurity Policy and Diplomacy in Vientiane for the CLMV Countries Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, and Vietnam. Over ...

17. October 2016

UN Genertal Assembly First Committee: ICT4Peace on Cybersecurity Capacity Building at the UN General Assembly First Committee

ICT4Peace was invited on 5 October 2016 to make a presentation on cybersecurity capacity building at a side event of UN General Assembly First Committee. This Committee deals with disarmament, ...

13. October 2016

ICT4Peace at Munich Security Conference: Cybersecurity must be part of the Global Development Debate

ICT4Peace was invited to participate in Munich Security Conference’s (MSC) Cybersecurity Summit Silicon Valley 2016 on 19 and 20 September 2016. When discussing the issue of capacity building in Cybersecurity, ...

Activities, Advisory CS, Cybersecurity High-Level Policy Briefings, Norms of Responsible Behaviour and Confidence Building Measures (CBMs) for the Cyberspace

21. September 2016

International Governance for Peace and Security in Cyberspace

ICT4Peace’s Daniel Stauffacher was invited to give a lecture on “International Governance for Peace and Security in Cyberspace” at the Summer School of the Swiss Study Foundation organised in collaboration ...

Activities, Capacity Building ICT, Capacity Building CS, UN Crisis Information Management Strategy (CIMS), Norms of Responsible Behaviour and Confidence Building Measures (CBMs) for the Cyberspace

16. August 2016

ICT4Peace on Peace and Security in the cyberspace at Science for Peace Conference, Malaysia

ICT4Peace was invited by the Academy of Sciences Malaysia, to make a presentation on Peace and Security in the cyberspace at the International Conference on Science for Peace in Kuala ...

Activities, Advisory CS, Cybersecurity High-Level Policy Briefings, Norms of Responsible Behaviour and Confidence Building Measures (CBMs) for the Cyberspace

20. July 2016

Preparing for the next UN GGE: ICT4Peace at Cybersecurity Workshop in Beijing

Preparing for the next UN GGE: ICT4Peace at Cybersecurity Workshop in Beijing ICT4Peace’s Daniel Stauffacher was invited by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the People’s Republic of China and ...

Activities, Advisory CS, Cybersecurity High-Level Policy Briefings, ICT4Peace Support to UN OEWG and UN GGE, including Programme of Action PoA, Norms of Responsible Behaviour and Confidence Building Measures (CBMs) for the Cyberspace

3. July 2016

ICT4Peace cybersecurity activities in June

During the month of June ICT4Peace participated in a number of events related to its global project on ICT and international peace and security. These included UNIDIR’s Annual Cyber Stability ...

Activities, Responding to/preventing Violent Extremism using ICTs and the Internet, Cybersecurity High-Level Policy Briefings, Norms of Responsible Behaviour and Confidence Building Measures (CBMs) for the Cyberspace

15. June 2016

ICT4Peace at Lions Club Zurich Metropole on Cybersecurity as an international challenge for States and Companies

ICT4Peace’s Daniel Stauffacher was invited by the Lions Club Zurich Metropole to give a presentation on 7 June 2016 on the mission of the ICT4Peace Foundation as a policy and ...

Activities, Advisory ICT, UN Crisis Information Management Strategy (CIMS), Norms of Responsible Behaviour and Confidence Building Measures (CBMs) for the Cyberspace

6. June 2016

ICT4Peace on G7 Summit Principles and Actions on Cyber: “Give Peace a Chance”

The G7 summit meeting hosted by Japan May 26-27 2016 issued a document entitled “G7 Principles and Actions on Cyber”. The text contains strong commitments in the field of human ...

Activities, Policy Research CS, Advisory CS, Cybersecurity High-Level Policy Briefings, Norms of Responsible Behaviour and Confidence Building Measures (CBMs) for the Cyberspace, Geneva Peace Week, Geneva Digital Atlas, UN WSIS Processes,Global Digital Compact, Summit for the Future, ICT4Peace Paragraph 36, UN SDGs, International Geneva

26. February 2016

ICT4Peace Cyber Security Policy and Diplomacy Workshop at GCSP, Geneva on 14 and 15 March 2016

Building Capacities for Cyber Security Negotiations The ICT4Peace Foundation is honoured to co-organize the Cyber Security Policy and Diplomacy Workshop with the Geneva Center for Security Policy (GCSP) on 14 ...

Activities, Capacity Building CS, ICT4Peace Cybersecurity Policy and Diplomacy Capacity Building, ICT4Peace Support to UN OEWG and UN GGE, including Programme of Action PoA, Norms of Responsible Behaviour and Confidence Building Measures (CBMs) for the Cyberspace

26. February 2016

ICT4Peace: Africa must unite to protect its cybersphere

As a follow up to the ICT4Peace workshop on Capacity Building for International Cyber Security Negotiations at the AU, co-organized with African Union Commission on 15 and 16 February in ...

Activities, Advisory CS, Cybersecurity High-Level Policy Briefings, Norms of Responsible Behaviour and Confidence Building Measures (CBMs) for the Cyberspace

22. February 2016 Addis Abeba

African Union Commission and ICT4Peace co-organized Capacity Building for International Cyber Security Negotiations at the AU in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

As part of its Capacity Building Program for International Cyber Security Negotiations, ICT4Peace organised in cooperation with the African Union Commission the first cybersecurity policy and diplomacy workshop at The ...

19. December 2015

UN General Assembly’s World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS+10) Review fails to address the need for peace in cyberspace

Review fails to address the need for Peace in cyberspace Press Release On December 16, 2015 the UN General Assembly issued an outcome document for its review of implementation of ...

Activities, Advisory ICT, Advisory CS, UN Crisis Information Management Strategy (CIMS), Cybersecurity High-Level Policy Briefings, Norms of Responsible Behaviour and Confidence Building Measures (CBMs) for the Cyberspace, Geneva Peace Week, Geneva Digital Atlas, UN WSIS Processes,Global Digital Compact, Summit for the Future, ICT4Peace Paragraph 36, UN SDGs, International Geneva

13. December 2015

ICT4Peace Lecture at the Executive School of Management, Technology and Law, University of St. Gallen

ICT4Peace’s Daniel Stauffacher was invited by Dr. Daniel Woker, Ambassador-in-Residence at the Executive School of Management, Technology and Law (ES-HSG) of the University of St.Gallen to give a lecture on the ...

Activities, Capacity Building ICT, Capacity Building CS, UN Crisis Information Management Strategy (CIMS), Norms of Responsible Behaviour and Confidence Building Measures (CBMs) for the Cyberspace, Geneva Peace Week, Geneva Digital Atlas, UN WSIS Processes,Global Digital Compact, Summit for the Future, ICT4Peace Paragraph 36, UN SDGs, International Geneva

4. November 2015

ICT4Peace at the International Information Security Research Consortium Conference in Seoul, Korea

The ICT4Peace Foundation was in invited to participate in the 12th International Information Security Research Consortium Conference (IISRC Conference), which was hosted by the Korea University Law School on 2 ...

Activities, Advisory CS, Cybersecurity High-Level Policy Briefings, Norms of Responsible Behaviour and Confidence Building Measures (CBMs) for the Cyberspace

27. October 2015

ICT4Peace Capacity Building Program for International Cyber Security Negotiations in Singapore

As part of its Capacity Building Program for International Cyber Security Negotiations, ICT4Peace organized the first cybersecurity policy and diplomacy workshop for ASEAN countries on 19 and 20 October 2015 ...

23. October 2015

Baseline Review of ICT-Related Processes and Events: Implications for International and Regional Security in Chinese Language

ICT4Peace is honoured to announce that its acclaimed paper BASELINE REVIEW of ICT-RELATED PROCESSES & EVENTS has been published in the Chinese language as part of its cooperation with the ...

Activities, Publications, ICT4Peace Cybersecurity Policy and Diplomacy Capacity Building, ICT4Peace Support to UN OEWG and UN GGE, including Programme of Action PoA, Norms of Responsible Behaviour and Confidence Building Measures (CBMs) for the Cyberspace

7. October 2015

ASEAN ICT4Peace Cybersecurity Policy and Diplomacy Workshop for ASEAN countries in Singapore

Hosted by the Government of Singapore, ICT4Peace, in cooperation with RSIS, is organising a cybersecurity policy and diplomacy course in Singapore (19 – 20 October 2015) for the ASEAN Countries. ...

29. September 2015

ICT4Peace: Smart Use of ICT, the Internet and Universal Access Imperative for Successful Implementation of the SDGs

On 27 September 2015 ICT4Peace participated in the UN Summit on the adoption of Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, and contributed to the Interactive ...

Activities, Cybersecurity High-Level Policy Briefings, Norms of Responsible Behaviour and Confidence Building Measures (CBMs) for the Cyberspace, Geneva Peace Week, Geneva Digital Atlas, UN WSIS Processes,Global Digital Compact, Summit for the Future, ICT4Peace Paragraph 36, UN SDGs, International Geneva

24. September 2015

ICT4Peace participates in UN Summit on Sustainable Development in New York

ICT4Peace is honoured to have been invited by the President of the UN General Assembly, Mr. Mogens Lykketoft to participate in an interactive panel on “Building effective, accountable and inclusive ...

Activities, Advisory CS, UN Crisis Information Management Strategy (CIMS), Strategic Input into UN peacekeeping, peacebuilding and humanitarian operations, Cybersecurity High-Level Policy Briefings, Norms of Responsible Behaviour and Confidence Building Measures (CBMs) for the Cyberspace, Geneva Peace Week, Geneva Digital Atlas, UN WSIS Processes,Global Digital Compact, Summit for the Future, ICT4Peace Paragraph 36, UN SDGs, International Geneva

21. September 2015

ICT4Peace contributes to Expert-Workshop on the German Government’s “White Paper 2016 on Cyber Security

On 17 September 2015, ICT4Peace was invited to participate in an Expert-Workshop “White Paper 2016 on Cyber Security“ in Berlin, Germany, hosted by the Federal Ministry of Defence, the University ...

Activities, Cybersecurity High-Level Policy Briefings, Norms of Responsible Behaviour and Confidence Building Measures (CBMs) for the Cyberspace

15. September 2015

ICT4Peace at New York Cyber Security Roundtable of Munich Security Conference (MSC)

ICT4Peace’s Daniel Stauffacher was invited to participate in the Cyber Security Roundtable of Munich Security Conference (MSC) in New York on 8 September 2015. Kim Won-soo, UN Under Secretary-General and ...

Activities, Advisory CS, Cybersecurity High-Level Policy Briefings, Norms of Responsible Behaviour and Confidence Building Measures (CBMs) for the Cyberspace

4. September 2015

UN GGE – Another Year, Another GGE? The slow process of norm building for cyberspace

The latest report of the UN Group of Governmental Experts (GGE) concerned with “Developments in the field of Information and Telecommunications in the context of International Security”) was published in ...

Activities, Policy Research CS, Advisory CS, Reports, Cybersecurity High-Level Policy Briefings, ICT4Peace Call to Governments to commit to refrain from Offensive Cyber Operations against civilian Critical Infrastructure, ICT4Peace Support to UN OEWG and UN GGE, including Programme of Action PoA, Norms of Responsible Behaviour and Confidence Building Measures (CBMs) for the Cyberspace

4. August 2015

ICT4Peace Presentation at OSCE in Vienna on Capacity Building for International Cyber Security Negotiations

Daniel Stauffacher, President of ICT4Peace Foundation, was invited on 20 July 2015 by US Ambassador to the OSCE Daniel Baer, Chair of the OSCE Informal Working Group (IWG) on Confidence ...

13. July 2015

ICT4Peace at UNIDIR Cyber Stability Conference in Geneva

ICT4Peace was invited by The United Nations Institute for Disarmament Research to participate in its 2015 Cyber Stability Conference entitled “Regime Coherence” on 9 July 2015, Palais des Nations, in ...

Advisory CS, Cybersecurity High-Level Policy Briefings, Norms of Responsible Behaviour and Confidence Building Measures (CBMs) for the Cyberspace

3. June 2015

ICT4Peace invited to OSCE Workshop on Cyber Security in Tashkent

On 20 May 2015 ICT4Peace was invited by the OSCE and the Government of Uzbekistan to participate in a national workshop in Tashkent on Regional and International Cyber/ICT Security, use ...

Activities, Capacity Building CS, ICT4Peace Cybersecurity Policy and Diplomacy Capacity Building, Norms of Responsible Behaviour and Confidence Building Measures (CBMs) for the Cyberspace

13. May 2015

Promoting Peace, Trust and Security in Cyberspace at the United Nations

ICT4Peace’s Daniel Stauffacher was invited on 4 and 5 May 2015 to address the United Nations member states in Geneva, where he called again for the Use of Information and ...

Activities, Advisory ICT, Advisory CS, UN Crisis Information Management Strategy (CIMS), Strategic Input into UN peacekeeping, peacebuilding and humanitarian operations, Norms of Responsible Behaviour and Confidence Building Measures (CBMs) for the Cyberspace, Geneva Peace Week, Geneva Digital Atlas, UN WSIS Processes,Global Digital Compact, Summit for the Future, ICT4Peace Paragraph 36, UN SDGs, International Geneva

28. April 2015

ICT4Peace consultations with the Federal Foreign Office of Germany, Berlin

On 23 April 2015, ICT4Peace was invited by the German Federal Foreign Office to discuss international cybersecurity affairs and to give a presentation on the work and mandate by ICT4Peace ...

Activities, Advisory ICT, Advisory CS, UN Crisis Information Management Strategy (CIMS), New media for crisis management and peacebuilding, Cybersecurity High-Level Policy Briefings, ICT4Peace Support to UN OEWG and UN GGE, including Programme of Action PoA, Norms of Responsible Behaviour and Confidence Building Measures (CBMs) for the Cyberspace

25. April 2015

ICT4Peace on the Role of Civil Society in furthering Confidence Building Measures in Cyberspace at Lomonosov University Conference in Garmisch

On 21 April 2015, Daniel Stauffacher, President of ICT4Peace was invited to give a presentation on the “Role of Civil Society, Private Sector and Academia in furthering Confidence Building Measures ...

Activities, Advisory CS, Cybersecurity High-Level Policy Briefings, ICT4Peace Cybersecurity Policy and Diplomacy Capacity Building, ICT4Peace Support to UN OEWG and UN GGE, including Programme of Action PoA, Norms of Responsible Behaviour and Confidence Building Measures (CBMs) for the Cyberspace

20. April 2015

ICT4Peace: A Comprehensive Normative Approach to Cybersecurity is needed

Seeking to contribute to the international dialogue on norms for responsible behavior in cyberspace, ICT4Peace, with the support of the Dutch Government, organized a series of workshops and research notes ...

Activities, Policy Research CS, Advisory CS, Capacity Building CS, Publications, Cybersecurity High-Level Policy Briefings, ICT4Peace Cybersecurity Policy and Diplomacy Capacity Building, ICT4Peace Support to UN OEWG and UN GGE, including Programme of Action PoA, Norms of Responsible Behaviour and Confidence Building Measures (CBMs) for the Cyberspace

11. April 2015

ICT4Peace Panel on International Norms for Peace and Security at the Global Conference on Cyberspace, The Hague, Netherlands

Discussions on the applicability of existing international norms of responsible state behaviour to cyberspace are on-going within the UN Group of Governmental Experts on Developments in the Field of Information ...

Activities, Policy Research CS, Advisory CS, Capacity Building CS, Cybersecurity High-Level Policy Briefings, ICT4Peace Cybersecurity Policy and Diplomacy Capacity Building, ICT4Peace Support to UN OEWG and UN GGE, including Programme of Action PoA, Norms of Responsible Behaviour and Confidence Building Measures (CBMs) for the Cyberspace

11. April 2015

First ICT4Peace publication in Spanish: A Role for Civil Society in Cybersecurity Affairs

Also on the occasion of the Global Conference on Cyberspace April 2015 in the Hague Netherlands, ICT4Peace is pleased to announce that it’s publication on the Role of Civil Society ...

Activities, Policy Research CS, Advisory CS, Capacity Building CS, Publications, ICT4Peace Cybersecurity Policy and Diplomacy Capacity Building, ICT4Peace Support to UN OEWG and UN GGE, including Programme of Action PoA, Norms of Responsible Behaviour and Confidence Building Measures (CBMs) for the Cyberspace

2. April 2015

ICT4Peace conducts International Cybersecurity Diplomacy Course at the Global Conference on Cyberspace 2015, The Hague Netherlands

Upon invitation and with the support by the Government of the Netherlands, the ICT4Peace Foundation is honoured to organise a half day training Course on International Cybersecurity Diplomacy on 15 April 2015 in The ...

4. March 2015

The Government of Kenya and ICT4Peace Foundation co-organize the first Regional Training Workshop in Africa on International Security and Diplomacy in Cyberspace

The ICT4Peace Foundation is honored to have been invited by the Government of Kenya to co-host the first regional training workshop in Africa (2 to 3 March 2015) on International ...

23. January 2015

ICT4Peace Annual Cybersecurity “State of Play” Review

On 20-21 January 2015, the ICT4Peace Foundation organised a workshop hosted by ETH on ‘Cybersecurity Processes and Events.’ The objective of the workshop was to set the parameters for its ...

Activities, Policy Research CS, Cybersecurity High-Level Policy Briefings, Norms of Responsible Behaviour and Confidence Building Measures (CBMs) for the Cyberspace

10. January 2015

International Geneva launches Geneva Cybersecurity Days

10 January 2014: The ICT4Peace Foundation is honoured to have been invited to join the The Geneva Internet Platform, the Permanent Mission of Finland to the UN, DCAF, the GCSP, DiploFoundation, ...

Activities, Advisory CS, Cybersecurity High-Level Policy Briefings, ICT4Peace Cybersecurity Policy and Diplomacy Capacity Building, Norms of Responsible Behaviour and Confidence Building Measures (CBMs) for the Cyberspace

28. December 2014

Call for deeper engagement by all for the peaceful use of ICTs in 2015

Dear Friends and Colleagues, 2014 has again been a busy year for all those working on ICTs to safe lives and protect human dignity as well as to maintain international ...

Activities, Advisory ICT, Advisory CS, Reports, UN Crisis Information Management Strategy (CIMS), Responding to/preventing Violent Extremism using ICTs and the Internet, New media for crisis management and peacebuilding, Norms of Responsible Behaviour and Confidence Building Measures (CBMs) for the Cyberspace, Geneva Peace Week, Geneva Digital Atlas, UN WSIS Processes,Global Digital Compact, Summit for the Future, ICT4Peace Paragraph 36, UN SDGs, International Geneva

25. November 2014

ICT4Peace and OAS co-organize workshop on International Security and Diplomacy in Cyberspace

The ICT4Peace Foundation and the Organisation of American States (OAS) conducted a first of its kind “Workshop on International Security and Diplomacy in Cyberspace” with over 50 participants (Diplomats, Security and ...

Activities, Policy Research CS, Advisory CS, Capacity Building CS, Cybersecurity High-Level Policy Briefings, ICT4Peace Call to Governments to commit to refrain from Offensive Cyber Operations against civilian Critical Infrastructure, ICT4Peace Cybersecurity Policy and Diplomacy Capacity Building, ICT4Peace Support to UN OEWG and UN GGE, including Programme of Action PoA, Norms of Responsible Behaviour and Confidence Building Measures (CBMs) for the Cyberspace

13. November 2014

ICT4Peace supports OSCE on Cyber Confidence-Buidling Measures (CBMs): Promoting implementation, supporting negotiations

Ambassador (ret.) Paul Meyer (Moderator) and Dr. Eneken Tikk (on the far right) ICT4Peace, along with a number of representatives from think-tanks, academia, civil society organisations and the private sector ...

Activities, OSCE, Advisory CS, Capacity Building CS, Reports, Cybersecurity High-Level Policy Briefings, ICT4Peace Call to Governments to commit to refrain from Offensive Cyber Operations against civilian Critical Infrastructure, ICT4Peace Support to UN OEWG and UN GGE, including Programme of Action PoA, Norms of Responsible Behaviour and Confidence Building Measures (CBMs) for the Cyberspace

28. October 2014

IDB and OAS Workshop on Regional Cybersecurity Policies, Washington DC

ICT4Peace Foundation was invited to contribute to the Workshop on Regional Cybersecurity Policies organised by the Interamerican Development Bank (IDB) and Organisation of American States (OAS) on 22 to 24 ...

Advisory CS, Capacity Building CS, Cybersecurity High-Level Policy Briefings, ICT4Peace Cybersecurity Policy and Diplomacy Capacity Building, Norms of Responsible Behaviour and Confidence Building Measures (CBMs) for the Cyberspace

13. October 2014

ICT4Peace’s Daniel Stauffacher participated in the Sino-European Cyber Dialogue

Daniel Stauffacher from the ICT4Peace Foundation was invited to participate in the Sino-European Cyber Dialogue (SECD) convened on 25-26 September 2014 in Beijing, China, following the first meeting in Geneva ...

10. October 2014

Guerre et Paix dans le Cyberespace | War and Peace in Cyberspace

Francois Nordmann, one of the senior most Swiss diplomats in recent times, former Ambassador to France, United Kingdom, UNESCO and The Permanent Representative of Switzerland to the United Nations and ...

Publications, UN Crisis Information Management Strategy (CIMS), Responding to/preventing Violent Extremism using ICTs and the Internet, New media for crisis management and peacebuilding, Norms of Responsible Behaviour and Confidence Building Measures (CBMs) for the Cyberspace

3. September 2014

New ICT4Peace Publication: A Role for Civil Society in Cybersecurity Affairs?

In 2013, representing a major breakthrough in what had heretofore been difficult negotiations, a UN Group of Governmental Experts (GGE) and the Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) ...

Activities, Capacity Building CS, Publications, ICT4Peace Cybersecurity Policy and Diplomacy Capacity Building, ICT4Peace Support to UN OEWG and UN GGE, including Programme of Action PoA, Norms of Responsible Behaviour and Confidence Building Measures (CBMs) for the Cyberspace

31. August 2014

ICT4Peace cooperates with the Organization of American States to conduct International Cybersecurity Diplomacy Course for Latin America

ICT4Peace Capacity Building for International Cyber Security Diplomacy – Promoting Openness, Prosperity Trust and Security in Cyberspace 1 September 2014, Geneva, Switzerland: ICT4Peace is pleased to announce, that is has launched ...

Activities, Capacity Building CS, ICT4Peace Cybersecurity Policy and Diplomacy Capacity Building, Norms of Responsible Behaviour and Confidence Building Measures (CBMs) for the Cyberspace

5. July 2014

Confidence Building Measures and Norms for Cybersecurity and the Future of Internet Governance

The Centre of Excellence for National Security (CENS) of the S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies (RSIS), Singapore has invited Daniel Stauffacher of ICT4Peace to participate in an international workshop on ...

27. June 2014

How to innovate responsibly in a digital world?

On 19 June 2012 ICT4Peace’s Daniel Stauffacher was invited by Oxford University’s Framework for Responsible Research & Innovation in ICT (FRRIICT) Project to participate in a panel discussion at the ...

AI, disinformation, misinformation and hate speech, Activities, Policy Research ICT, Advisory ICT, Policy Research CS, Advisory CS, AI, LAWS, Converging Technologies and Peace Time Threats, Reports, Responding to/preventing Violent Extremism using ICTs and the Internet, ICTs and Human Rights Protection, New media for crisis management and peacebuilding, Big data, Cybersecurity High-Level Policy Briefings, Norms of Responsible Behaviour and Confidence Building Measures (CBMs) for the Cyberspace, Zurich Hub for ethics and technology

23. June 2014

High Level Meeting of the UN World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) reaffirms the potential of ICT4Peace

In preparation of the Review of the outcome of the UN World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) 2003 in Geneva and 2005 in Tunis by the UN General Assembly ...

Activities, Advisory ICT, Advisory CS, Publications, UN Crisis Information Management Strategy (CIMS), Norms of Responsible Behaviour and Confidence Building Measures (CBMs) for the Cyberspace, Geneva Peace Week, Geneva Digital Atlas, UN WSIS Processes,Global Digital Compact, Summit for the Future, ICT4Peace Paragraph 36, UN SDGs, International Geneva

9. June 2014

International Workshop on Information and Cyber Security, Beijing, 5 – 6 June 2014

ICT4Peace’s Daniel Stauffacher was invited by the Department of Arms Control and Disarmament, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, P.R. China to chair a panel at the Senior-level International Workshop on Information ...

Activities, Advisory CS, Cybersecurity High-Level Policy Briefings, Norms of Responsible Behaviour and Confidence Building Measures (CBMs) for the Cyberspace

1. May 2014

Baseline Review of ICT-Related Processes and Events: Implications for International and Regional Security

ICT4Peace is pleased to announce its latest publication ‚‘Baseline Review of ICT-Related Processes and Events: Implications for International and Regional Security’ by Camino Kavanagh, Tim Maurer and Eneken Tikk-Ringas. Download ...

Policy Research CS, Advisory CS, Capacity Building CS, Publications, Cybersecurity High-Level Policy Briefings, ICT4Peace Cybersecurity Policy and Diplomacy Capacity Building, Norms of Responsible Behaviour and Confidence Building Measures (CBMs) for the Cyberspace

25. March 2014

UN GGE – ICT4Peace briefs the UN in Geneva on the cyber security challenge and what can be done

On 21 March 2014, former Ambassadors Daniel Stauffacher (Switzerland) and Paul Meyer (Canada) from the ICT4Peace Foundation, were invited by Director-General Michael Moller, United Nations Office at Geneva for an Executive ...

Activities, Policy Research CS, Advisory CS, Capacity Building CS, Reports, Cybersecurity High-Level Policy Briefings, ICT4Peace Call to Governments to commit to refrain from Offensive Cyber Operations against civilian Critical Infrastructure, ICT4Peace Cybersecurity Policy and Diplomacy Capacity Building, ICT4Peace Support to UN OEWG and UN GGE, including Programme of Action PoA, Norms of Responsible Behaviour and Confidence Building Measures (CBMs) for the Cyberspace

14. February 2014

ICT4Peace Presentation on Preventing Cyber Conflict at the United Nations in Geneva

On 10 February 2014, Daniel Stauffacher, President of the ICT4Peace Foundation was invited to make a presentation at the United Nations Office in Geneva on the topic of Preventing Cyber ...

19. December 2013

2013 and ICT4Peace: Year in Review

Dear Colleagues, 2013 has again been an eventful year for the ICT4Peace Foundation, not only in its work helping the UN and the international community to improve crisis information management ...

Advisory ICT, Policy Research CS, Advisory CS, Capacity Building CS, Publications, End of Year Review, ICT4Peace Cybersecurity Policy and Diplomacy Capacity Building, Norms of Responsible Behaviour and Confidence Building Measures (CBMs) for the Cyberspace

4. December 2013

Social mobilization and conflict mediation online: Israel loves Iran

Image courtesy ABC News. The ICT4Peace Foundation was sent the following paper which we found extremely interesting, and with the permission of the author, is pleased to publish on our ...

Activities, Advisory ICT, Advisory CS, Publications, New media for crisis management and peacebuilding, Norms of Responsible Behaviour and Confidence Building Measures (CBMs) for the Cyberspace

22. November 2013

Updates from Day 2, ICCM 2013, Nairobi

The second day of ICCM 2013 in Nairobi, Kenya began with a panel hosted and moderated by Sanjana Hattotuwa, Special Advisor at the Foundation (read What’s so Big about Big ...

Activities, Advisory ICT, Advisory CS, Publications, Crisis Information Management Capacity Building, New media for crisis management and peacebuilding, Big data, Norms of Responsible Behaviour and Confidence Building Measures (CBMs) for the Cyberspace, Support to crisis mapping and ICCM

17. November 2013

UN GGE – Cyber Security takes the UN floor

The ICT4Peace Foundation, as part of its ongoing work on Cybersecurity and Resilient Internet has called for enhanced cooperation among states to promote a peaceful, secure, open and cooperative ICT ...

Activities, Policy Research CS, Advisory CS, Publications, Reports, Cybersecurity High-Level Policy Briefings, ICT4Peace Call to Governments to commit to refrain from Offensive Cyber Operations against civilian Critical Infrastructure, ICT4Peace Cybersecurity Policy and Diplomacy Capacity Building, ICT4Peace Support to UN OEWG and UN GGE, including Programme of Action PoA, Norms of Responsible Behaviour and Confidence Building Measures (CBMs) for the Cyberspace

19. October 2013

ICT4Peace Seoul Statement on Cybersecurity

ICT4Peace organized a special session at the Seoul Conference on Cyberspace on 17 October 2013 at the COEX Conference Center to discuss how the international and regional cybersecurity processes can ...

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7. October 2013

ICT4Peace Special Session at the Seoul Conference on Cyberspace 2013 on 17 October 2013

ICT4Peace is organizing a special session at the Seoul Conference on Cyberspace on 17 October 2013 at the COEX Conference Center to discuss how the international and regional cybersecurity processes ...

Activities, Advisory CS, Capacity Building CS, Cybersecurity High-Level Policy Briefings, ICT4Peace Cybersecurity Policy and Diplomacy Capacity Building, Norms of Responsible Behaviour and Confidence Building Measures (CBMs) for the Cyberspace

20. September 2013

ICT4Peace Foundation activity report: 2006 – 2013

ICT4Peace took root in 2003 with a pioneering research on the role of ICTs in preventing, responding to and recovering from conflict that led, two years later to the adoption ...

Advisory ICT, Advisory CS, Publications, Reports, UN Crisis Information Management Strategy (CIMS), Norms of Responsible Behaviour and Confidence Building Measures (CBMs) for the Cyberspace

13. September 2013

The Reach of Soft Power in Responding to International Cybersecurity Challenges

For several decades, international relations and strategic studies scholars have sought to develop a better understanding of the transformation and diffusion of power and its impact on strategic and international ...

Advisory CS, Policy Research CS, Publications, Reports, Cybersecurity High-Level Policy Briefings, Norms of Responsible Behaviour and Confidence Building Measures (CBMs) for the Cyberspace

26. August 2013

UN GGE Confidence Building in Cyberspace: Constructive work by UN experts

ICT4Peace experts have called since 2004 for more robust international cooperation among states against threats resulting from the malicious use of ICTs to reduce risk and enhance security and to ...

15. July 2013

What Next? Building Confidence Measures for the Cyberspace

Report on ICT4Peace International Dialogue on Confidence Building Measures (CBMs) and International Cyber Security – ETH Zurich, 20 to 21 June 2013. On 20 and 21 June 2013, the ICT4Peace ...

Activities, Policy Research CS, Advisory CS, Publications, Reports, Cybersecurity High-Level Policy Briefings, ICT4Peace Proposal for a States Cyber Peer Review Mechanism, ICT4Peace Support to UN OEWG and UN GGE, including Programme of Action PoA, Norms of Responsible Behaviour and Confidence Building Measures (CBMs) for the Cyberspace

24. June 2013

ICT4Peace Global Dialogue on Confidence Building Measures and International Cyber Security

Zurich, 20 and 21 June 2013 ETH ZURICH With the support of the Swiss Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Schwyzer-Stiftung, the ICT4Peace Foundation (www.ict4peace.org) hosted on 20 and 21 June ...

Activities, Advisory CS, Policy Research CS, Bi-Monthly Updates, Norms of Responsible Behaviour and Confidence Building Measures (CBMs) for the Cyberspace

6. June 2013

The dramatic rise of cyber-attacks: What are Governments doing about it?

An overview of global and regional processes, agendas and instruments by ICT4Peace Foundation Download the report in full here. The world is facing a new challenge that is here to ...

Policy Research CS, Advisory CS, Publications, Reports, Cybersecurity High-Level Policy Briefings, ICT4Peace Cybersecurity Policy and Diplomacy Capacity Building, Norms of Responsible Behaviour and Confidence Building Measures (CBMs) for the Cyberspace

18. December 2012

2012: Year in Review and Activity Report

Dear colleagues and friends, While 2011 was the year marked by the Arab Awakening and increasing awareness of ICTs for peace building, protection of human dignity and crisis management, in ...

Activities, Publications, End of Year Review, Reports, UN Crisis Information Management Strategy (CIMS), Norms of Responsible Behaviour and Confidence Building Measures (CBMs) for the Cyberspace

10. December 2012

ICT4Peace: Sustainable and resilient Internet a prerequisite to protect human dignity and save lives in crisis

Image courtesy TechChange ICT4Peace’s Daniel Stauffacher participated in a Symposium at Harvard University (6-8 December 2012) on “Internet-Driven Developments: Structural Changes and Tipping Points”, co-hosted by the Harvard Berkman Center ...

Activities, Policy Research ICT, Advisory ICT, Policy Research CS, Advisory CS, Reports, UN Crisis Information Management Strategy (CIMS), Strategic Input into UN peacekeeping, peacebuilding and humanitarian operations, Responding to/preventing Violent Extremism using ICTs and the Internet, New media for crisis management and peacebuilding, Big data, Cybersecurity High-Level Policy Briefings, Norms of Responsible Behaviour and Confidence Building Measures (CBMs) for the Cyberspace

25. November 2012

“Asia-Pacific Security: New Issues and New Ideas”: 4th Xiangshan Forum

Image courtesy chinamil.com.cn/Zhang Zhe Daniel Stauffacher, President of ICT4Peace participated in the Fourth Xiangshan Forum (Beijing, 16 to 18 November 2012) entitled “Asia-Pacific Security: New Issues and New Ideas”. The aim of ...

Activities, Capacity Building CS, Policy Research CS, Advisory CS, Cybersecurity High-Level Policy Briefings, ICT4Peace Support to UN OEWG and UN GGE, including Programme of Action PoA, Norms of Responsible Behaviour and Confidence Building Measures (CBMs) for the Cyberspace

13. November 2012

‘Jaw Jaw’ is better than ‘War War’: International Security in Cyberspace

‘Jaw Jaw’ is better than ‘War War’: International Security in Cyberspace[1] by Paul Meyer[2] “Jaw Jaw is better than War War” is Winston Churchill’s famous maxim concerning the desirability of ...

ICT4Peace Commentary, Activities, Advisory CS, Policy Research CS, Publications, Reports, Cybersecurity High-Level Policy Briefings, ICT4Peace Call to Governments to commit to refrain from Offensive Cyber Operations against civilian Critical Infrastructure, ICT4Peace Support to UN OEWG and UN GGE, including Programme of Action PoA, Norms of Responsible Behaviour and Confidence Building Measures (CBMs) for the Cyberspace

11. October 2012

ICT4Peace at the Budapest Conference on Cyberspace 2012

Dr. Eneken Tikk and Amb. Paul Meyer participated for ICT4Peace in the Budapest Conference on Cyberspace 2012 on 4 and 5 October 2012. The Budapest Conference is part of a ...

Activities, Advisory CS, Policy Research CS, Publications, Reports, Cybersecurity High-Level Policy Briefings, ICT4Peace Call to Governments to commit to refrain from Offensive Cyber Operations against civilian Critical Infrastructure, ICT4Peace Cybersecurity Policy and Diplomacy Capacity Building, ICT4Peace Support to UN OEWG and UN GGE, including Programme of Action PoA, Norms of Responsible Behaviour and Confidence Building Measures (CBMs) for the Cyberspace

28. August 2012

Report on Information and Communications Technology for Peace

A report on the use of Information and Communications Technologies for peacebuilding (ICT4Peace), with a Preface by Kofi A. Annan, former Secretary General of the United Nations.

Policy Research ICT, Advisory ICT, Policy Research CS, Advisory CS, Publications, UN Crisis Information Management Strategy (CIMS), ICTs and Human Rights Protection, New media for crisis management and peacebuilding, Big data, Norms of Responsible Behaviour and Confidence Building Measures (CBMs) for the Cyberspace, Geneva Peace Week, Geneva Digital Atlas, UN WSIS Processes,Global Digital Compact, Summit for the Future, ICT4Peace Paragraph 36, UN SDGs, International Geneva

5. August 2012

UN GGE ICT4Peace brief on upcoming Government Expert consultations on Cybersecurity at the UN in New York

With the UN General Assembly convening next week for the third time the Group of Governmental Experts (GGE) to address threats to international information security in the Disarmament and International ...

Activities, Policy Research CS, Advisory CS, Capacity Building CS, Publications, Reports, Cybersecurity High-Level Policy Briefings, ICT4Peace Cybersecurity Policy and Diplomacy Capacity Building, ICT4Peace Support to UN OEWG and UN GGE, including Programme of Action PoA, Norms of Responsible Behaviour and Confidence Building Measures (CBMs) for the Cyberspace

30. July 2012

ICT4Peace Op-ed in Neue Zürcher Zeitung (NZZ): Disarmament Negotiations for the Cyberspace are needed

Daniel Stauffacher, President of ICT4Peace and Ambassador Paul Meyer have published an Op-ed on 23 July in the Neue Zürcher Zeitung called “Disarmament Negotiations for the Cyberspace are needed”. The ...

ICT4Peace Commentary, ICT4Peace in the Media, Activities, Advisory CS, Policy Research CS, Reports, Cybersecurity High-Level Policy Briefings, ICT4Peace Call to Governments to commit to refrain from Offensive Cyber Operations against civilian Critical Infrastructure, ICT4Peace Proposal for a States Cyber Peer Review Mechanism, ICT4Peace proposal for an independent incident attribution mechanism, ICT4Peace Support to UN OEWG and UN GGE, including Programme of Action PoA, Norms of Responsible Behaviour and Confidence Building Measures (CBMs) for the Cyberspace

23. July 2012

Reconciling Westphalia and Cyberspace: ICT and Security Developments Between 1969 and 2012

Dr. Eneken Tikk, Senior Advisor, ICT4Peace Foundation, gave a keynote adress on 12 July 2012 at the Rajaratnam School of International Studies, Singapore, on “Reconciling Westphalia and Cyberspace: ICT and ...

Activities, Policy Research CS, Advisory CS, Capacity Building CS, Cybersecurity High-Level Policy Briefings, ICT4Peace Cybersecurity Policy and Diplomacy Capacity Building, Norms of Responsible Behaviour and Confidence Building Measures (CBMs) for the Cyberspace

21. May 2012

ICT4Peace meets with US Federal Telecommunications Commission (FCC) during WSIS 2012 in Geneva

ICT4Peace President Daniel Stauffacher was very pleased to meet with Commissioner Ms. Mignon Clyburn of the US Federal Telecommunications Commission during WSIS 2012 in Geneva. The bilateral meeting allowed explaining ...

Activities, Advisory ICT, Advisory CS, UN Crisis Information Management Strategy (CIMS), New media for crisis management and peacebuilding, Norms of Responsible Behaviour and Confidence Building Measures (CBMs) for the Cyberspace, Geneva Peace Week, Geneva Digital Atlas, UN WSIS Processes,Global Digital Compact, Summit for the Future, ICT4Peace Paragraph 36, UN SDGs, International Geneva

17. May 2012

Informazione e nuove tecnologie: al servizio della pace

An interview with Daniel Stauffacher by www.unimondo.org (OneWorld Italy) Available also here. Mappe interattive che segnalano focolai di violenza elaborate a partire da segnalazioni via sms e internet. Video educativi ...

ICT4Peace in the Media, Activities, Reports, UN Crisis Information Management Strategy (CIMS), ICTs for the prevention of mass atrocity crimes, ICTs and Human Rights Protection, New media for crisis management and peacebuilding, Norms of Responsible Behaviour and Confidence Building Measures (CBMs) for the Cyberspace, Geneva Peace Week, Geneva Digital Atlas, UN WSIS Processes,Global Digital Compact, Summit for the Future, ICT4Peace Paragraph 36, UN SDGs, International Geneva

18. April 2012

Dialogue on Protecting Critical Infrastructure against Cyberattacks

GENEVA SECURITY FORUM 2012 Geneva Dialogue on Cybersecurity Protecting Critical Infrastructure against Cyberattacks In partnership with the Swiss Ministry of Defence, East West Institute and ICT4Peace Press Release 17 April ...

Activities, Advisory CS, Capacity Building CS, Policy Research CS, Publications, Reports, Cybersecurity High-Level Policy Briefings, ICT4Peace Call to Governments to commit to refrain from Offensive Cyber Operations against civilian Critical Infrastructure, Norms of Responsible Behaviour and Confidence Building Measures (CBMs) for the Cyberspace

30. December 2011

Getting down to business: Realistic goals for the promotion of peace in cyber-space

In this latest paper by the ICT4Peace Foundation, the authors have called for a non-binding code of conduct to strengthen cyber-security and mitigate the threat of growing cyber-security threats. The ...

Activities, Policy Research CS, Advisory CS, Publications, Reports, Cybersecurity High-Level Policy Briefings, ICT4Peace Call to Governments to commit to refrain from Offensive Cyber Operations against civilian Critical Infrastructure, ICT4Peace Support to UN OEWG and UN GGE, including Programme of Action PoA, Norms of Responsible Behaviour and Confidence Building Measures (CBMs) for the Cyberspace

28. November 2011

ICT4Peace supports Futurict.eu: An EU FET Flagship Pilot Project

28 November, Geneva, Switzerland – Daniel Stauffacher, Chairman, ICT4Peace Foundation, participated as a member of the Futurict project team in the EU FET Flagship Pilots Midterm Conference, 24-25 November 2011, ...

Capacity Building ICT, Activities, Policy Research ICT, Advisory ICT, Policy Research CS, Advisory CS, Publications, Reports, Foundation, ICTs and Human Rights Protection, New media for crisis management and peacebuilding, Big data, Norms of Responsible Behaviour and Confidence Building Measures (CBMs) for the Cyberspace, Geneva Peace Week, Geneva Digital Atlas, UN WSIS Processes,Global Digital Compact, Summit for the Future, ICT4Peace Paragraph 36, UN SDGs, International Geneva

11. July 2011

UN GGE ICT4Peace Foundation calls for an International Code of Conduct on Cyber-Conflict

See larger version of the NZZ article as JPG here or as PDF here. The ICT for Peace Foundation called for a International Code of Conduct to prevent cyber-conflicts by ...

ICT4Peace in the Media, Activities, Policy Research CS, Advisory CS, Publications, Reports, Foundation, Cybersecurity High-Level Policy Briefings, ICT4Peace Call to Governments to commit to refrain from Offensive Cyber Operations against civilian Critical Infrastructure, ICT4Peace proposal for an independent incident attribution mechanism, ICT4Peace Support to UN OEWG and UN GGE, including Programme of Action PoA, Norms of Responsible Behaviour and Confidence Building Measures (CBMs) for the Cyberspace

19. October 2010

Video of UN CITO’s speech to crisismapping community

CrisisMappers has posted in two parts the speech delivered by Dr. Choi Soon-hong, the UN Secretariat’s Chief Information Technology Office (CITO) at the CrisisMapping conference held in Boston earlier this ...

Activities, Policy Research ICT, Advisory ICT, Publications, Reports, Foundation, UN Crisis Information Management Strategy (CIMS), Strategic Input into UN peacekeeping, peacebuilding and humanitarian operations, New media for crisis management and peacebuilding, Big data, Norms of Responsible Behaviour and Confidence Building Measures (CBMs) for the Cyberspace, Support to crisis mapping and ICCM

1. September 2010

African Union (AU) High‐Level Retreat on the promotion of peace, security and stability in Africa

The ICT4Peace Foundation was invited to participate at the African Union (AU) High‐Level Retreat on the promotion of peace, security and stability in Africa (Cairo 26 – 28 August 2010). Under the ...

Activities, Policy Research ICT, Advisory ICT, Policy Research CS, Advisory CS, Reports, Foundation, Strategic Input into UN peacekeeping, peacebuilding and humanitarian operations, Cybersecurity High-Level Policy Briefings, Norms of Responsible Behaviour and Confidence Building Measures (CBMs) for the Cyberspace, Geneva Peace Week, Geneva Digital Atlas, UN WSIS Processes,Global Digital Compact, Summit for the Future, ICT4Peace Paragraph 36, UN SDGs, International Geneva

16. July 2010

ICT4Peace activities for the Promotion of a secure and peaceful cyberspace until 2016

Promotion of a secure and peaceful cyberspace: A prerequisite for crisis information management and protection of human dignity An open, free and sustainable internet cannot be taken for granted and ...

Activities, ICT4Peace in the Media, Policy Research CS, Advisory CS, Capacity Building CS, Publications, Reports, Responding to/preventing Violent Extremism using ICTs and the Internet, Cybersecurity High-Level Policy Briefings, ICT4Peace Cybersecurity Policy and Diplomacy Capacity Building, ICT4Peace Support to UN OEWG and UN GGE, including Programme of Action PoA, Norms of Responsible Behaviour and Confidence Building Measures (CBMs) for the Cyberspace

9. July 2010

Interview with Daniel Stauffacher in Neue Zürcher Zeitung (NZZ): “Schwarm-Intelligenz und Rudel-Blödsinn”

Articles that appeared on NZZ in print and online, featuring an interview with the President of the ICT4Peace Foundation, Daniel Stauffacher: «Technologie rettet Leben» and an Article by Eric Gujer, ...

Activities, Policy Research ICT, Advisory ICT, ICT4Peace in the Media, Publications, Reports, UN Crisis Information Management Strategy (CIMS), Strategic Input into UN peacekeeping, peacebuilding and humanitarian operations, Responding to/preventing Violent Extremism using ICTs and the Internet, ICTs for the prevention of mass atrocity crimes, New media for crisis management and peacebuilding, ICTs, new media and Election Monitoring:Sri Lanka, Egypt, Tunisia, ICT4Peace Matrix Plug-In, Strategic input into and participation in UAviators.net, Big data, Norms of Responsible Behaviour and Confidence Building Measures (CBMs) for the Cyberspace, Geneva Peace Week, Geneva Digital Atlas, UN WSIS Processes,Global Digital Compact, Summit for the Future, ICT4Peace Paragraph 36, UN SDGs, International Geneva

9. July 2010

Eric Gujer of NZZ on ICT4Peace and New Social Media in Crisis Management: “Schwarm-Intelligenz and Rudel-Blödsinn”

Article by Eric Gujer, Editor in Chief of NZZ on the role of social media in Crisis Management: Schwarm-Intelligenz und Rudel-Blödsinn.

ICT4Peace in the Media, Policy Research ICT, Advisory ICT, AI, disinformation, misinformation and hate speech, Activities, Publications, Reports, Foundation, UN Crisis Information Management Strategy (CIMS), Strategic Input into UN peacekeeping, peacebuilding and humanitarian operations, Responding to/preventing Violent Extremism using ICTs and the Internet, ICTs and Human Rights Protection, New media for crisis management and peacebuilding, Big data, Norms of Responsible Behaviour and Confidence Building Measures (CBMs) for the Cyberspace

8. July 2010

ICT4Peace Foundation featured in NZZ Online

The ICT4Peace Foundation features in an article and interview in one of the leading German language newspapers, Neue Zürcher Zeitung (NZZ), on the role of new Information and communication technologies ...

ICT4Peace in the Media, Activities, Policy Research ICT, Advisory ICT, Publications, UN Crisis Information Management Strategy (CIMS), Strategic Input into UN peacekeeping, peacebuilding and humanitarian operations, Responding to/preventing Violent Extremism using ICTs and the Internet, ICTs and Human Rights Protection, New media for crisis management and peacebuilding, Big data, Norms of Responsible Behaviour and Confidence Building Measures (CBMs) for the Cyberspace

9. February 2010

What is ICT4Peace?: Article written for Strategic Foresight Group

“ICT4Peace is the belief, supported by a growing body of practitioners globally, that Information and Communications Technologies (ICTs) including mobile phones help in all aspects of peacekeeping and peacebuilding. Much ...

Activities, Policy Research ICT, Advisory ICT, ICT4Peace in the Media, Capacity Building ICT, Policy Research CS, Advisory CS, Capacity Building CS, Publications, Reports, Foundation, UN Crisis Information Management Strategy (CIMS), Strategic Input into UN peacekeeping, peacebuilding and humanitarian operations, New media for crisis management and peacebuilding, Norms of Responsible Behaviour and Confidence Building Measures (CBMs) for the Cyberspace, Geneva Peace Week, Geneva Digital Atlas, UN WSIS Processes,Global Digital Compact, Summit for the Future, ICT4Peace Paragraph 36, UN SDGs, International Geneva

20. June 2007

The Geneva Security Forum

The Geneva Security Forum is a unique annual two-day international security conference, showcase and training centre in Geneva, Switzerland. Held in June each year, the gathering is a top-level forum ...

Activities, Policy Research CS, Advisory CS, Publications, Reports, Foundation, Responding to/preventing Violent Extremism using ICTs and the Internet, Cybersecurity High-Level Policy Briefings, Norms of Responsible Behaviour and Confidence Building Measures (CBMs) for the Cyberspace

29. May 2007

Geneva Security Forum – 20-21 June 2007

The Geneva Security Forum (GSF) is a unique annual two-day international security conference, showcase and training centre in Geneva, Switzerland. Held in June each year, the gathering will be a ...

Activities, Policy Research CS, Advisory CS, Capacity Building CS, Publications, Cybersecurity High-Level Policy Briefings, ICT4Peace Call to Governments to commit to refrain from Offensive Cyber Operations against civilian Critical Infrastructure, ICT4Peace Cybersecurity Policy and Diplomacy Capacity Building, ICT4Peace Support to UN OEWG and UN GGE, including Programme of Action PoA, Norms of Responsible Behaviour and Confidence Building Measures (CBMs) for the Cyberspace, Geneva Peace Week, Geneva Digital Atlas, UN WSIS Processes,Global Digital Compact, Summit for the Future, ICT4Peace Paragraph 36, UN SDGs, International Geneva

17. May 2007

Technology, Trust and Terror

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Activities, Policy Research CS, AI, LAWS, Converging Technologies and Peace Time Threats, Publications, Reports, Responding to/preventing Violent Extremism using ICTs and the Internet, ICTs and Human Rights Protection, Norms of Responsible Behaviour and Confidence Building Measures (CBMs) for the Cyberspace, Tech against terrorism

6. October 2004

Proceedings of the 6th International Security Forum

Proceedings of the 6th International Security Forum Date : 6 October 2004 Organizer : International relations and Security Network. The proceedings of the 6th International Security Forum have been published ...

Activities, Policy Research CS, Advisory CS, Publications, Foundation, New media for crisis management and peacebuilding, Big data, Cybersecurity High-Level Policy Briefings, Norms of Responsible Behaviour and Confidence Building Measures (CBMs) for the Cyberspace, Geneva Peace Week, Geneva Digital Atlas, UN WSIS Processes,Global Digital Compact, Summit for the Future, ICT4Peace Paragraph 36, UN SDGs, International Geneva

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