Session
Cybersecurity, Cybercrime & Online Safety
Cyberattacks, Cyberconflicts and International Security
UK Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Sam Hall - UK FCDO - Government - Western Europe
Vicky White - UK FCDO - Government - Western Europe
Nthabiseng Pule - Cybersecurity Capacity Centre for Southern Africa (C3SA) - Civil Society - Africa (Southern)
Professor Wallace Chigona - University of Cape Town - Civil Society / Academia - Africa (Southern)
Professor Wallace Chigona: Professor of Information Systems, University of Cape Town & Co-Director of the Cybersecurity Capacity Centre for Southern Africa (C3SA)
Professor Nnenna Ifeanyi-Ajufo: Head of Law at University of Bradford, and Vice-Chair of the African Union Cyber Security Experts Group
Chris Banda: Head of Malawi CERT, Malawi Communications Regulatory Authority (MACRA)
Sam Hall: Cyber Policy Lead, UK Office to the African Union
TBC: A representative from the Government of Brazil
TBC: We will endeavour to have at least one more panellist at the event. We will strive for this to be a female participant from the East Asian region, to bring greater gender and geographical balance and diversity to our panel.
Sam Hall
Vicky White
Nthabiseng Pule
1. No Poverty
4. Quality Education
8. Decent Work and Economic Growth
16. Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions
Targets: 1. No poverty: the links between cybersecurity and economic development are well understood. Sustainable digital development (crucial for many developing countries in particular) is contingent upon a trusted and secure internet and cyberspace. The CMM, and therefore this session, has at its core the pursuit of a cyberspace that is secure for its users.
4. Quality Education: The CMM considers five 'Dimensions' of national cyber maturity. Dimension 3 is 'Cybersecurity Knowledge and Capabilities'. This Dimension reviews the availability, quality and uptake of programmes for various groups of stakeholders, including the government, private sector and the population as a whole, and relate to cybersecurity awareness-raising programmes, formal cybersecurity educational programmes, and professional training programmes. Cybersecurity will become an increasingly necessary and sought-after profession, and crucially one that requires good training and education to be able to partake in. The CMM reviews how well a country's education ecosystem is set up to prepare its citizens to enrol in the cybersecurity workforce, and develops recommendations to improve this. This aspect also contributes to SDG 8 on Decent Work and Economic Growth.
16. Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions. Peace in cyberspace and peace more in the offline world are inherently dependent on one another. This is both true for relations between states, as well as for the safety of regular citizens from crime and insecurity. Stronger national cyber maturity enables you to protect your citizens and national infrastructure from threats and dangers posed by malicious actors. Targets 16.a and 16.b are especially relevant here. The CMM sets plans for capacity building that can help countries address threats, including organised (cyber) crime. It also highlights the importance of sound (and non-discriminatory) laws to increase national cyber security.
Presentations, followed by panel discussion, followed by Q&A with audience. A row of 5-6 seats at the front, with an audience facing them. This can be anywhere from 60 minutes minimum, to 90 minutes maximum.
English
As societies digitise, threats in cyber space are proliferating. The impacts of this spread far beyond just information and online security, but touch human rights, economic development, and peaceful relations between states and many other areas that are crucial for the realisation of the SDGs. At the same time, states are struggling to keep pace with the threats and challenges posed, making identifying their greatest vulnerabilities as a nation and developing plans to address these increasingly important. This is where the Cybersecurity Capacity Maturity Model (CMM), developed by Oxford University's Global Cyber Security Capacity Centre, can be of use. The CMM is a model to review cybersecurity capacity maturity enabling nations to self-assess, benchmark, better plan investments and national cybersecurity strategies, as well as set priorities for capacity development. It has been conducted by at least 88 states to date, with many undergoing the CMM process a second time to review progress. This session will introduce the model and feature case studies from government stakeholders who led their respective countries’ CMM processes. We will also invite challenge and perspectives from non-government stakeholders on the CMM model and process. We will finish with an open discussion between panellists and the audience on the CMM and wider importance of strong national cyber capacity.
1) Our online and onsite moderators will be in constant communication during the event through Whatsapp or another IM channel. The onsite moderator will therefore be made aware of any urgent issues/questions raised by online attendees. The online moderator will also be able to read out questions from online attendees during the Q&A session, coordinating with the onsite moderator in doing so. We expect the majority/all of our participants to be there in person, but we will plan for any changes that mean some have to join online.
2) We will do a practice run beforehand and invite a neutral spectator to join as if they were an online guest. We will seek feedback from them on their experience and solicit ideas to improve the online experience. We expect the majority/all of session participants to be onsite so ensuring interactive engagement between them and the audience should prove easier. We will encourage our presenters to use slides so the online audience can follow these. Both online and onsite participants will be invited to ask questions or provide comments to the panellists at the end of the session. We will make this clear at the beginning in order to maximise engagement and interactive nature of the event.
3) We may use a translator for the Brazilian (and possibly additional) participant. If online, we will use the zoom translation rooms that allow for real-time translation between the language of the speaker (e.g. Portuguese) and the language of the event (in this case English).