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 and Cyberspace: current Risks and
Challenges” on 30 March 2017 in Brussels. The Swiss ‘Partners in Dialogue’
discussion evening aimed to bring together high-profile decision-makers from NATO
and EU as well as Switzerland to deepen the discussion on cyber risks.
Ambassador Christian Meuwly, Head of The Swiss Mission to NATO hosted
and introduced the panel discussion. The following experts participated in the
discussion:
§ Mr. Christian-Marc
Liflӓnder, Head of the Cyber Defence Section, Emerging Security Challenges
Division (ESC), NATO
§ Ms. Heli
Tiirmaa-Klaar, Head of Cyber Policy Coordination, European External Action
Service
§ Ambassador Frank
Grütter, Head of the Division for Security Policy, Directorate of Political
Affairs, Federal Department of Foreign Affairs, Switzerland
§ Dr. Stefanie Frey,
Coordinator at the Coordination Unit for the National Strategy for
Switzerland’s Protection against Cyber Risks (NCS).
§ Dr. Daniel
Stauffacher, Founder and President, ICT4Peace Foundation, Switzerland
(Moderator).
Inter alia, the following points were discussed during the high-level
panel:
§ How did the threat
situation in the cyber domain develop during the last years
§ What are the
current main risks in cyberspace and what to expect in the coming years? What
are the expected changes to the threat situation? Are we witnessing a cyber-arms
race? Or, have some threats that we feared, failed to materialise
§ What have States
done at the national level to mitigate cyber risks? What is the Swiss approach?
What is the situation among NATO and EU countries?
§ What is the role of
regional (security) organizations, such as EU, NATO and the OSCE, with respect
to cyber security?
§ How can cyber risks
be mitigated at an international, regional and national level? Are the mandates
and roles of regional security organisation complementary or not? How can cross-fertilizing
between these approaches be improved?
§ How can the UN GGE
process on cyber contribute to the stability and security of cyberspace? What
has the various UN GGEs achieved so far and what can be further expected? What
should be the recommendations of the UN GGE and how should the issue of
international norm creation in cyber security and defence be further advanced?
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