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SUMMARY:Digital Security and Economic Recovery
DESCRIPTION:The online high-level event ‘Digital Security and Economic Recovery: Boosting Confidence and Productivity through Secure Digital Technology’ is organised by DiploFoundation and the Swiss Confederation as part of the Geneva Dialogue on Responsible Behaviour in Cyberspace. \nThe majority of cyber-attacks exploit vulnerabilities in digital products and services. Although there is a lively international debate about the responsibility of governments to establish baseline requirements for cybersecurity\, and for manufacturers and service suppliers to apply the available standards\, there is currently no consensus about these issues. Hence\, there is a risk that governments set widely different requirements\, while businesses pursue divergent industry practices. \nIn this context\, the Geneva Dialogue on Responsible Behavior in Cyberspace has been discussing industry roles and responsibilities throughout 2020\, with the aim to establish globally shared best practices and baseline requirements for the security of digital products and services. An output document\, which includes definitions of key concepts and a collection of good corporate practices about threat modelling\, supply chain security\, secure development\, vulnerability management\, and transforming internal processes to embrace security by design\, has been published for comments. \nThis high-level event will discuss how the fragmented regulatory environment impacts the security of digital products and services\, including those in supply chains. It aims to clarify possible collaborative responses from both industry and governments on how to facilitate financial and economic recovery through trusted digital technologies. \nSpeakers\nIntroduction:\nKeynote speech by Federal Councillor Ueli Maurer\, Head of the Federal Department of Finance FDF\, Switzerland \nPanel discussion:\nMs Sabine Keller-Busse\, Member of the Group Executive Board\, UBS AG\nMr Eugene Kaspersky\, CEO\, Kaspersky\nMr Jeremy Thompson\, Executive Vice President\, Huawei Western European Region\nMr Casper Klynge\, Vice President\, European Government Affairs\, Microsoft Corporation \nModerator: Mr Jovan Kurbalija\, DiploFoundation \nEvent recording
URL:https://genevadialogue.ch/event/digital-security-and-economic-recovery/
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SUMMARY:Geneva Dialogue workshop at the AfIGF 2020
DESCRIPTION:Vulnerabilities of digital products are rapidly being exploited by a wide range of actors for various purposes. This puts the stability of the digitalised world at risk\, erodes user trust in digital services\, and undermines digital development. To reduce these risks\, businesses must increase the resilience of their digital products and services. Various baseline security requirements and product security certification schemes are being shaped by national\, regional and international institutions and organisations around the world. Security-by-design may become a competitive market advantage\, but will also add costs on the side of emerging digital industries – in particular in developing countries. \nBuilding on the Geneva Dialogue on Responsible Behavior in Cyberspace\, the workshop entitled ‘Security of digital products and services: A development perspective’ discussed best practices and examples of creating global\, resilient\, and ethical digital products\, and their opportunities and challenges in the African context. The interactive workshop brought together perspectives of the industry\, public authorities\, technical community\, and civil society\, from all parts of the world. \nKey messages from the Workshop discussion: \n\nVulnerabilities in digital products and services are exploited by cyber-attacks\, which produces security risks\, safety risks\, and diminishing trust. This\, in turn\, endangers economic development.\nCompanies should embrace security by design and security by default approach. Geneva Dialogue on Responsible Behaviour in Cyberspace (https://genevadialogue.ch) gathers lead global companies to share good practices. African companies are invited to partner as well.\nCompanies in developing countries – and generally small companies and start-ups – might find focus on security as additional burden. It is important not to press them\, but rather to incentivise them to embrace security by design.\nGovernments and local authorities also create numerous digital services for citizens\, whose security is critical for security and safety of citizens (eg. with regards to national ID schemes).\nThere is a need to boost cooperation among governments and the private sector\, as well as civil society\, to enhance awareness about security of digital products\, and explore regulatory and policy options to incentivise security by design.\nWe need more easily digested baseline security requirements and standards to be deployed by companies. The context and cultural specifics of the company/sector/country is also important in standards application. Certification schemes by regulators on African level (similar to those by Singapore or EU) may be helpful.\nCapacity building will be crucial for security of digital products – for companies\, but also for governments and regulators. Efforts and good practices by big(ger) companies are important to move forward. Geneva Dialogue will focus more on baseline requirements and capacity building in 2021.\n\nWatch the recording of the session below.
URL:https://genevadialogue.ch/event/geneva-dialogue-workshop-at-the-afigf-2020/
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SUMMARY:IGF 2020 WS #234 Security of digital products: Industry and enhancing trust
DESCRIPTION:The Geneva Dialogue on Responsible Behaviour in Cyberspace organised a workshop at the Internet Governance Forum (IGF) 2020 entitled ‘Security of digital products: Industry and enhancing trust’. The interactive session discussed best practices for creating resilient and ethical digital products. \nRead the summary and watch the recording below. \nThe session\, co-moderated by Mr Vladimir Radunović (Director\, E-diplomacy\, DiploFoundation) and Ms Marília Maciel (Digital Policy Senior Researcher\, DiploFoundation)\, addressed best practices and examples for creating global\, resilient\, and ethical digital products. This event drew on the Geneva Dialogue on Responsible Behaviour in Cyberspace\, a project implemented by the Federal Department of Foreign Affairs of Switzerland and DiploFoundation. \nThe first part of the session tackled policy and regulatory approaches to increase the security of digital products from the perspective of governments. Mr David Koh (Commissioner of Cybersecurity and Chief Executive\, Cyber Security Agency of Singapore) argued that the greater our reliance in digital technologies\, the more trust needs to be enhanced. Trust is essential in the current context of accelerating digital transformation\, and cybersecurity can be considered as its main driver. \nSingapore implements cybersecurity best practices on various levels. Regionally\, Singapore is active in the context of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) in developing a long-term regional cybersecurity action plan for the implementation of new cyber norms. At the national level\, Singapore developed a number of initiatives to work with the industry in strengthening cybersecurity. It launched the Safer Cyberspace Masterplan 2020 to strengthen cybersecurity among business communities\, and small and medium-sized businesses and organisations. Singapore also published security-by-design guidelines\, as well as a cybersecurity labelling scheme to raise the security levels of Internet of Things (IoT) devices. Mr Jon Albert Fanzun (Special Envoy for Cyber Foreign and Security Policy\, Federal Department of Foreign Affairs of Switzerland) explained that\, as technological competition intensifies and geopolitical tensions remain on the rise\, the application of global norms and existing international laws to cyberspace is still uncertain and contested. This situation translates into a dramatic decline of trust. To address these challenges\, Switzerland works to clarify the international rules in cyberspace\, especially in the framework of the UN. Switzerland has also recently launched its new digital foreign policy strategy. Its four fields of action are: digital governance\, prosperity and sustainable development\, cybersecurity\, and digital self-determination. The strategy highlights the importance of private actors in enhancing trust and security\, and addressing current issues in digital governance\, well-illustrated by the Geneva Dialogue on Responsible Behaviour in Cyberspace\, which began in 2018. \nThe session addressed good corporate practices\, especially in defining key terminologies\, but also in building capacities and a security culture within the private sector. Ms Anastasiya Kazakova (Public Affairs Manager\, Kaspersky) highlighted the role of the Geneva Dialogue in facilitating discussions on industry best practices and handling vulnerabilities\, as well as offering a space to define a common terminology around the concepts of security-by-design\, security-by-default\, and trustworthiness. The Geneva Dialogue also provides an opportunity to exchange industry best practices\, in an effort to enhance trust and avoid duplications. In terms of good practices\, Mr Nestor Serravalle (Global Chief Sales Officer\, VU) insisted on the need to develop and invest in the security culture of companies. This is not only a reputational problem\, but also a matter of social responsibility. To enhance trust\, the internal processes of businesses need to evolve in order to maintain the digital security of the people using their products. Mr Barrack Otieno (Trustee\, Kenya ICT Action Network) explained that the majority of start-ups and small enterprises in the Global South usually face harsh economic environments and struggle to stay afloat. The issue of security-by-design can thus become secondary in their business operations. This also translates into a lack of adherence to non-mandatory security standards. Additionally\, Otieno mentioned the fact that security is not understood similarly in all parts of the world. Koh agreed that cultural differences and nuances need to be taken into account to enhance trust\, as was shown for instance in the recent debates around contact tracing in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic. Trust is not only a technical issue\, but has also a human dimension. \nThe session was highly interactive\, and several participants took the floor while number of participants exchanged reflections and discussed issues in the chat. The audience noted that public-private partnerships (PPP) is important to bridge trust gaps. A participant noted that governments should create collaborative environments. It was also noted that it is necessary to assess how new products and technologies can impact the society. The need for transparency in digital products by letting the community review codes were also highlighted. \nIn the chat\, participants highlighted the interdependence between trust and security. Norms on cybersecurity were identified as building blocks of trust and collaboration among relevant actors.   It was noted that trust it is not only about technology\, it heavily depends on individual’s perceptions.  Some preconditions for enhancing trust and security mentioned by the participants are accountability\, predictability\, transparency\, consistency\, reliability\, dependability and awareness. \nThe role of standards in promoting security was also mentioned. There were discussions on how to strengthen the adoption of security standards. The recently launched IGF Dynamic Coalition on Internet Standards\, Security and Safety (DC-ISSS) was identified as a hub to continue discussions on this topic. \nSome participants mentioned the interplay between encryption technologies and trust. There were different views on whether encryption strengthens or undermines trust. Quantum was pointed out as a potential way to overcome the shortcomings of encryption technologies. \nThe session concluded with Radunović inviting participants to comment on the ouput document of the Geneva Dialogue.
URL:https://genevadialogue.ch/event/igf-2020-ws-234-security-of-digital-products-industry-and-enhancing-trust/
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SUMMARY:Geneva Dialogue on Responsible Behaviour in Cyberspace at Singapore International Cyber Week
DESCRIPTION:The online panel ‘Implementing global norms by advancing multistakeholder collaboration: Lessons learned from the Geneva Dialogue on Responsible Behaviour in Cyberspace’ is organised by DiploFoundation and the Swiss Federal Department of Foreign Affairs (FDFA) as an event at the Singapore International Cyber Week 2020 (SICW 2020). The discussion will focus on global industry good practices on the security of digital products and services\, and their impact on reducing vulnerabilities in cyberspace and implementing global cyber norms. \nEnsuring the integrity of the supply chain and encouraging vulnerability management are among the 11 voluntary cyber norms that have been agreed in the 2015 report of the UN Group of Governmental Experts (GGE) on ICT security. At the same time\, as has also been highlighted during the COVID-19 crisis\, the vulnerabilities of digital products and services remain key elements for conducting cyber-attacks: from petty crimes\, to advanced persistent threat attacks against critical systems. The introduction of security-by-design practices when designing and developing software\, hardware\, cloud-based services\, or integrated systems\, reduces exploitable vulnerabilities even before the products hit the markets or systems get implemented. The Geneva Dialogue on Responsible Behaviour in Cyberspace project gathered leading companies from around the world to discuss good practices\, as well as ways to incentivise others to develop more secure products. \nThe online panel ‘Implementing global norms by advancing multistakeholder collaboration: Lessons learned from the Geneva Dialogue on Responsible Behaviour in Cyberspace’\, which will be held during SICW 2020\, will link the relevance of reducing vulnerabilities (particularly through deliberations within top-tier diplomatic discussions such as the UN GGE and the Open-ended Working Group (OEWG)) with good practices in security-by-design and open questions on defining and enforcing baseline requirements through increasing the demand for\, and offer of\, secure digital products and services. \nThe online panel will take place on Thursday 8 October 2020\, 4-5pm SGT / 10-11am CEST / 8-9am UTC \nSpeakers: \n\nAmb. Nadine Olivieri Lozano\, Head\, Division of Security Policy\, Federal Department of Foreign Affairs\, Switzerland\nMs Gwenda Fong\, Assistant Chief Executive\, Cyber Security Agency of Singapore\nMr Teo Xiang Zheng\, Head of Advisory (Consulting)\, Ensign InfoSecurity\nMr Dmitry Samartsev\, CEO\, BI.ZONE\nMr Stefan Saatmann\, Global Coordinator Cybersecurity Policy\, Siemens\n\nModerator: \nMr Vladimir Radunovic\, Director\, E-diplomacy and Cybersecurity\, DiploFoundation \nVisit the event page at the SICW website. \nWatch the recording of the session below.
URL:https://genevadialogue.ch/event/geneva-dialogue-on-responsible-behaviour-in-cyberspace-at-singapore-international-cyber-week/
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