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. The majority of cyber-attacks exploit vulnerabilities in digital products and services. Although there is a lively international debate [...]
What do the SolarWinds hack, the use of Pegasus spyware, and the Colonial Pipeline ransomware attack have in common? Even though they have different targets, threat actors, and impacts, they all exploit software vulnerabilities. Vulnerabilities in digital products remain an almost indispensable component of cyberattacks, especially high-impact ones. In this Geneva Dialogue webinar, together with expert [...]
Who is responsible for vulnerabilities in digital products and supply chain security? Who is primarily expected to take action? What can vendors, manufacturers, regulators, policymakers, diplomats, and users do to minimise risks in cases of such vulnerabilities? In the first Geneva Dialogue webinar on software vulnerabilities, the aim was to set the scene on the risks brought [...]
Vulnerabilities in digital products and networks leading to cyberthreats raise security concerns from individual users to international security and peace. While States hold primary responsibility, meaningful cooperation with non-state actors, such as the private sector, academia, civil society, and the technical community, is crucial to foster a secure, open, and peaceful cyberspace. However, what [...]
The Geneva Dialogue participated in the side event on “Sharing best practices for implementing responsible behavior in cyberspace” organized by the Mission of the Netherlands. Imad Add (Center For Digital Trust at EPFL) represented the Geneva Dialogue as a member of the Core Group and one of the most active experts of the Dialogue. [...]
On 7 March in New York, the Geneva Dialogue organised the side-event during the 7th substantive session of the UN Open-ended working group (OEWG). The event was co-sponsored by Switzerland, Canada, Chile, the Netherlands, and DiploFoundation, and gathered around 40 experts representing governments and non-state stakeholders. Ambassador Adrian Hauri, Deputy Permanent Representative, Permanent Mission [...]
On 12 March in Vienna, the Geneva Dialogue organised the side-event: “The Geneva Manual on Responsible Behaviour in Cyberspace and its application in the OSCE region: The Role of Non-State Stakeholders in Enhancing Cybersecurity and Building Confidence”. The side event discussed the roles and responsibilities of various stakeholders in promoting responsible behaviour in cyberspace, [...]
On 20 March, the Geneva Dialogue on Responsible Behaviour in Cyberspace organised a masterclass, the first one in a series in 2024, to start analysing the implementation of the existing norms and confidence-building measures (CBMs) related to critical infrastructure protection. In particular, the masterclass focused on the work of regional organisations: their ongoing projects, [...]
Virtual discussion at the GFCE Working Group A&B Is there a need, and why, for an international approach to protect critical infrastructure (CI)? Are there any additional sectors or dependencies which should be categorised as critical? What are the main existing and emerging threats and risks to CIP, considering the emerging tech such as [...]
Cyber threats targeting critical infrastructure (CI) and assets, often undetected by the victim, have become the ‘new normal’ in today’s heightened geopolitical climate. Additionally, decision-makers are concerned not only with malicious cyber activities, but also with faulty and insufficiently secure software development practices that can cause global disruptions due to interconnected supply chains. To [...]
