IC Colloquium - Cyber warfare: a international policymaking perspective
Event details
| Date | 28.10.2013 |
| Hour | 15:45 › 17:00 |
| Speaker | Ben Baseley-Walker - Directing a group at UN for cybersecurity. |
| Location | |
| Category | Conferences - Seminars |
Abstract:
"The international diplomatic and security-policy community is becoming increasingly aware of the potential risks the cyber domain poses to global stability. With the development of the internet as a global infrastructure for business and as a new tool for politics, espionage, and military activities, there is growing international concern regarding the long-term sustainability and utility of cyber activities. Given the well-known technical difficulty in attributing cyberattacks, the “rush to weaponize” the cyber domain threatens to lead to geostrategic instability and raises the potential for miscalculations in times of crisis to lead to conflict.
So what are the key questions and concerns that keep the cyber policy community up at night? For example, what is a cyber weapon? What amounts to an armed attack in cyber space? How to define the limits of cyber sovereignty? With a technical audience in mind, this brief presentation will outline the current state-of-play of international cyber security diplomacy, discuss some of the most current questions being debated at the international policy level and look at potential long-term impacts."
Biography:
Ben Baseley-Walker is Programme Lead of the Emerging Security Threats Programme (EST) at the United Nations Institute for Disarmament Research (UNIDIR). Having established the programme in 2011, Mr Baseley-Walker directs the work of the group, which encompasses outer space, cyberspace, environmental conflict, nanotechnology and the role of emerging technologies in conflict mitigation and prevention.
With significant experience in international relations, international law, and strategic communications, Mr Baseley-Walker brings an innovative strategic approach to his work facilitating and supporting international dialogue on emerging areas of conflict and international security.
Before joining UNIDIR, Mr Baseley-Walker was the Advisor on Security Policy and International Law for the Secure World Foundation (SWF). He previously worked in international relations and international law in East Africa with the Kenya National Commission on Human Rights, the Ethiopia International Law Project and the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees in Nairobi, Kenya.
Mr Baseley-Walker studied International and European Law at the Universiteit Van Amsterdam Law School in the Netherlands, and Politics at the University of Edinburgh in Scotland. He is also a graduate of the International Space University Space Studies Programme in Beijing.
"The international diplomatic and security-policy community is becoming increasingly aware of the potential risks the cyber domain poses to global stability. With the development of the internet as a global infrastructure for business and as a new tool for politics, espionage, and military activities, there is growing international concern regarding the long-term sustainability and utility of cyber activities. Given the well-known technical difficulty in attributing cyberattacks, the “rush to weaponize” the cyber domain threatens to lead to geostrategic instability and raises the potential for miscalculations in times of crisis to lead to conflict.
So what are the key questions and concerns that keep the cyber policy community up at night? For example, what is a cyber weapon? What amounts to an armed attack in cyber space? How to define the limits of cyber sovereignty? With a technical audience in mind, this brief presentation will outline the current state-of-play of international cyber security diplomacy, discuss some of the most current questions being debated at the international policy level and look at potential long-term impacts."
Biography:
Ben Baseley-Walker is Programme Lead of the Emerging Security Threats Programme (EST) at the United Nations Institute for Disarmament Research (UNIDIR). Having established the programme in 2011, Mr Baseley-Walker directs the work of the group, which encompasses outer space, cyberspace, environmental conflict, nanotechnology and the role of emerging technologies in conflict mitigation and prevention.
With significant experience in international relations, international law, and strategic communications, Mr Baseley-Walker brings an innovative strategic approach to his work facilitating and supporting international dialogue on emerging areas of conflict and international security.
Before joining UNIDIR, Mr Baseley-Walker was the Advisor on Security Policy and International Law for the Secure World Foundation (SWF). He previously worked in international relations and international law in East Africa with the Kenya National Commission on Human Rights, the Ethiopia International Law Project and the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees in Nairobi, Kenya.
Mr Baseley-Walker studied International and European Law at the Universiteit Van Amsterdam Law School in the Netherlands, and Politics at the University of Edinburgh in Scotland. He is also a graduate of the International Space University Space Studies Programme in Beijing.
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Practical information
- General public
- Free
- This event is internal
Contact
- Host : Mark Pauly