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Improving global cyber governance Report Bibliotheque Solvay 30 January 2012 In partnership with: Improving global cyber-governance A Security & Defence Agenda Report Rapporteur: Jonathan Dowdall Photos: Philippe Molitor - Gleamlight Publisher: Geert Cami Date of publication: February 2012 SECURITY & DEFENCE AGENDA Bibliothèque Solvay, Parc Léopold, 137 rue Belliard, B-1040, Brussels, Belgium T: +32 (0)2 737 91 48 F: +32 (0)2 736 32 16 E: [email protected] W: www.securitydefenceagenda.org Programme Evening debate – 30 January 2012 Bibliothèque Solvay, Brussels, 17:30-19:00 This debate launched the SDA’s ambitious global cyber-security study “Cyber-security: The vexed question of global rules”, based on conversations with cyber-security experts around the world. The report takes a hard look at the state of play in cyber-security and will provide public and private sector decision-makers with food for thought and recommendations for concrete next steps. The debate focused on the current void in national and international governance of the cyber-security sector and brought together senior experts from NATO, the EU, the US and the private sector. Speakers: Brigid Grauman, Independent journalist and report author Demosthenes Ikonomou, Head of Secure Services & Project Support Activities, European Net- work and Information Security Agency (ENISA) Jeff Moss, Vice President & Chief Security Officer, Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) Raj Samani, Vice President & Chief Technical Officer, McAfee Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) Jamie Shea, Deputy Assistant Secretary General for Emerging Security Challenges, North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO) The views expressed in this report are personal opinions of the speakers and not necessarily those of the organisations they represent, nor of the Security & Defence Agenda, its members or partners. Reproduction in whole or in part is permitted, providing that full attribution is made to the Security & Defence Agenda and to the source(s) in question, and provided that any such reproduction, whether in full or in part, is not sold unless incorporated in other works. SECURITY & DEFENCE AGENDA 1 Improving global cyber-governance Speakers & moderator Brigid Grauman Independent journalist and report author Brigid Grauman is an independent journalist and the author of the SDA’s cyber- report “Cyber-security: The vexed question of global rules”. She is also an edi- tor and writes for The Wall Street Journal and the Financial Times, among other US and British media. In addition, she is the former editor-in-chief of Brussels’ English-language newsweekly The Bulletin. Grauman is currently writing a book about the Belgian Congo, and works regularly for the European Commission producing reports, articles, editorials and speeches, and organising conferences. Demosthenes Ikonomou Head of Services and Product Support Activities European Network and Information Security Agency (ENISA) Demosthenes Ikonomou is Head of Secure Services & Project Support Activities Unit of the European Network and Information Security Agency (ENISA). In 2008, he joined the Technical Department of the ENISA as a Senior Expert in the department of Security Tools and Architecture. Between 1996 and 2008, Ikonomou worked for DG Information Society & Media (INFSO) of the European Commission, mainly involved in the management of research and development projects in the fields of wireless and personal communications as well as networked media. Ikonomou received his Masters of Science in Electronics and Computer Sciences and his Ph.D. in Applied Sciences from the University of Southampton, United Kingdom, in 1992 and the Université Catholique de Louvain-la-Neuve (UCL), Belgium, in 2002. 2 SECURITY & DEFENCE AGENDA Speakers & moderator Giles Merritt Director Security & Defence Agenda Giles Merritt is among Brussels’ most influential commentators on EU issues. He was a pioneer of the public policy debate on Europe’s future, both as a jour- nalist and think-tanker. Merritt is also the head of the SDA’s sister think-tank Friends of Europe, whose debates and reports cover the whole spectrum of non-defence topics of interest to EU-level policymakers, researchers and stakeholders. In addition, he is the editor of the policy journal Europe’s World launched in 2005 as an EU-wide platform for debate. Merritt’s work with think-tanks began in the mid-1980s, when he devised and chaired a series of Business Policy Seminars on behalf of the Centre for European Policy Studies (CEPS). He went on to act as Moderator at the French-language debates organised by the Club de Bruxelles, and at many of the conferences held by Aspen Institute Italia. In 1992, he accepted an invitation to be the direc- tor of the new Philip Morris Institute for Public Policy Research (PMI), and was responsible for the highly successful series of quarterly Discussion Papers that PMI produced until its closure in 1999. Merritt’s background as a journalist and commentator has been crucial to the success of the organi- sations he leads. From 1968 to 1983, Giles Merritt was a staff correspondent of the Financial Times and reported successively from London, Paris, Belfast/Dublin and Brussels. From 1984 to the pre- sent day, he has contributed columns on EU matters to the Op-Ed pages of the International Herald Tribune, and his articles range widely over political and economic issues. Jeffrey A. Moss Vice President & Chief Security Officer Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) Jeff Moss has been ICANN’s Vice President and Chief Security Officer since April 2011. He is known as “The Dark Tangent”, and is the founder of the Black Hat and DEF CON computer hacker conferences. In 2009, Moss was sworn in to the Homeland Security Advisory Council of the administration of US President Barack Obama. He is currently based in Seattle, where he works as a security consultant. He has been interviewed on issues including: the internet situation between the United States and China, spoofing and other e-mail threats and the employment of hackers in a professional capacity, including in law enforcement. Moss graduated from Gonzaga University with a BA in Criminal Justice. He worked for Ernst & Young, LLP in their Information System Security division and was a director at Secure Computing Corporation where he helped establish the Professional Services Department in the United States, Asia, and Australia. SECURITY & DEFENCE AGENDA 3 Improving global cyber-governance Speakers & moderator Raj Samani Vice President & Chief Technical Officer McAfee Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) Raj Samani is currently the Vice President and Chief Technical Officer for McAfee Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA), having previously worked as the Chief Information Security Officer for a large public sector organisation in the UK. He volunteers as the Cloud Security Alliance EMEA Strategy Advisor, is on the advisory councils for Infosecurity Europe, and Infosecurity Magazine. In addition, he was previously the Vice President for Communications in the Information Systems Se- curity Association (ISSA) UK Chapter, having presided over the award for Chapter communications programme of the years 2008 and 2009. Samani has had numerous security papers published, and appeared on television (ITV and More4). He has provided assistance in the 2006 RSA Wireless Security Survey and part of the consultation committee for the RIPA Bill. He is also the founder for the global collaborative project used to evalu- ate objective measurement of Information Assurance maturity known as the Common Assurance Maturity Model. Jamie Shea Deputy Assistant Secretary General for Emerging Security Challenges North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO) Dr. Jamie Shea is Deputy Assistant Secretary General for Emerging Security Chal- lenges at NATO. Prior to taking up this position, he was Director of Policy Planning in the Private Office of the Secretary General from 2005 to 2010. He was Director of the Office of Information and Press of NATO from 2000 to 2003, and in May 2003, was appointed to the position of Deputy Assis- tant Secretary General for External Relations in the new Public Diplomacy Division. He was also NATO Spokesman from 1993 to 2000. In addition to his NATO responsibilities, Shea also holds a number of academic positions, most nota- bly with the College of Europe in Bruges, the Brussels School of International Studies of the Univer- sity of Kent, and Sussex University where he is a visiting lecturer. Shea completed his doctoral studies in Philosophy at Oxford University in 1981. He also holds a Bachelor of Art from Sussex University in History and French. 4 SECURITY & DEFENCE AGENDA To mark the launch of the SDA’s in depth policy report “Cyber-security: The vexed question of global rules “ SDA Director Giles Merritt and report author Brigid Grauman welcomed a panel of high-level experts to discuss the complex challenges of global governance in cyber-space. As Grauman explained, “The report is aimed at political decision makers who are increasingly aware of the threat, but do not understand the details and implications of that threat.” The report is particularly provocative, by attempting to rank a number of nations in terms of cyber- preparedness. While obviously inherently provisional, Grauman vindicated this choice, saying that it mirrored international realities. “Every country has its strengths and weaknesses, and some have reacted much sooner to these challenges