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FRIDAY 28 May 2021

15:00 - 15:05

Introduction of the Day

15:05 - 15:50

Keynotes

From Self-help to Secret Patching? Bold Unilateral Cyber-actions by Governments Raise Legal (and Other) Questions, Prof. Karine Bannelier-Christakis, Associate Professor in International Law at the University Grenoble Alpes (France)

Karine Bannelier-Christakis

Karine Bannelier-Christakis is Associate Professor in International Law at the University Grenoble Alpes (France). She is Deputy Director of the Grenoble Alpes Cybersecurity Institute and Deputy Director of the Chair Legal and Regulatory Implications of Artificial Intelligence at the Multidisciplinary In statute on Artificial Intelligence (MIAI). She has published widely in the field of international law and cybersecurity. Her expertise activities include: Member of the Steering Committee of the French Government Initiative on Cyber-Security in charge of the scientific coordination of the International Conference Building International Peace and Security in Cyberspace (UNESCO 2017); Collaboration to the French Cyber-Defense Strategy (2018); Member of the ICRC International Group of Experts Avoiding Civilian Harm from Military Cyber Operations during Armed Conflicts (2020); Legal expertise for the French National gendarmerie on Legal issues of non-cooperative geolocation techniques for the protection of human life (2019-2020); Member of the OECD Informal expert group on ‘Responsible Response’; Legal expert on cyber issues for the French Ministry of Armies (2020-2021).

Operational Systems Cyber Resilience at the Core of Supranational Defence: From the Cyber Situational Awareness up to Energy Security, Massimo Tedeschi, Chief Technology Officer, Leonardo

Massimo Tedeschi

Massimo Tedeschi is the Leonardo Cyber Division’s Chief Technology Officer (CTO) being responsible for the technology portfolio development and the Division's research and development (R&D) programs.
He also has in charge the innovation process, promoting collaboration with external bodies (eg universities, research centers, startups, …) and participation in European and Defence research projects, exploiting the analysis of the short and long-term company’s needs and focusing the company’s investments to help the organization reaching its business objectives and global market’s positioning.
He has gained a significant government security experience in cyber protection of national strategic infrastructures and assets.

15:50 - 16:00

Break

16:00 - 17:00

Stage 1:

Great Power Competition in the New Decade (in and through Cyberspace)

A panel with Prof. Martin Libicki, Dr Nikola Pijovic, Dr Jason Blessing and Piret Pernik.

Martin Libicki

Martin C. Libicki (PhD, U.C. Berkeley 1978) holds the Keyser Chair of Cybersecurity Studies at the U.S. Naval Academy. In addition to teaching, he carries out research in cyberwar and the general impact of information technology on domestic and national security. He is the author of a 2016 textbook on cyberwar, Cyberspace in Peace and War, as well as Conquest in Cyberspace: National Security and Information Warfare and various related RAND monographs. Prior employment includes twelve years at the National Defense University, three years on the Navy Staff (logistics) and three years for the US GAO.

Nikola Pijović

Dr Nikola Pijović is a Cyber Security Cooperative Research Centre Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the School of Politics and International Relations and the Law School, at the University of Adelaide. He is an expert on foreign policy and international relations, and his current research focuses on international cyber security policy in the Five Eyes.

Jason Blessing

Dr Jason Blessing is a DAAD Post-Doctoral Fellow with the United States, Europe, and World Order Program in the Foreign Policy Institute at the Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS) in Washington DC He is also a Consulting Fellow for the Cyber, Space and Future Conflict Programme at the International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS), where he writes on cyber military maturity and is developing a new methodology for assessing military cyber forces. Jason is a former USIP-Minerva Peace and Security Scholar, a position jointly funded by the United States Institute of Peace and the US Department of Defense Minerva Research Initiative. He holds a PhD in political science from the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs at Syracuse University, an MA in political science from Virginia Tech, and a BA in government from The College of William & Mary. Prior to his doctoral degree, Mr Blessing was a licensed Fraud Operations Analyst for a US-based brokerage firm, where he identified, mitigated, and resolved cases of financial fraud based on technical compromise data and client behavioural patterns.

Piret Pernik

Piret Pernik is a Researcher of Strategy Branch of the NATO CCDCOE. Her main research areas are cyber security strategies and policies, horizon scanning and analysis of cyber threats, and the development of military cyber organizations. She has worked as a researcher in cyber security since 2013 at the International Centre for Security and Defence, and the Estonian Academy of Social Sciences.

Stage 2:

Standards of Attribution and Due Diligence in Cyberspace

A panel with Tomohiro Mikanagi, Prof. Nicholas Tsagourias, Erki Kodar and Tomáš Minárik.

Tomohiro Mikanagi

Tomohiro Mikanagi is Deputy Legal Advisor of the Japanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs, managing the submission of treaties to the Diet (Parliament) and overseeing the interpretation and application of international law. As a diplomat, he served in Tokyo, NY, Beijing and London. In his personal capacity, he has been participating in workshops and conferences relating to international law and cyber security. His publications include “Establishing a Military Presence in a Disputed Territory: Interpretation of Article 2(3) and (4) of the UN Charter” (2018 ICLQ) and “Attribution of cyber operations: an international law perspective on the Park Jin Hyok case” (2020 CILJ). He received his bachelor’s degree from the University of Tokyo and master’s degree from the University of Cambridge.

Nicholas Tsagourias

Nicholas Tsagourias is Professor of International Law at the University of Sheffield. His expertise lies in the fields of international law and the use of force, international humanitarian law, international criminal law and cybersecurity. He is widely published in these fields. He is the editor with Dr Buchan of the Research Handbook on International Law and Cyberspace (second revised and expanded edition forthcoming in 2021).

Erki Kodar

Erki Kodar has been the Undersecretary for Legal and Consular Affairs at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs since September 2019. Previously, Erki Kodar worked for nearly fifteen years at the Ministry of Defence, starting out as a lawyer and graduating to the position of Undersecretary for Legal and Administrative Affairs. He also worked as the Director of the Legal Department and the Director of the NATO and European Union Department. Erki Kodar began his university studies at the Faculty of Law at the University of Tartu, graduating in 2005. In 2018, he obtained a master’s degree in strategic studies at the Army War College in the United States. He has also attended courses and seminars on armed conflict law and completed the Higher Command Studies Course at the Baltic Defence College.

Tomáš Minárik

Tomáš Minárik is the Head of International Organisations and Law Unit at the National Cyber and Information Security Agency (NÚKIB) since July 2019. Since 2014, he worked as a researcher in the NATO CCD COE Law Branch, focusing on the legal aspects of cyberspace operations (the International Cyber Law: Interactive Toolkit project), activities of international organisations regarding cyberspace (the INCYDER project), and cyber defence exercises (Locked Shields, Crossed Swords). Prior to that, he worked as a legal adviser at the International Law Department of the Czech Ministry of Defence. He holds a law degree from the Charles University in Prague.

Stage 3:

Cyber, Space, Cubed

A panel with James Pavur, Erin Miller, Ryan Speelman, Andrew Santangelo and Pete Cooper.

James Pavur

James Pavur is a DPhil student and Rhodes Scholar at Oxford University’s Department of Computer Science. His research focuses on satellite cyber security and ways to secure modern space missions from emerging threats. His work on satellite broadband security has been presented at leading technical venues, such as Black Hat and IEEE S&P, as well as receiving coverage in the popular press. Prior to attending Oxford, he studied science, technology and international affairs at Georgetown University’s School of Foreign Service. In his free time, Mr Pavur is an avid competitive hacker, participating in hackathons and capture-the-flag competitions.

Erin Miller

Erin has over a decade of experience building meaningful tech collaborations and has formed hundreds of formal partnerships between government, industry and academia to solve problems for warfighters and national security. Currently Erin is building a Public-Private Partnership (P3), called Space ISAC. This is the third non-profit launch Erin has led and has been passionate about P3 for her entire career.

Erin was the Managing Director of the Center for Technology, Research and Commercialization (C-TRAC) and brought three USAF-funded programs to bear at the Catalyst Campus for Technology & Innovation (www.catalystcampus.org) from 2016-2018. Her expertise in brokering unique partnerships using non-FAR type agreements led to the standup of the Air Force’s first cyber focused design studio, AFCyberWorx at the United States Air Force Academy, and the first space accelerator, Catalyst Accelerator, at Catalyst Campus in Colorado Springs - in partnership with Air Force Research Laboratory and AFWERX.

In 2020 Erin is a recipient of the Woman of Influence award. In 2018 Erin was recognized by the Mayor of Colorado Springs as Mayor’s Young Leader (MYL) of the Year Award for Technology. She is also the recipient of Southern Colorado Women’s Chamber of Commerce Award for Young Female Leader in 2018.

In her previous roles she developed and managed intellectual property portfolios, technology transfer strategies, export control/ITAR, secure facilities, and rapid prototyping collaborations.

Erin serves on the advisory board of CyberSatGov.

Ryan Speelman

Ryan Speelman is the principal director for the Cyber Security Subdivision at The Aerospace Corporation, where he is focused on the security of space-based systems. The organization he leads is involved in many layers of space cybersecurity from legacy system protection to requirements and program development to advanced research and development techniques. Prior to joining the Cyber Security Subdivision, Speelman spent more than a decade in wireless communications, where he worked on many programs focusing on digital signal processing algorithms and radio frequency–based electronic warfare. He holds both a bachelor’s degree and a master’s degree in electrical engineering from UCLA.

Andrew Santangelo

Andrew Santangelo is the Chief Technology Officer of sci_Zone and Principal Architect of the LinkStar Radio System and QuickSAT environment. He has supported the design and development of numerous Satellites, UAVs, near space concept systems and commercial flight systems. He is a Lifetime Associate Fellow of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, and is the Founding Chairman of the AIAA Small Satellite Technical Committee. In recognition for his efforts in the Aerospace Community, Mr. Santangelo received in July 2005 the Distinguished Service Award from the AIAA.

Pete Cooper

Pete is Deputy Director Cyber Defence in the UK Cabinet Office. With a diverse military, private sector and government background he has worked on everything ranging from global cyber security strategies, advising on the nature of state vs state cyber conflict to leading cyber security change across the aerospace sector with ground breaking, collaborative work across industry, public sector and the global hacker community.including founding and leading the Aerospace Village at DEF CON. A fast jet pilot turned cyber operations advisor, who on leaving the military in 2016, founded the UK’s first multi-disciplinary cyber strategy competition, he is passionate about tackling national and international cybersecurity challenges through better collaborations, diversity and innovative partnerships. He has a Post Grad in Cyberspace Operations from Cranfield University. Is a Non-Resident Senior Fellow at the Cyber Statecraft Initiative of the Scowcroft Centre for Strategy and Security at the Atlantic Council and a Visiting Senior Research Fellow in the Dept of War Studies, King's College London.

17:00 - 17:20

Break

All times: EEST (Eastern European Summer Time), UTC/GMT+3

17:20 - 18:20

The Process of the U.S. Cyberspace Solarium Commission

A panel with Dr Erica Borghard, Dr Brandon Valeriano, Mark Montgomery, and Amy Ertan.

Mark Montgomery

Mark Montgomery serves as the Senior Advisor to the Chairmen of the Cyberspace Solarium Commission, and was previously the Executive Director. He is also the Senior Director of the Center on Cyber and Technology Innovation and a Senior Fellow at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies. He previously served as Policy Director for the Senate Armed Services Committee under the leadership of Senator John S. McCain and completed 32 years as a nuclear trained surface warfare officer in the U.S. Navy, retiring as a Rear Admiral in 2017.

Brandon Valeriano

Brandon Valeriano (PhD Vanderbilt University) is the Donald Bren Chair of Military Innovation at the Marine Corps University. He also serves as senior adviser to the Cyber Solarium Commission and a senior fellow at the Cato Institute. Dr Valeriano has published six books and dozens of articles, including Cyber War versus Cyber Reality (2015) and Cyber Strategy (2018), both with Oxford University Press.

Erica Borghard

Dr Erica Borghard is a Senior Fellow in the Technology and International Affairs Program at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. She also continues to serve as a Senior Director on the U.S. Cyberspace Solarium Commission.

Amy Ertan

Amy Ertan is an Information Security Doctoral Candidate at Royal Holloway (University of London), a Cybersecurity Fellow at the Belfer Center (Harvard Kennedy School) and a non-resident Visiting Scholar at the NATO CCDCOE. Her PhD research focuses on the security implications of emerging technology in a military context. Amy is the Co-Lead of the Offensive Cyber Working Group and is a co-author on the recent King’s Policy Institute Report: ’The National Cyber Force that Britain Needs?’. She holds CISSP and CRTIA qualifications and has previously worked in cyber-wargame scenario design, human factors security research. and strategic cyber intelligence.

18:20 - 18:50

Keynote

Not All Cybercriminals Are Evil Geniuses, Graham Cluley, Security Analyst

Graham Cluley

Graham Cluley is an award-winning independent security blogger, researcher and podcaster. He has been a well-known figure in the computer security industry since the early 1990s when he worked as a programmer, writing the first ever version of Dr Solomon’s Anti-Virus Toolkit for Windows. Since then he has been employed in senior roles by companies such as Sophos and McAfee.

Graham has given talks about computer security for some of the world’s largest companies, worked with law enforcement agencies on investigations into hacking groups, and regularly appears on TV and radio. Graham was inducted into the InfoSecurity Europe Hall of Fame in 2011, and his claim to fame is that he is the originator of the saying that ‘the cloud is just someone else’s computer’.
Follow him on Twitter at @gcluley or grahamcluley.com

18:50 - 19:00

Closing Remarks & CfP for CyCon 2022

Col. Jaak Tarien, Director, NATO CCDCOE

Jaak Tarien

Colonel Jaak Tarien is the Director of the NATO Cooperative Cyber Defence Centre of Excellence (CCDCOE) based in Estonia since September 2018.
Prior to joining CCDCOE Colonel Tarien served as Commander of Estonian Air Force from August 2012 to July 2018. Among other assignments he has also served as Staff Officer with NATO’s Supreme Allied Command Transformation (ACT), as Deputy Director of the Regional Airspace Surveillance Coordination Centre and as Commander of the Estonian team at the BALTNET Regional Airspace Surveillance Co-ordination Centre in Lithuania.
Colonel Tarien, a graduate of the United States Air Force Academy, earned his Master’s degree from the Air Command and Staff College of the USAF Air University. He recently also acquired Master of Science degree in National Resource Strategy at the U.S. National Defence University.