9th ISDP-AMS Joint Conference Report, “Cyber Security: Identifying Threats and Charting a Common Defense”

Conference & Workshop Reports June 30, 2016, pp. 29

The 9th ISDP-AMS Joint Conference was held in Stockholm on May 24, 2016. The theme for this year’s conference was Cybersecurity: Identifying Threats and Charting a Common Defense. We are pleased to introduce the summary report from the conference and would like to thank all participants for their contribution toward a successful event.

Cybersecurity has rapidly emerged as one of the most serious non-traditional security challenges. Affecting states, businesses, and individuals alike, it brings policymakers tasked with defence to reconsider technical, legal, and ultimately strategic frameworks of security policy.

The conference brought together academics, diplomats, policymakers, and private sector participants from Sweden, China, Israel, Estonia and the United Kingdom to share their insights and experiences on this critical topic. In so doing, the conference sought to bridge understandings of cybersecurity between different actors and countries as well as how to best tackle the threats emanating from the cyber realm through better international cooperation and coordination.

The conference was divided into four different sessions: the Session One focused on cyber warfare and defense as part of modern military operations, with many countries having established dedicated commands for cyber defense. While regarded as a strategic necessity, these can also possess offensive capacities undermining national and international security. Session Two went on to analyse the criminal use of cyberspace by non-state actors such as terrorist organizations and transnational criminal networks, and what strategies can be employed to defend from such threats. Following on from this, Session Three took as its focus the vulnerabilities of critical information infrastructure and the role of the private sector in cybersecurity relative to governments. The final, fourth session took up the theme of international coordination and cooperation to counter cyber threats. Here participants concluded that better cooperation is indispensable if societies are to adapt technically sound and politically acceptable solutions to cyber security threats.

We are convinced that the reader will find this report informative and illustrative of the range of viewpoints presented and discussed during the conference.

Dr. Niklas Swanström (施万通), ISDP    

Major General Liu Renxian (刘仁献 少将), AMS


前 言

军事科学院与瑞典安全和发展政策研究所于2016年5月24日,在斯德哥尔摩共同举办了第九届联合研讨会。今年会议的主题是“网络空间安全:判断威胁和形成共同防御”。我们很高兴地介绍会议报告摘要,并感谢参会人员的努力,使本届联合研讨会得以成功举行。

网络空间安全已经迅速成为非传统安全领域最严重的挑战之一。它影响到国家、商业和个人,也使决策者们重新思考安全政策方面的技术、法律和最终战略构想。研讨会中有来自瑞典、中国、以色列、爱沙尼亚和英国的学者、外交官、决策者及私人部门的人员。他们在会上就一些重要的问题交流思想和经验。通过这样的交流,研讨会为不同国家的参会代表搭建一个理解网络空间安全的桥梁,同时,也为如何更好地加强国际合作与协调,来解决网络领域出现的这些问题而搭建一个桥梁。

研讨会分为四节:第一节主要聚焦现代军事行动中的网络战和防御。很多国家急需进行网络防御,从战略意义上来看,网络防御也可以视为一种破坏国家和国际安全的一种进攻能力。第二节主要分析非国家行为体如恐怖组织和跨国犯罪组织在网络空间中的犯罪行为,以及采取何种战略来防范这些威胁。第三节主要聚焦讨论关键基础设施的脆弱性,以及私人部门在与政府相关的网络空间安全方面所扮演的角色。第四节主要讨论在应对网络威胁方面的国际协调与合作。与会者一致认为,如果整个国际社会要采用技术和政治上都可行的应对网络安全威胁的方法,那么更好的国际合作必不可少。

我们相信,各位读者可以从研讨会论文和讨论中的观点得到有益信息和启示。

中国人民解放军军事科学院   瑞典安全和发展政策研究所所长

刘仁献   少将                施万通   博士

 

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