
Trust and security
As the world becomes more dependent on digital technologies, individuals, businesses and states face a growing array of “cyber threats”.
These threats are real, and can pose significant risks to our safety and security, our right to privacy, and our trust in the digital environment. But responses to cyber threats—whether at the national, regional, or global level—can undermine human rights as well; and the spaces where these responses are decided are often closed to civil society.
GPD’s trust and security work focuses on making cyber-related policies and laws more rights-respecting, and influencing relevant processes so that they are more open, inclusive and transparent.
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- Trust and Security digest (January 2021)
- Trends in the encryption debate: from intelligence gathering to tackling online harms
- Trust and Security digest (November 2020)
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- Trust and Security digest (September 2020)
- Trust and Security digest (August 2020)
- GPD launches new Toolkit to support inclusive and value-based cybersecurity policymaking
- Trust and Security digest (July 2020)
- Cybersecurity digest (June 2020)
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- Reporting back from the second substantive OEWG meeting
- Cybersecurity digest (January 2020)
- Key takeaways from the December OEWG intersessional
- Cybersecurity digest (November 2019)
- Key takeaways from the AU GGE consultation
- Cybersecurity digest (October 2019)
- Cybersecurity digest (September 2019)
- Reporting back from the first substantive OEWG meeting
- Engaging at the UNGA First Committee and the GGE and OEWG: a guide
- Cybersecurity digest (August 2019)
- Cyber norms update: takeaways from the GGE OAS regional consultation
- Cybersecurity digest (July 2019)
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- Cyber norms in NYC: takeaways from the OEWG meeting and UNIDIR Cyber Stability Conference
- Cybersecurity digest (May 2019)
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- Multistakeholderism: the missing cyber norm?
- Cybersecurity digest (February 2019)
- Cybersecurity digest (January 2019)
- Cybersecurity digest (December 2018)
- Cybersecurity digest (November 2018)
- Cybersecurity digest (October 2018)
- Cybersecurity digest (September 2018)
- Microsoft’s Tech Accord – and what it tells us about the cyber state of play
- GCCS2017: a cyberspace free, open and secure (but mostly secure)
- Reflections on ICDPPC 2017 from a human rights defender
- The case for inclusive cyber policymaking processes
On our radar
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- Octopus Project: Addressing COVID-19-related cybercrime in Asia with financial support from the Government of Japan (CoE, 1 March 2021)
- Recovering from the SolarWinds hack could take 18 months (MIT Tech Review, 2 March 2021)
- AI researchers detail obstacles to data sharing in Africa (Venture Beat, 23 February 2021)
- Cybercrime Negotiations: Affairs Beyond States (Directions Blog, 29 January 2021)
- Nigeria: Buhari Seeks Overhaul of National Strategy On Cyber Security (All Africa, 23 February 2021)
- Africa's Evolving Cyber Threats (African Center for Strategic Studies, 19 January 2021)
- Cyber Norms Index and Timeline (Carnegie Endowment, 13 January 2021)
- A moment of reckoning: the need for a strong and global cybersecurity response (Microsoft, 17 December 2020)
- New EU Cybersecurity Strategy and new rules to make physical and digital critical entities more resilient (European Commission, 16 December 2020)
- ECOWAS, EU and Germany launch 41 million EUR flagship program to fight organized crime in West Africa (New Dawn, November 2020)
- Stakeholders set cybersecurity agenda for Africa amidst digital transformation (World Stage, 2 December 2020)
- The cyber diplomacy of constructing norms in cyberspace (G20 Insights, 24 November 2020)
- U.S. Support for Digital Transformation in Latin America and the Caribbean (U.S. Dept. of State, 10 November 2020)
- Ghana Introduces Cybersecurity Act (Capacity, 11 November 2020)
- MOPT To Conduct Training for All CIOs (Liberian Observer, 16 November 2020)
- Vanuatu set to adopt new cyber crime law (RNZ, 3 November 2020)
- Singapore to work with UN to help nations implement norms for responsible cyber behaviour (Strait Times, 2 November 2020)
- ‘#EndSARS exposed Nigeria’s weakness to cybercrime’ (Guardian News, 2 November 2020)
- IPANDETEC’s Report on Panama’s ISPs Show Improvements But More Work Needed to Protect Users’ Privacy (EFF, 30 October 2020)
- Coalition of African Nations to Coordinate Data Protection Framework (JD Supra, 28 October 2020)
- Signs of movement for encryption policy? (Reporters Committee for Freedom fo the Press, 26 October 2020)
- The State of Cybersecurity in Africa (IT News Africa, 15 October 2020)
- Cyberattack surge highlights Africa security risk (SciDevNet, 8 October 2020)
- Freedom House: Freedom on the Net 2020
- It’s Time for the Asia-Pacific to Move Toward Regional Cyber Norms (The Diplomat, 14 October 2020)
- Malaysia introduces new cyber security strategy (The Malaysian Reserve, 13 October 2020)
- Cybersecurity Effects of Coronavirus in ASEAN and the Path Ahead (Via News, 1 October 2020)
- Ghana to pass Cybersecurity Bill this year - Communications Minister (Graphic Online, 1 October 2020)
- NGOs urgently open parliament and respect for human rights in cybersecurity legislation (La Prensa, 23 September 2020)
- African Union turns to biosurveillance tech to curb COVID-19 (Global Voices, 14 September 2020)
- National Cyber Power Index 2020 (Belfer Centre for Science & International Affairs)
- Online crime in Africa a bigger threat than ever before, warns Interpol (IOL, 7 September 2020)
- COVID-19 pandemic in Africa and human rights (APC, June 2020)
- Technology has codified structural racism – will the EU tackle racist tech? (EURACTIV, 3 September 2020)
- Civil groups condemn cyberattacks on Indonesian government critics (Jakarta Post, 23 August 2020)
- Cybersecurity: A brief analysis on the Central American context (A-id, 12 August 2020)
- Nigeria: UK, Nigeria to Promote Digital Access With Policy Reforms (allAfrica, 17 August 2020)
- Facial recognition use by South Wales Police ruled unlawful (BBC News, 11 August 2020)
- Liberia: Cyber Crimes Has Increased Considerably in Liberia's Cyberspace - a Call to Adopt Policy and Strategy (allAfrica, 13 August 2020)
- National Cyber Security Centre and CID nab empress leak operator (GhanaWeb, 11 August 2020)
- EU Council Imposes First-Ever Sanctions against Cyber Attacks (NLR, 4 August 2020)
- Govt finally unveils Australia's new cyber security strategy (iT News, 6 August 2020)
- Proposed Cyber Security Bill goes through pre-legislative stage in parliament (Sierra Leone Telegraph, 5 August 2020)
- EU imposes the first ever sanctions against cyber-attacks (Council of the EU, 30 July 2020)
- Q&A: How Systemic Racism Weakens Cybersecurity (Dark Reading, 22 July 2020)
- Russia pledges reciprocal steps after EU sanctions for alleged cyberattacks (Reuters, 31 July 2020)
- Twitter hack: Staff tricked by phone spear-phishing scam (BBC News, 31 July 2020)
- Germany proposes first-ever use of EU cyber sanctions over Russia hacking (DW, 12 July 2020)
- Massive Rise in Cybersecurity Awareness Across Nigeria, Kenya and South Africa (IT News Africa, 14 July 2020)
- Taking steps to break down systemic racism in cybersecurity (CyberScoop, 14 July 2020)
- The Budapest Convention on Cybercrime in operation: new T-CY report (CoE, 9 July 2020)
- Benin launches a new National Cybersecurity Strategy (ITU News, 6 July 2020)
- Commission launches #Women4Cyber – A registry of talents in the field of cybersecurity (EU Reporter, 8 July 2020)
- The Road Toward Agonistic Pluralism for International Cyber Norms (Council on Foreign Relations, 6 July 2020)
- EU launches a €10.5 million call for projects in #Cybersecurity (EU Reporter, 2 July 2020)
- From Finland To Afghanistan: Cybercrime Exposure Down To Strategy (Data Economy, 30 June 2020)
- The lack of women in cybersecurity puts us all at greater risk (TNW, 30 June 2020)
- #EUCybersecurity – A newly formed stakeholders group will work on the cybersecurity certification framework (EU Reporter, 26 June 2020)
- ECOWAS Court upholds digital rights, rules 2017 internet shutdowns in Togo illegal (Access Now, 25 June 2020)
- Securing voter registration databases takes on added importance in pandemic, DHS official says (CyberScoop, 24 June 2020)
- Twitter apologises for business data breach (BBC News, 23 June 2020)
- EU grants €38 million for protection of #CriticalInfrastructure against #CyberThreats (EU Reporter, 16 June 2020)
- Facebook Helped the FBI Hack a Child Predator (Vice, 10 June 2020)
- George Floyd: Amazon bans police use of facial recognition technology (BBC News, 11 June 2020)
- Norway suspends virus-tracking app due to privacy concerns (Guardian, 15 June 2020)
- Systemic Racism Is a Cybersecurity Threat (Council on Foreign Relations Blog, 16 June 2020)
- UK virus-tracing app switches to Apple-Google model (BBC News, 18 June 2020)
- 5G, AI, cybersecurity and renewable energy set (Tech Crunch, 27 May 2020) for an investment boost under EU coronavirus recovery plan (
- COVID widening the cyber gap: report (InnovationAus, 27 May 2020)
- Google sees a resurgence in state-backed hacking, phishing related to COVID-19 (Reuters, 27 May 2020)
- Indonesia probes breach of data on more than two million voters (Reuters, 22 May 2020)
- It's Time to Treat Cybersecurity as a Human Rights Issue (HRW, 26 May 2020)
- A deep dive into the universe of cybersecurity (World Economic Forum, 6 May 2020)
- Australia progressing work on agreed cyber norms on responsible state behaviour in cyberspace (ZD Net, 4 May 2020)
- EU demands an end to coronavirus cyberattacks (TechXplore, 30 April 2020)
- Internews and ESET develop security partnership to protect human rights defenders (Zawya, 6 May 2020)
- We need mass surveillance to fight Covid-19 - but it doesn't have to be creepy (MIT Tech Review, 12 April 2020)
- Australia and US call out cyber attacks on hospitals during Covid-19 pandemic (ZDNet, 27 April 2020)
- Europe's Privacy Law Hasn't Shown It's Teeth, Frustrating Advocates (The New York Times, 27 April 2020)
- Israel stops using phone tracking to enforce Covid-19 quarantine (Engadget, 22 April 2020)
- Privacy groups are still trying to get documents unsealed in Facebook encryption case (Cyberscoop, 28 April 2020)
- Coronavirus Crisis: A Digital Policy Overview (GIP, April 2020)
- Cyberattacks against Hospitals and the Covid-19 Pandemic: How Strong are International Law Protections? (Just Security, 27 March 2020)
- Facebook Bans some Anti-lockdown Protest Pages (Guardian News, 21 April 2020)
- Ghana ranks 9th in Cybersecurity Vulnerability in Sub-Saharan Africa (Ghana Web, 19 April 2020)
- New Study Shows Consumers Could Be Vulnerable to Covid-19 Spam (Security Intelligence, 23 April 2020)
- Questioning China's Politicization of Cyber Intelligence During Pandemic (Council on Foreign Relations Blog, 20 April 2020)
- Report: Why Gender Matters in Cybersecurity (Women's International League for Peace & Freedom & APC, April 2020)
- Joint Statement: States use of digital surveillance technologies to fight pandemic must respect human rights (Amnesty International, 2 April 2020)
- Coronavirus: UK considers virus tracking app to ease lockdown (BBC News, 31 March 2020)
- Covid-19 Civic Freedom Tracker (ICNL)
- Cybersecurity experts come together to fight coronavirus-related hacking (Reuters, 26 March 2020)
- Zoom's security and privacy problems are snowballing (Business Insider, 1 April 2020)
- Horangi Raises US$20 Million in Funding to Strengthen Cybersecurity in Southeast Asia (CISOMAG, 24 March 2020)
- Human Rights Dimensions of COVID-19 Response (Human Rights Watch, 19 March 2020)
- Mobile phone industry explores worldwide tracking of users (Guardian, 25 March 2020)
- Open Letter: Contact Tracking and NHSX (Medium, 23 March 2020)
- UK coronavirus app 'must respect privacy rights' (BBC, 23 March 2020)
- Coronavirus Pandemic: Extra security needed for data protection and cybersecurity? (Lexology, 19 March 2020)
- Kenya leads Africa in bid to make cyberspace secure (Business Daily Africa, 19 March 2020)
- Surveillance campaign against Libyans uses fake John Hopkins COVID-19 tracking map (Cyberscoop, 18 March 2020)
- The Cybersecurity 202: Coronavirus pandemic makes U.S. more vulnerable to cyberattacks, lawmakers warn (Washington Post, 19 March 2020)
- What's ahead in the Cyber Norms Debate? (Lawfare, 16 March 2020)
- Australian Signals Directorate has already spied on Australians, boss confirms (Guardian, 4 March 2020)
- Cybercriminals are increasingly turning to ransomware as a secondary source of income (Security Magazine, 4 March 2020)
- Kenya warns of up to $50k fines for spreading fake COVID-19 news (African Times, 3 March 2020)
- Malaysia has the potential to be Asia-Pacific cybersecurity hub, says Austrian Ambassador (NST, 3 March 2020)
- A cyberspace ‘FIFA’ to set rules of the game? UN states disagree at second meeting (CFR, 2 March 2020)
- Cyber Threats from the US and Russia are now focusing on civilian infrastructure (TechCrunch, 23 July)
- Intensifying ASEAN’s cybersecurity efforts (ASEAN Post, 03/08/19)
- Assuring the security of our critical infrastructure (ASPI, 3 July)
- China Snares Tourists’ Phones in Surveillance Dragnet by Adding Secret App (NY Times, 02/07/19)
- Opinion: Is the internet a 'silver bullet' for Africa? (04/07/19)
- Rwanda Working On A Personal Data Protection Law (KT Press, 03/06/19)
- U.S. Government Makes Surprise Move To Secure Power Grid From Cyberattacks (Forbes, 03/07/19)
- Youtube's ban on "hacking techniques" threatens to shut down all of infosec Youtube (BoingBoing, 05/07/19)
- Chronicle, Alphabet's push into security, will join Google Cloud (CyberScoop, 27/06/19)
- Will the Future Bring Digital Trench Warfare Between the EU and China? (CfR, 26/06/19)
- “Fortifying Cybersecurity for a Seamless ASEAN Connected to the World” (Bangkok Post, 01/07/19)
- Flaw in WhatsApp exploited to target human rights lawyer, finds Citizen Lab (The Varsity, 26/06/19)
- The Global Data War Heats Up (The Atlantic, 26/06/19)
- Why a ban on Huawei is being ignored by some of the oldest U.S. allies in Asia (LA Time, 10/06/19)
- Leading the “Digital Single Market” and fighting cybersecurity (Open Access Government, 25/06/19))
- Serpentine Galleries chief Yana Peel resigns amid controversy over Israeli cybersecurity firm (The Art Newspaper, 18/06/19)
- U.S. Cyber Command, Russia and Critical Infrastructure: What Norms and Laws Apply? (Just Security, 18/06/19)
- Black Hat cancels Rep. Will Hurd's headline speech after Twitter backlash (CNet,14/06/19)
- Explainer: what is ‘hybrid warfare’ and what is meant by the ‘grey zone’? (The Conversation, 17/06/19)
- Game Over for GandCrab: New free decryption tool allows victims to unlock all versions of this ransomware (ZDNet, 17/06/19)
- Kremlin Warns of Cyberwar After Report of U.S. Hacking Into Russian Power Grid (NY Times, 17/06/19)
- Telegram CEO pins cyber-attack on China hackers during Hong Kong extradition unrest (HKFP, 13/06/19)
- U.N. surveillance expert urges global moratorium on sale of spyware (Reuters, 18/06/19)
- As the continent digitizes rapidly, Africans need a bill of data rights to protect them online (Quartz, 12/06/19)
- Cyber, technology and gender: what are we missing? (ASPI, 12/06/19)
- Survey says people don't trust the Internet, what needs to change? (UNCTAD, 11/06/19)
- Estonia Speaks Out on Key Rules for Cyberspace (Just Security, 10/06/19)
- MPs review draft documents on cyber security (GhanaWeb, 05/06/19)
- It’s time for cybersecurity to go pro bono (WEF, 05/06/19)
- The African Union is doubling down on deepening its relationship with Huawei (MIT Review, 31/05/29)
- Ghana to Legislate Two New Bills to Fight Cyber Crimes (The Daily Trust, 05/06/19)
- Ghana: MPs to receive cybersecurity training (Ghana Web, 30/05/19)
- How a quantum computer could break 2048-bit RSA encryption in 8 hours (MIT Technology Review, 30/05/19)
- Sidley Austin: Twelve months of the GDPR and three key takeaways (Gigabit, 01/06/19)
- The African Union is doubling down on deepening its relationship with Huawei (Quartz Africa, 31/05/19)
- Baltimore ransomware nightmare could last weeks more, with big consequences (20/05/19)
- Cyber Industrial Policy in an Era of Strategic Competition (Centre for Longterm Cybersecurity (May 2019)
- Political parties still have cybersecurity hygiene problems (Wired, 20/05/19)
- SA's place in cyber security's 'superpower struggle' (ITWeb Africa, 28/05)
- Who do you think you are? Biometrics and the police (Politics Home, 24/05/19)
- Why Huawei's Google woes worry Africa (BBC, 26/05/19)
- Will there be one ASEAN voice on cyber? (ASPI, 22/05/19)
- International Cyber Norms through the Aperture of National Legislation (ICT4Peace, 20/05/19)
- Weaponizing Cyber Law (Project Syndicate, 13/05/19)
- Women uneasy about smart home technology (CIO, 29/04/19)
- Cyber criminals face travel bans and freeze on assets under new EU sanctions (City A.M. 17/05/19)
- Grindr and the 'new cold war': why US concerns over the app are dangerous (Guardian, 18/02/19)
- Hacktivists, Bots, Elections: Indonesia Stepping Up Its Cybersecurity (Jakarta Globe, 19/05/19)
- Israeli firm linked to WhatsApp spyware attack faces lawsuit (Guardian, 18/05/19)
- Kaspersky Lab opens an office in Rwanda to reach neighbouring countries (Ecofin Agency, 17/05/19)
- South Africa: 'AI is riskiest new tech' (ITWeb Africa, 15/05/19)
- A WhatsApp security flaw let hackers install spying software via voice calls (14/05/19, MIT Technology Review)
- European Union Embeds Protection of the Public Core of the Internet in New EU Cybersecurity Act (11/04/19, GCCS)
- Call for inclusion of additional voices in international debates on responsible nation state behavior in cyberspace (02/05/19, TechAccord)
- DRIF19: As Experts Converged Over Digital Rights In Africa (05/05/19, Leadership)
- #DRIF19: Multi-Stakeholder Policymaking Process Has Become Inevitable In Tacking Cybersecurity (Tech Economy 26/04/19)
- Ghana: Government To Setup Cyber Security Authority (Peace FM, 12/04/19)
- Israel Retaliates To A Cyber-Attack With Immediate Physical Action In A World First (Forbes, 07/05/19)
- The Cyberlaw Podcast: Why France Understands China’s Policy Better Than the Rest of Us (Lawfare, 15/04/19)
- Cybersecurity: UK could build an automatic national defence system, says GCHQ chie
- Foreign delegates in Lagos for digital conference
- Kenya: Cyber-Crime A Major Drawback To The ICT Sector (Kenya News Agency, 13/04/19)
- Huawei row: UK to let Chinese firm help build 5G network
- New guide offers actionable technical guidance for IoT stakeholders (Intelligent CIO, 04/03/19)
- 130 detained in nationwide operations against FETÖ (Daily Sabah, 13/03/19)
- Aluminum manufacturing giant Norsk Hydro shut down by ransomware (Tech Crunch, 16/03/19)
- MEPs adopt Cybersecurity Act and want EU to counter IT threat from China (European Parliament, 12/03/19)
- New Ways to Bring Women Into and Up Through Cybersecurity Careers (New America, 28/03/19)
- The New Israeli Cyber Draft Bill – A Preliminary Overview (The Federmann Cyber Security Center – Cyber Law Program)
- Told U.S. security at risk, Chinese firm seeks to sell Grindr dating app (Reuters, 27/03/19)
- Fiji: AG: Build our ICT capacity or we will get left behind (Mail Life, 07/03/19)
- For Africa, Chinese-Built Internet Is Better Than No Internet at All (Foreign Policy, 29/03/19)
- Hackers Hijacked ASUS Software Updates to Install Backdoors on Thousands of Computers (Motherboard, 25/03/19)
- Human Rights Watch Calls For Immediate Release of Six Jailed Vietnamese Activists (Radio Free Asia, 15/03/19)
- India needs a cyber security strategy (The Asian Age 25/03/19)
- Iraq: Draconian cybercrimes law threatens freedom of expression (Amnesty, 01/03/19)
- Japan spearheads pan-Asia alliance to tackle cybersecurity (The Asian Review, 11/03/19)
- Microsoft: Developing markets in Asia-Pacific among the most vulnerable to malware (Backend News, 25/03/19)
- Côte d'Ivoire : Vers la ratification de la Convention de Budapest sur la cybercriminalité par Abidjan (KOACI, 12/03.19)
- Enforce cybersecurity guidelines to bolster reforms – expert tells BoG (Ghana Web, 05/03/19)
- Leveraging multi-stakeholder benefits process to cybersecurity policy in Nigeria (The Guardian, 09/03/19)
- Sierra Leone News: Info Ministry looks at Cyber-Security (Awoko, 29/03/19)
- ACDRO calls for collaborative efforts to strengthen cybersecurity (Ghana News Agency, 25/02/19)
- Africa's NGOs, Facebook push for safer internet (IT Web Africa, 05/02/19)
- Collaborate with government to check cyber crime - Ursula appeals to Ghanaians (Ghana Web, 06/02/19)
- Cyber attack on Malta bank tried to transfer cash abroad (Reuters, 13/02/19)
- Government of Ghana step up nationwide cybersecurity efforts (Ghana Web, 21/02/19)
- History of South African cyber legislation (IT Web, 07/02/19)
- How far should organizations be able to go to defend against cyberattacks? (The Conversation, 15/02/19)
- ICANN warns of ‘ongoing and significant threat to DNS (Decipher, 26/02/19)
- Report: Cybersecurity Futures 2025 (Center for Long-Term Cybersecurity (CLTC), February 2019)
- Security Union: Commission recommends negotiating international rules for obtaining electronic evidence (European Commission, 05/02/19)
- Toward AI Security: Global Aspirations for a More Resilient Future (Center for Long-Term Cybersecurity CLTC, February 2019)
- WhatsApp adds biometric feature to help protect messages (Cyber Scoop, 04/02/19)
- What’s the Emergency? Keeping International Requests for Law Enforcement Access Secure and Safe for Internet Users (EFF, 21/02/19)
- (Pakistan) Opinion: Cybersecurity Threats: Policy gaps, challenges and way forward (Daily Times, 07/02/19)
- (Thailand) Rights advocates worry cyber bills a major threat (The Nation, 22/02/19)
- New steps to protect Europe from continued cyber threats (Microsoft, 20/02/19)
- OPINION: Splinternet: Is Africa ready for the future of internet? (IOL, 15/02/19)
- Safeguarding Africa’s cyberspace
- Shehacks KE Provides African Women with Cybersecurity Mentorship Sessions (Tech in Africa, 05/02/19)
- The Evolution of China's Data Governance Regime: A Timeline (New America, 08/02/19)
- ASEAN called on to build cybersecurity norms (Jakarta Post, 01/02/19)
- Crypto-miners lead the malware charge (IT Web Africa, 11/02/19)
- Japan: Govt. to access home devices in security survey (NXK World, 25/01/19)
- Orange acquires SecureData to beef up security service in Africa (IT Web Africa, 04/02/19)
- Singapore’s growing cyber security influence in ASEAN (Computer Weekly, 25/01/19)
- Zimbabwe fast-tracks cybercrime legislation (ITWeb, 31/01/19)
- China and Russia could disrupt critical national infrastructure in the US, says intelligence report (MIT Review, 30/01/19)
- EU and US to strengthen cybersecurity cooperation (Euractiv, 31/01/19)
- Facebook’s plan to merge WhatsApp, Instagram, and Messenger sounds a privacy alarm (MIT Technology Review, 25/01/19)
- Hacker Who Stole $5 Million By SIM Swapping Gets 10 Years in Prison (Motherboard, 01/02/19)
- Researchers who found Israeli link to Khashoggi murder face ‘sinister’ targeting (Times of Israel, 26/01/19)
- Accountability in Cyberspace: The Problem of Attribution (RAND, 15/01/19)
- Europe’s most hackable election (Politico, 16/01/19)
- Huawei’s Expansion in Africa Comes Under Scrutiny (The Epoch Times, 20/01/19)
- If 5G Is So Important, Why Isn’t It Secure? (NY Times, 21/01/19)
- Japan helps Myanmar to enact cybersecurity law (Myanmar Times, 15/01/19)
- Nigeria: Experts chart focus for cyber security in 2019 (the Guardian, 18/01/19)
- Safaricom ventures into cybersecurity business (Business Daily, 22/01/19)
- The Top Conflicts to Watch in 2019: Cyberattack (CFR, 17/01/19)
- UN General Assembly adopts record number of resolutions on internet governance and policy: Mixed outcomes for human rights online (APC, 10/01/19)
- What’s in the Philippines’ New Cyber Platform? (The Diplomat, 23/01/19)
- Zimbabwe’s government shut down the internet after fuel price protests turned deadly (Quartz, 15/01/19)
- A Worldwide Hacking Spree Uses DNS Trickery to Nab Data (Wired, 11/01/19)
- EU eyes tougher scrutiny of China cyber security risks (Financial Times, 01/01/19)
- Intelligent Machines The US and China are in a quantum arms race that will transform warfare (03/01/19, MIT Technology Review)
- Kenya: Regulator warns of rise in cybersecurity threats (Business Daily, 09/01/19)
- Millions of Chinese CVs exposed on cloud server (BBC, 14/01/19)
- A man asked for his data from Amazon—and they sent him 1,700 recordings of someone else (MIT Technology Review, 21/12/18)
- Analysis of the European R&D priorities in cybersecurity (ENISA, 19/12/18)
- At the table with the Paris Call for Trust and Security in Cyberspace (Diplo, 19/12/18)
- EU To Offer Almost $1M In Bug Bounties On Open Source Software (Forbes, 30/12/18)
- Ghana: Cyber Security Authority to be Established in 2019 (Modern Ghana, 15/12/18)
- How China Views the Arrest of Huawei’s Meng Wanzhou (The New Yorker, 17/12/18)
- Huawei to spend $2 billion over five years in cybersecurity push (Reuters, 18/12/18)
- Israel: Cybersecurity and Human Rights (Tech Crunch, 21/12/18)
- Safaricom says collaboration helped it reduce mobile money fraud (IT Web, 12/12/18)
- South Africa: Cybercrimes Bill defanged, but our privacy rights are still not secured (Daily Maverick, 21/12/18
- Thailand: Cyber-security bill marred by lack of oversight (The Nation, 21/12/18)
- U.S., allies slam China for brazen cyberattacks as Trump administration indicts hackers (Politico, 20/12/18)
- UN High Level Panel on Digital Cooperation should ignore a multi-stakeholder approach to cybersecurity at its peril (Cyber Tech Accord, 21/12/18)
- Vietnam: Big Brother Is Watching Everyone (Human rights Watch, 20/12/18)
- Asean's cyber defences in need of more guards (The Straits Times, 13/12)
- Australia: New guidelines for responding to cyber attacks don’t go far enough (The Conversation, 17/12)
- BIMSTEC: An Unprecedented Opportunity for Collaboration and Cooperation in Cyberspace (IDSA, 18/12)
- Cambodia: Official warns of cyber attacks (Khmer Times, 13/12)
- Can Huawei survive an onslaught of bans and restrictions abroad? (The Economist, 13/12)
- EU suffers major cyber-security scandal with publication of 1,100 secret cables (Euractiv, 18/12)
- Facebook, Under Scrutiny, Pays Out Largest Bug Bounty Yet (Wired, 13/12)
- Ghana: Cyber Security Authority to be Established in 2019 (Modern Ghana, 15/12)
- Huawei pledges $2 billion cybersecurity investment amid global scrutiny (Politico, 18/12)
- Myanmar: Govt considering new cyber law, minister says (Myanmar Times, 13/12)
- Reports show Russia mounted sweeping effort to sow divisions, support Trump (Politico, 17/12)
- How Does the Business of Cybercrime Work? (Council on Foreign Relations, 10/12)
- BT refuses to let Huawei bid for core 5G infrastructure (New Statesman, 5/12)
- China may be behind four-year-long Marriott International cyber attack, claims report (New Statesman, 9/12)
- EU negotiators agree on strengthening Europe's cybersecurity (European Commision, 10/12)
- East Asia Summit Leaders’ Statement on Deepening Cooperation in the Security of Information and Communications Technologies and of The Digital Economy (ASEAN, 15,11)
- Germany Develops Offensive Cyber Capabilities Without A Coherent Strategy of What to Do With Them (Council on Foreign Relations, 3/12)
- Global Cyber Security Norms: A Proliferation Problem? (ICT4Peace, 3/12)
- Google ‘studying steps’ to open headquarters in Vietnam in accordance with cybersecurity laws (South China Morning Post, 12/12)
- Huawei pledges $2bn in effort to allay UK security concerns (Guardian, 9/12)
- Opinion: Will China's Investments Reshape Africa's Internet? (Power 3.0, 6/12)
- Philippines to outsource all cyber security (Gov Insider, 06/12)
- Resolution bloat at ITU Plenipotentiary Conferences (Linqua Sinaptica, 6/12)
- Safaricom says collaboration helped it reduce mobile money fraud (IT Web, 12/12)
- Marriott announces data breach impacting 500 million hotel guests (Cyberscoop, 30/11)
- Strengthening ASEAN’s cybersecurity (ASEAN Post, 03/12)
- Chile to host Interpol General Assembly 2019 (Santiago Times, 24/11)
- Cyber security Bills have Zambia's govt stumped (ITWeb Africa, 21/11)
- EU urges Asean to accede to cybercrime treaty (MSN News, 25/11)
- How Trump’s Tariffs Disrupted a Fragile Cyber-Peace (Bloomberg, 29/11)
- Indonesia and United States ink agreement on cybersecurity training (CISO, 21/11)
- Report: Strengthening the EU’s Cyber Defence Capabilities (Centre for European Policy Studies, 26/11)
- Sierra Leone: Data of millions of patients compromised in Atrium breach (Sierra Leone Times, 29/11)
- South Africa: National Assembly adopts cybercrimes and security bill (Eyewitness News, 26/11)
- Tec de Monterrey launches hub to tackle cybercrime (Observatory of Educational Innovation, 27/11)
- The Growing Importance Of Cybersecurity Skills (Forbes, 28/11)
- The online threat that cybersecurity teams don’t cover (Quartz, 26/11)
- U.K., EU Officials Pledge Post-Brexit Cybersecurity Cooperation (Bloomberg, 26/11)
- UK and Germany grow wary of Huawei as US turns up pressure (FT, 29/11)
- Understanding the state of Australia’s cybersecurity efforts (TechWire, 28/11)
- When South American nations look for cyber help, China looms (Fifth Domain, 29/11)
- At Cyfy, India marches to the beat of its own cyber drum
- The midterm impact on cybersecurity (Politico, 30/10)
- Unpacking The Competing Russian and U.S. Cyberspace Resolutions at the United Nations (Council on Foreign Relations, 29/10)
- 30 years ago, the world's first cyberattack set the stage for modern cybersecurity challenges (Cyberscoop, 02/11)
- Cybersecurity: Paris Call of 12 November 2018 for Trust and Security in Cyberspace (France Diplomatie, 12/11)
- EU Cybersecurity Act: how a little-known piece of legislation could transform the internet of things (New Statesman, 02/11)
- EU Cybersecurity organisations agree on 2019 roadmap (European Defence Agency, 08/11)
- Europe: IoT ecosystem needs to be investigated, say experts (Computer Weekly, 26/10)
- No Deal Brexit Crisis Threatens UK Cybersecurity Chaos (Forbes, 15/11)
- The Hack Millions of People Are Installing Themselves
- The US sits out an international cybersecurity agreement (Wired, 12/11)
- Why the EU Is More Likely to Drive IT and Security Trends Than the US (Security Intelligence, 16/11)
- ISACA Accra Chapter holds 6th IT Governance Summit 2018 (GhanaWeb, 16/10)
- Orange launches cyber security centre in Morocco (Total Telecom, 19/10)
- Shortage of expertise heightens Nigeria’s cyber risks (New Telegraph, 19/10)
- Singapore invites ASEAN neighbours to send experts to collectively tackle online threats (Channel News Asia, 31/10)
- Singapore, Canada agree to boost cybersecurity cooperation (Channel News Asia, 14/11)
- ASEAN: Cooperating to counter cyber threats (Business Times, 13/11)
- Africa losses $3.5b to cyber attacks – World Bank (Ghana Business Review, 23/10)
- China is exporting its digital surveillance methods to African governments (Quartz Africa, 01/11)
- Cybersecurity Workforce Development: A Primer (New America, 01/11)
- Digital dictatorship in Vietnam seeks to silence dissidents (Al Jazeera, 15/11)
- EU leaders to seek cyber sanctions, press Asia for action: draft statements (Reuters, 17/10)
- Egypt and Thailand: When the military turns against free speech (Tech Crunch, 23/11)
- Japan, ASEAN share information about cyber attacks (Vietnam Plus, 12/11)
- Kaspersky Lab eyes Malaysia as second location for data transparency centre (Malay Mail, 14/11)
- Malaysia calls for increased global cooperation in cybersecurity (Borneo Post, 31/10)
- Minister in Charge of Japan’s Cybersecurity Says He Has Never Used a Computer (NY Times, 15/11)
- Senegal launches African 'cyber-security' school (Modern Ghana, 06/11)
- Singapore sets up world's first commercial cyber risk pool (Channel News Asia, 29/10)
- South Africa: Fake news too hot to handle for Cyber Crimes Bill (IT Web, 01/11)
- Vietnam cyber law will guard against fake news, terrorism: security ministry ( Reuters, 31/10)
- Zimbabwe gets $3.6 million from Japan to fight cybercrime (CGTN, 13/11)
- Understanding cybercrime regulation in Nigeria (CNBC, 24/10)
- Ghana: Parliament to ratify Budapest Convention on Cybercrime (Joy Online, 22/10)
- Fearing election hacking, EU leaders to ready sanctions (Reuters, 18/10)
- Internet connectivity triples in Africa amid rising cybercrime – AU (Premium Times, 16/10)
- A cyber-skills shortage means students are being recruited to fight off hackers (MIT Technology Review, 18/10)
- A very secret ballot: A case study on the electoral process in Kenya (October, SUR Journal)
- Cyberattack Revelations Appear to Undercut Russia's UN Efforts (Chatham House, 10/10)
- EU, U.S. Reaffirm Cyber Partnership (Meritalk, 16/10)
- Post-Brexit Britain Could Be A Cybersecurity Nightmare With Or Without A Deal (Forbes, 16/10)
- Australia encryption bill will weaken cyber security, warns Apple (CIO, 15/10)
- Between multistakeholderism and sovereignty: cyber norms in Egypt and the Gulf States (War on the Rocks, 12/10)
- Thailand - Outcry over draft Cybersecurity Bill (Bangkok Post, 12/10)
- The Cybersecurity 202: Lawmakers press for answers about China's alleged supply chain hack (Washington Post, 11/10)
- Ghana loses over $90,000 to cyber crime (Business Ghana, 09/10)
- Internet Society submits comments for the revision of the Ethiopian Cybercrime law (Internet Society, 12/10)
- Safaricom rolls out plan to reward ethical hackers (Business Daily, 10/10)
- Mobile money transactions in Somalia are overtaking Kenya, but there are significant risks (Quartz, 12/10)
- Google is planning to setup 200 Wi-Fi hotspots in Nigeria (BGR, 27/07)
- Speech of AUC Director for Infrastructure & Energy at the Workshop on Cyber strategies, Cyber legislation and Setting up of National CERTs (African Union, 23/07)
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