The security of cyberspace is an integral part of today’s security, warfare and politics. Cyber attacks and other activities in cyberspace should not be separated into a self-contained area without the broader political, strategic, and geopolitical context. In this event we focus on strategic and topical questions of cybersecurity. What kind of capabilities are needed, what is the role of states as cyber security providers, how to maintain trust in the digital era and why are cybersecurity issues are very political? This event aims to find answers to the challenges of our digital societies, and to reflect in wider broader terms on how to succeed in today’s hybrid threat environment.
Programme
Opening remarks
Timo Soini, Minister for Foreign Affairs, the Ministry for Foreign Affairs, Finland
Session I: Cyber Capabilities and Vulnerabilities: States’ Role as Cyber Security Providers
Keynote
Sorin Ducaru, Assistant Secretary General for Emerging Security Challenges, NATO
Chair: Jarno Limnell, Professor, Cybersecurity, Aalto University
Panelists
Marina Kaljurand, former Minister of Foreign Affairs, Estonia; Chair, the Global Commission on the Stability of Cyberspace
Uri Rosenthal, former Minister of Foreign Affairs, the Netherlands; Commissioner, the Global Commission on the Stability of Cyberspace, Special Representative for the London Process
Lars Nicander, Director, the Center for Asymmetric Threat Studies, Swedish Defence University
Jukka Juusti, Chair, the Security Committee, Finland; Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Defence, Finland
Session II: Hybrid Threats and Cyber Politics
Chair: Mika Aaltola, Programme Director, the Finnish Institute of International Affairs
Panelists
Max Mickelsson, Director, Government Affairs for Finland, Ireland and Northern Ireland, Microsoft
Matti Saarelainen, Director, the European Centre of Excellence for Countering Hybrid Threats
Major General Harri Ohra-aho, Chief of Intelligence, Finnish Defence Forces
Jyrki Kasvi, Member of Parliament, Parliament of Finland
Lunch speech: “Public-Private: Trust Networks”
Risto Siilasmaa, Chairman of Nokia Corporation and F-Secure Corporation
