exploring best practices in relation to international cybersecurity initiatives
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BPF Cybersecurity session at IGF 2020
Tuesday, 17 November, 12:50 - 14:20 UTC
session link: https://www.intgovforum.org/multilingual/content/igf-2020-bpf-cybersecurity
video recording at https://youtu.be/zxqh4Em7twg?t=100
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What Cybersecurity Policymaking Can Learn from Normative Principles in Global Governance - Draft Background document (download .pdf)
The Internet Governance Forum’s thematic intersessional work on cybersecurity intends to guide submissions to the 2020 Best Practice Forum on Cybersecurity’s final, annual report. By taking the time to identify successful norms initiatives and their role in policy change, the BPF Cybersecurity grounds its analysis of a wide variety of Cyber Norms initiatives in the lessons learned throughout the stages from early development to implementation. The examples studied in this review were chosen for their effectiveness and are not necessarily related to or even tangential to technology or the internet. By looking to successful norms frameworks the BPF Cybersecurity, and the initiatives it has invested in, might better understand the strengths, flaws, and why some norms initiatives have ultimately succeeded.
Exploring Best Practices in Relation to International Cybersecurity Agreements - draft Research paper (download .pdf)
The IGF 2020 Best Practice Forum (BPF) on Cybersecurity’s workstream on exploring best practices in relation to international cybersecurity agreements is focused on updating and further advancing the analysis of the 2019 BPF report on the state of international cybersecurity agreements, with a more narrow focus on cyber norms agreements. Its work includes:
Identifying additional international agreements and initiatives on cybersecurity, and performing a deeper analysis of a set of agreements - Call for contributions
In 2020, the BPF Cybersecurity is building on its 2019 report by focusing on identifying additional international agreements and initiatives on cybersecurity, and performing a deeper analysis of a narrower set of agreements. In this deeper analysis, we’re looking specifically at whether the agreement includes any of the UN-GGE consensus norms; and whether any additional norms are specifically called out. The narrower set of agreements is focused on those that are specifically normative, rather than having directly enforceable commitments. The Best Practice Forum on Cybersecurity is calling for input for its 2020 effort. Input will feed into the BPF discussions, the BPF workshop during the virtual IGF2020 and this year’s BPF output report.
Participation in the work of the BPF Cybersecurity is free and open to all interested. Participants are expected to respect the IGF Code of Conduct .
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Workstream 1: Identify new agreements and recent developments since last year
Work stream 1 focuses on identifying new agreements that appeared since last year. We intend to review only on those agreements that are strictly norms-focused (so to not look into instruments of hard law). Specifically interesting would be to identify any new norms related to healthcare cybersecurity, given COVID-19.
WS1 update (22 July 2020) : link
WS1 Research paper - Exploring Best Practices in Relation to International Cybersecurity Agreements (.pdf)
Workstream 2: Understanding and documenting methods of norms assessment
This work stream focuses on understanding the role of assessment in norms setting and how assessment contributes to whether they are truly adhered to. In addition, we’ll take a look at other disciplines outside of cyber, and see how we can learn from normative principles as governance in other contexts.
Specifically interesting would be to identify any assessment related to healthcare cyber norms, given COVID-19: for instance, states calling out malicious cyber behavior affecting healthcare, indicating a norm may be present.
WS2 Background paper What Cybersecurity Policymaking Can Learn from Normative Principles in Global Governance (.pdf)
Workstream 3: Outreach to widen participation in the BPF
We’ve identified for a few years now that we need wider participation, and given the growth of interest in the BPF, this is a good year to dedicate some effort to outreach and engagement - specifically focused on government and private sector, which have historically been underrepresented in our group.
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