1. Key Policy Questions and Expectations:
- What role can different stakeholders play in cybersecurity capacity building? Resource challenges and what can be done to address the challenges?
- What are the needs and requirements in achieving a multi-stakeholder initiative in Cybersecurity?
- How can Governments use emerging technology in addressing issues of trust, privacy and data protection?
- What is the role of national CSIRTs/CERTs in enhancing cyber resilience?
2. Summary of Issues Discussed:
There was broad support for inclusive and multistakeholder approaches to cybersecurity strategies. Cybersecurity challenges are broad and interrelated but there is still scarce examples of implementing the model maturity model of cybersecurity.
Many indicated that there is need for clear programmes and approaches to assist with practical implementation of cyber security. There was alot of support for cybersecurity collaboration and capacity building and capacity sharing.
In the Latin America there is a wide engagements of public safety through public and internet actors through technical cooperation and CSIRT building. There is need to work more cohesive with law enforcement and support police investigation and prosecution of cyber crime.
3. Policy Recommendations or Suggestions for the Way Forward:
Capacity building of law enforcement to collect and present evidence (data involved),
Raising awareness raising of users on the threats in cybersecurity and have reporting mechanism for cyber crime among users.
Awareness raising of users especially in rural areas on online safety is crucial and civil society has a concrete role in implementing cybersecurty
strategies.
Strengthen cybersecurity for elections.
4. Other Initiatives Addressing the Session Issues:
Efforts of the Commonwealth Secretariat in implementation of the Commonwealth Cyber declaration os 2018. There are four broad programmmes in this relation which are:
- Africa focused on Gambia, Kenya and Namibia conducting cyber capabity and cyber resilience to identify key areas for legislative focus
- Carribean focused to build capacity of judges, prosecutors on electronic evidence
- A programme to strengthen cyber security internationally for Commonwealth countries.There are barriers in moving electronic evidence across borders
- Strengthening cybersecurity in elections by working with country partners to develop guides.
5. Making Progress for Tackled Issues:
Cybersecurity actors and local communities can work together to build effective strategies.
Countries should share the cybersecurity challenges in order for them to be addressed.
Having a reporting mechanism for cybersecurity can assist in tracking progress and a sustanable model for capacity building in cyber security.
6. Estimated Participation:
Around 100 participants onsite.
More than a third of the participants were women.Ge
7. Reflection to Gender Issues:
Gender issues were discussed in relation to awareness on cyber threats and capacity building to users on skills gaps where more women than men lack the cyber security skills.
