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Trends in cyber diplomacy

A talk by Anna-Maria Osula, Estonian Ministry of Foreign Affairs

The challenges related to the increasing use of information and communication technologies for malicious purposes are high on the agenda in international negotiations. Anna-Maria will discuss the prevalent trends in cyber diplomacy and shed light to the discussions held in the United Nations Open-Ended Working Group (OEWG) which focus on the framework of responsible behaviour in cyberspace in the context of international security.


Event details

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Speaker: Anna-Maria Osula, Estonian Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Topic: Trends in cyber diplomacy
Date/time: Thursday 16 November from 2pm to 3pm
Room: Queen's LT 1

Abstract:
The challenges related to the increasing use of information and communication technologies for malicious purposes are high on the agenda in international negotiations. Anna-Maria will discuss the prevalent trends in cyber diplomacy and shed light to the discussions held in the United Nations Open-Ended Working Group (OEWG) which focus on the framework of responsible behaviour in cyberspace in the context of international security.

Speaker bio:
Dr Anna-Maria Osula is currently working at the Estonian Ministry of Foreign Affairs in the Department of Digital and Cyber Diplomacy. Previously, she was a senior researcher at Tallinn University of Technology, and a Global Digital Governance Fellow at Stanford University. Anna-Maria has also worked at Guardtime as a senior policy officer, and before that as a legal researcher at the NATO CCDCOE, undertaking projects on national cyber security strategies, international organisations and international law. In addition to a PhD in law from the University of Tartu, she holds an LLM degree in IT law from Stockholm University.

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Location:

Queens Building LT1