Beyond 125 Years: Securing our World’s Digital Future

Join us to Transform Cybersecurity Funding for Global Peace and Justice 125 years ago, The Hague hosted the first Peace Convention, leading to the establishment of the Permanent Court of Arbitration, the Peace Palace, and a worldwide ecosystem dedicated to peace and justice. Today, as we navigate a digitised world, the vision of peace and … Read More

Beyond 125 Years: Securing our Digital Future

Beyond 125 Years

Securing our Digital Future

Join us to Transform Cybersecurity Funding for Global Peace and Justice

125 years ago, The Hague hosted the first Peace Convention, leading to the establishment of the Permanent Court of Arbitration, the Peace Palace, and a worldwide ecosystem dedicated to peace and justice.

Today, as we navigate a digitised world, the vision of peace and justice is under threat. A fragmented, under-resourced architecture faces relentless cyberattacks, jeopardising international organisations, nonprofits, and volunteers who support access to clean water, humanitarian aid, healthcare, justice, and refugee protection. Their cybersecurity remains an undervalued universal good.

Global commitment is crucial.

Join the City of The Hague, the CyberPeace Institute, and the Global Cyber Alliance at “Beyond 125 Years – Securing our Digital Future.” This is more than an event; it’s a call to action. Building on successful initiatives like CyberPeace Builders and Common Good Cyberwe are rallying global leaders, cyber defenders, and philanthropies to pledge and endorse the creation of a fund for cybersecurity as a common good.

Together, we can uphold the ideals of peace and justice by securing resources’ in this digital age to protect the most vulnerable.

Key Elements

When: 30 September 2024

Where: Peace Palace,

The Hague, Netherlands

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Cyberkeys 2024

Common Good Cyber Spotlight Session

at Cyberkeys 2024

Open to all registrants CyberKeys 2024 will present the benefits of the technological revolution and demonstrate the destructive aspects of 4th Industrial Revolution (4IR) information and communication technologies
(ICT). It will explain the extent of the risks in cyberspace and will instil cybersecurity consciousness by explaining threats in cyberspace.

Common Good Cyber will be presented as part of a session on the roles of governments and stakeholders in capacity building and maintaining the infrastructure.

Speaker: Kayle Giroud, Global Cyber Alliance

Key Elements

When: May 23, 2024 at 9:00am GMT

Where: The Royal Society,

London, United Kingtom

Through a lens of common good, we’ll delve into the pivotal role of multi-stakeholders in fostering resilience and fortifying infrastructure. Together, we can forge a path towards a safer, more secure digital landscape, where the power of technology serves the collective well-being of society.

Kayle Giroud, Global Cyber Alliance

RSA Conference 2024

Common Good Cyber Track Session

at RSA Conference 2024

Current investments do not adequately support Internet-enabled social and economic progress for everyone. Internet resilience depends on the voluntary contributions of many people, and the resources supporting resilience are razor-thin. What can be done to institutionalize support for common good cybersecurity – to build adequate funding into law and policy, business processes, and government?

Moderator: Phil Reitinger, Global Cyber Alliance

Speakers: 

Camille Stewart, The White House

Craig Newmark, Craig Newmark Philanthropies

Megan Stifel, Institute for Security and Technology

Michael Lashlee, Mastercard

Key Elements

When: May 6, 2024 1:10 pm PT

Where: RSA Conference

San Francisco, CA

Consider the positive impact if every funding entity were to allocate just a 1% increase in their grants towards cybersecurity. Common Good Cyber is leading the charge to collectively operationalize this vision, ensuring a secure Internet for future generations.

Megan Stifel, Institute for Security and Technology

CYBERUK 2024

Common Good Cyber Spotlight Session

at CYBERUK 2024

The Spotlight Stage will host an engaging series of 5-minute delegate-led talks, including the Common Good Cyber.

Current investments do not adequately support Internet-enabled social and economic progress for everyone. Internet resilience depends on the voluntary contributions of many people, and the resources supporting resilience are razor-thin. What can be done to institutionalise support for common good cybersecurity – to build adequate funding into law and policy, business processes, and government?

Speaker: Gill Thomas, Global Cyber Alliance

Key Elements

When: May 14, 2024 at 1:25pm GMT+1

Where: ICC Birmingham

United Kingdom

Video: Common Good Cyber Workshop Sums Up Efforts to Fund Cybersecurity Initiatives

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“It’s important to discuss how we ensure that NGO can actually contribute towards a free and open Internet.”

We interviewed Florian Schuetz, from the Swiss Federal Office for Cyber Security and OECD Working Party on Digital Security, on the sidelines of the first Common Good Cyber Workshop in Washington D.C., which brought together 120 key players in the global cybersecurity field. Common Good Cyber is a collaborative effort aimed at building sustainable funding … Read More

European Cyber Agora 2024 

European Cyber Agora Community Spotlight Core cybersecurity capabilities serve as the bedrock upon which our connected world thrives. From network operations, to policy tools, operational organisations, and open-source code, these core capabilities are critical to the online experience people are accustomed to. Despite their critical work, there are limited funding mechanisms available to nonprofit organisations … Read More