Why we need a Cyber Peace Institute

BSidesLV 2019

Presented by: Eli Sugarman
Date: Wednesday August 07, 2019
Time: 16:00 - 17:55
Location: Public Ground

The more connected our world becomes, the more vigilant we

should be. We have a shared global responsibility to prevent the

Internet from becoming “weaponized” by increasing attacks by

criminal groups and state actors alike. We already have global

organizations to tackle physical emergencies and now we need new ones

to help with their counterparts in cyberspace. They should assist

those in need following a large-scale systemic cyber attacks and they

should bring the international cybersecurity community together to

prevent new attacks.

A CyberPeace Institute, an independent non-profit organization, should

be created to convene and fill three critical gaps in the current

cyber policy ecosystem: (1) investigating attacks against civilians

and civilian infrastructure that cause widespread harm and publishing

peer-reviewed analysis of such attacks; (2) assessing the harm caused

by attacks and how those attacks transgress international norms of

responsible behavior in cyberspace; and, (3) providing security tools

and assistance to affected organizations and individuals to help them

recover and be resilient. The Institute would rely on a robust array

of partnerships with leading civil society, academic, private sector,

and other interested parties to carry out its tripartite mission.

Eli Sugarman

Eli Sugarman is a Program Officer at the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation. He manages the Cyber Initiative, a ten-year, $130 million grant-making effort that aims to build a more robust cybersecurity field and improve policy-making. Previously, he was a consultant and strategist to private sector and nonprofit leaders. He has served as a foreign affairs officer at the U.S. Department of State, where he focused on international security issues. A San Diego native and graduate of Middlebury College, he holds a J.D. from Stanford University Law School.


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