Cybersecurity and Data Protection in International and Regional Law: Developments and Prospects
Permissible Responses to Cyber-attacks
Description:
Facing a dramatic increase in cyber-attacks, the private sector has developed a broad range of cyber-security capabilities and services, from digital infrastructure security measures to active cyber defense and hack-back. The objective of this presentation is to address different issues raised by ‘active cyber defense’ and the theory of ‘self-help’ and to question how to build a new and efficient partnership between public and private actors in order to reach a sustainable and acceptable level of cyber-security.
Bio of speaker:
Professor Theodore Christakis is Professor of International Law at the University Grenoble Alpes and a member of the Institut Universitaire de France as well as the French National Digital Council. He is a Senior Fellow with the Cross-Border Data Forum and Director of the Center for International Security and European Studies.
FinTech, Big Data, and the Limits of Data Protection from the Angle of Consumer Protection
Description:
This presentation will examine the function and capabilities of FinTech and the role of big data therein in order to examine how data protection laws and regulations operate to protect consumers. The data protection dimension of FinTech and other technologies, such as blockchain, have only been considered in the literature in respect of the issues they resolve, but not from the perspective of consumer and data protection law.
Bio of speaker:
Federico Ferretti is an Associate Professor of Law at the University of Bologna and was previously a senior lecturer in law at Brunel Law School in London. He has published widely in the area of data protection, EU law, and consumer protection law.
Cyber Due Diligence
Description:
The lack of acceptance of a robust due diligence principle with respect to cyber activities is currently creating an extremely dangerous and uncontrolled cyber environment that leaves the international community at risk of significant cyber consequences. The acceptance of a more robust application of cyber due diligence would dramatically decrease the instability of the cyber environment and strengthen international peace and security, although it would carry certain risks.
Bio of speaker:
Eric Jensen is Professor of Law at Brigham Young University. He has served as the Special Counsel to the Department of Defense General Counsel. He has published extensively in most fields of international law, including the use of force and cyberwarfare.
Taking Care of Business: International Law and Industrial Cyber Espionage
Description:
Facing a dramatic increase in cyber-attacks, the private sector has developed a broad range of cyber-security capabilities and services, from digital infrastructure security measures to active cyber defense and hack-back. The objective of this presentation is to address different issues raised by ‘active cyber defense’ and the theory of ‘self-help’ and to question how to build a new and efficient partnership between public and private actors in order to reach a sustainable and acceptable level of cyber-security.
Bio of speaker:
Dr. Russell Buchan is a Senior Lecturer in International Law at Sheffield University.
Data Protection
Description:
This presentation will focus on Ooredoo’s experience in terms of entity assessment and how to comply with the requirements of the cybersecurity framework in respect of the 2022 FIFA World Cup.
Bio of speaker:
Martin Schulz is the General Counsel at Ooredoo.
The Importance of Cybersecurity as a Matter of Human Rights and Foreign Investment law
Description:
Cybersecurity is typically associated with critical infrastructure and its protection, as well as its linkages with Article 51 of the UN Charter and the capacity of states to trigger the laws of war in the event of serious breaches that affect the capacity of the state to function. This presentation intends to shed light on two other aspects of cybersecurity, namely the human rights dimension of cyber breaches, as well as the impact of cyber breaches by external actors on the foreign investment obligations of states.
Bio of speaker:
Ilias Bantekas is Professor of International Law and International Arbitration at Hamad Bin Khalifa University’s College of Law.