NATO Cooperative Cyber Defence Centre of Excellence (CCDCOE), William & Mary University, and King’s College London are pleased to invite you to the sideline event of the NATO Cyber Defence Pledge conference 2021.

In 2016, NATO leaders endorsed the NATO Cyber Defence Pledge enhancing their national networks and infrastructure; and recognised cyberspace as a domain of military operations. NATO leaders have discussed hardening their national defences in Paris in 2018 and London in 2019. This event will bring together leaders from government, academy, the private sector, and new generation leaders to take the discussion further. The first session ‘NATO Cyber Defence and Offence in the International Environment’ explores how Allies align their sovereign interests, capabilities and cyber doctrine with NATO operational requirements and strategic ambitions. The second session ‘Resilience and Supply Chain Cybersecurity: Alliances and Partnerships’ addresses how NATO works with partners to meet the supply chain cybersecurity challenge.

The event will feature Dr Antonio Missiroli, Associate Senior Policy Fellow for Emerging Security Threats, Leiden University and the former NATO Assistant Secretary General for Emerging Security Challenges, and Mr Douglas Jones, Chargé d’Affaires ad Interim at the US Mission to NATO, for forward-looking discussions on NATO’s role in global cyber security. They and other speakers will explore the opportunities and challenges for NATO from emerging technologies, and how emerging technologies and the rapidly evolving cyber threat landscape alter the international security environment.

To join the event and have the ability to pose questions, please register by April 15th and indicate your full name, organisation and position. After registration, you will receive a confirmation e-mail with information on how to join the event. Please note that the organizer reserves the right to limit the number of participants. In addition, the event will be broadcast live for anyone to watch regardless of registration at CCDCOE’s YouTube channel. A recording of the session will be made available on the William & Mary website and CCDCOE YouTube channel.

Please send your questions to the speakers or any other inquiries about the event to Mr Nick Berklan at nberklan@email.wm.edu latest by 15 April.