Cybersecurity Policy and Resilience

Cybersecurity policy has become an integral part of national and international politics. Amongst other elements, cybersecurity policy includes establishing institutions, the allocation and distribution of resources, processes and legal frameworks, as well as the influence that national policies have on international relations (“spillover effects”). Even if many of these challenges have to be addressed primarily at the national level, it is crucial to learn from each other internationally in order to develop common solutions and to disseminate these solutions.

The programme is currently supported by the German Federal Foreign Office, the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation, and the German Foundation for Peace Research.

The team is regularly interviewed by German- (amongst others Tagesthemen), American- (for example the Washington Post and New York Times) and European media (amongst others EURACTIV) and presents its work at national and international events. It was previously invited to hold presentations at the G7-Ministers-Meeting, the German Bundestag, the Cybersecurity Caucus of the American Congress and the European Parliament.

The team is always available for national and international media inquiries as well as lectures and presentations.

We generally reject invitations to "manels" (all-male panels). Travel and accommodation costs for events to which our team is invited are generally not covered by the SNV ; we recommend CO2 compensation for flights and do not take domestic flights. While we generally refrain from speaking fees for presentations within the fields of politics, academia and civil society, we require a remuneration or donation to the SNV for invitations from the private sector.