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OSCE participating States, in landmark decision, agree to expand list of measures to reduce risk of tensions arising from cyber activities
Publishing date: 10 March 2016
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Cyber/ICT Security
VIENNA, 10 March 2016 – The OSCE’s 57 participating States agreed at today’s Permanent Council meeting to expand a ground-breaking list of OSCE confidence-building measures (CBMs) to enhance security and stability in the cyber domain and reduce the risks of conflict stemming from the use of Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs)...
Berlin OSCE Cyber conference looks to reduce the risk of conflict stemming from Information and Communication Technologies
Publishing date: 20 January 2016
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Cyber/ICT Security
BERLIN, 20 January 2016 – How to continue enhancing confidence between OSCE participating States and prevent possible cyber-related tensions was the focus of a conference organized today by Germany’s 2016 OSCE Chairmanship at the German Federal Foreign Office in Berlin...
OSCE workshop in Belgrade highlights need for cyber strategies and effective co-operation mechanisms to reduce risks of conflict using ICTs
Publishing date: 30 October 2015
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Cyber/ICT Security
BELGRADE, 30 October 2015 – The need for OSCE participating States to adopt cyber strategies and effective co-operation mechanisms as a way of enhancing transparency and reduce the risk of conflict between States using Information and Communications Technology (ICTs) was the focus of a two-day OSCE-wide workshop, which concluded today in Belgrade...
Confidence building measures to enhance cybersecurity in focus at OSCE meeting in Vienna
Publishing date: 7 November 2014
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Cyber/ICT Security, Countering terrorism
VIENNA, 7 November 2014 – Cyber-security experts and representatives of the private sector, think-tanks and academia are meeting in Vienna today to discuss the implementation so far of a ground-breaking set of Confidence Building Measures (CBMs) agreed by OSCE participating States last year on reducing the risk of conflict stemming from the use of information and communication technologies (ICT), while exploring how the development of additional CBMs could be boosted.