Partner Description: Linear Visions Consulting offers services and advice on policy development and cyber capacity enhancement, cybercrime and digital forensics, cybersecurity policy and governance, digital skills and literacy, and offers legal cyber advisory as well . They work with institutions to develop strong comprehensive responses according to their needs. From training programs offered to both individuals and organizations, to advice on enhancing cyber infrastructure and adopting suitable policy frameworks and effective regulation, to the provision of legal advice and assistance in compliance, Linear Visions offers a wide array of services and expertise on cybersecurity for both public and private actors.

GFCE Member Since: 11-07-2023

Partner Description: Center for Cybersecurity Policy and Law is an independent organization dedicated to enhancing cybersecurity worldwide by providing government, private industry, and civil society with practices and policies to better manage security threats. Established in 2017, the Center combines policy expertise with convening power to bring industry leaders together with policymakers, form coalitions, and launch initiatives that produce real-world outcomes.

GFCE Member Since: 25-06-2022

Partner Description: The Cyber Intelligence and Security Aid Bureau (CISAB) is is a non-governmental organization that is first and foremost active in educating, informing and supporting the general public to acquire basic skills, knowledge and understanding required to reduce, prevent and avoid cybercrime. They seek to defeat crimes related to email, identity and internet fraud, phishing scams, cyber bullying, ransomware, cyber extortion, credit card fraud, online extremism, and more. To this end, CISAB actively engages in four programs: a mass cyber awareness campaign aimed at the citizenry called Vigilance First, a Cyber Aid program that provides total support for victims of crimes, a Cyber Diplomacy program that fosters dialogue and international collaboration among like-minded actors, and lastly, extensive research on cyber, human, national and global security for the purposes of positively affecting decision and policy making, public information, advocacy, and learning.

GFCE Member Since: 11-07-2023

Partner Description: The Institute for Security and Technology (IST) designs and advances solutions to the world’s toughest emerging security threats. IST is a nonpartisan, nonprofit organization based in the San Francisco Bay Area dedicated to advancing solutions to critical cyber and other national security challenges. Some of their successes have taken the form of named initiatives, such as the Ransomware Task Force, now in its second year of impact. Others, like the Digital Cognition & Democracy Initiative, are focused on convening a diverse set of stakeholders and laying the groundwork for future solutions. In all cases, IST aims to foster connections and engagement between companies, organizations, and governments. IST has a focus on the below topics: Peace and Security, Combating cybercrime especially ransomware, Intersection of technology. You can visit their website at: https://securityandtechnology.org

GFCE Member Since: 25-08-2022

Participates in the following GFCE groups

Cyber security policy and strategy

Cyber crime

Partner Description: RHUL Information Security Group is one of the largest academic information security teams in the world, and is a UK Academic Centre of Excellence in Cyber Security Research. RHUL ISG is comprised of a wide range of academics with specialities ranging from computer science and mathematics through to social sciences. Research takes a multi-disciplinary approach, covering a broad spectrum of topics from highly technical areas such as post quantum cryptography through to social science areas such as cyber security culture, cyber diplomacy and norms, and cyber capacity building.

GFCE Member Since: 11-07-2023

Participates in the following GFCE groups

Cyber security policy and strategy

Cyber security culture and skills

Partner Description: Quad9 is a recursive DNS resolver operating across the globe, with locations in almost 100 countries. Being a not for profit foundation, Quad9 offers its services for free to all users around the world. Quad9 is particularly recognized for its high level of security protecting its users with a real time block list of malicious domains acquired from 20+ threat intelligence providers. Additional to a high performance Quad9 guarantees 100% privacy for its users as it does not collect, store or sell personal data. Quad9 has many tens of millions of users across the globe, private, corporate as well as from the governmental and non-governmental world. In the developing world Quad9 contributes to bridging the digital divide, to defending human rights online, to protection of end users from cybercrime and other harms, and to implementation of Sustainable Development Goals.

GFCE Member Since: 25-8-2022

Participates in the following GFCE groups

Cyber incident management and critical information infrastructure

Cyber security policy and strategy

Partner Description: CRDF Global is an independent nonprofit organization founded in Arlington, Virginia (USA), in 1995. The organization was formed in response to the collapse of the Soviet Union and the threat of large-scale proliferation of weapons technology from the region. CRDF Global is dedicated to promoting safety, security, and sustainability through science and innovation. Over the past 28-years, our focuses, capacities, and capabilities have grown to incorporate cybersecurity as part of our repertoire. We have since, implemented hundreds of cybersecurity capacity building events while engaging hundreds of institutional partners, and over 12,000 participants. Through our global hubs in Kyiv, Amman, and Manila CRDF Global builds and manages comprehensive and sustainable cybersecurity programs that strengthen critical infrastructure, improve private and public sector cyber workforces, and build resilient cybersecurity institutions.

Participates in the following GFCE groups

Cyber security policy and strategy

Partner Description: Cyber Academy is one of the first institutions in the SEE region that provides a hands-on program that dives deep into different subjects of technology while presenting a new learning theory, “Learn by Doing,” where the students are more focused on practical knowledge and skill development. Our primary focus is on Cybersecurity, Blockchain, and Artificial Intelligence. Before even finishing the program, some of our students get employed. They work the full spectrum of technology all around the world, developing, designing, and maintaining systems from small businesses to state critical infrastructures. The Cyber Academy recognizes its role within the broader cybersecurity community. It is determined to maintain a STEM focus throughout the curriculum and across extended learning opportunities. We develop top-quality education curriculums that can be customized as a self-paced, virtual-led classroom or blended learning solutions that combine some or all modalities with meeting your specific business needs and course goals. Cyber Academy has been a pioneer in providing quality academic content and curriculum development with scalable solutions that can quickly adapt and suit requirements to clients worldwide. Below you can find the link of our cyber security program. https://cyberacademy.co/cybersecurity-program/

GFCE Member Since: 25-10-2022

Participates in the following GFCE groups

Cyber incident management and critical information infrastructure

Cyber security standards

Cyber security policy and strategy

Partner Description: DGAP (German Council on Foreign Relations) conducts action-oriented, practical research. Its experts develop concrete solutions for pressing foreign policy concerns and contribute expertise to strategically address the challenges of an increasingly unstable world. DGAP’s Research Institute sees itself as a consultant, mediator, and driver of operative foreign policy. Among others one of DGAP’s core theme is Technology and Digitization. Our website: https://dgap.org/en/research/expertise/technology-digitization

GFCE Member Since: 25-10-2022

Participates in the following GFCE groups

Cyber security policy and strategy