Partner Description: Cyber Trust is an international consulting company providing information & cyber security services. Company is based in Tbilisi, Georgia and delivers a wide range of services and expert knowledge internationally with specific focus on strengthening the national critical infrastructure resilience of countries in the Western Balkans, the Wider Black Sea region, and the South Caucasus.
Their main strength is an accumulated expertise of our team members who are high-quality security professionals with a solid leadership experience and with a successfully completed projects in information & cyber security field. Cyber Trust’s experts have impressive professional background and outstanding achievements, including:

• Solid experience gained through a successfully completed projects in different sectors (public, private, academia) and industries;
• Invaluable expertise accumulated through a successful international work experience (UK, EU, Eastern Partnership, Western Balkans);
• Broad involvement in international donor-funded projects (USAID, UK Aid, World Bank, EU, CoE, AFD, ADB);
• Investigation of unprecedented cyber espionage campaign against Georgian Government – GEORBOT and unmasking Russian special forces hacker;
• Effective response to the famous NotPetya ransomware against NHS and UK’s other critical infrastructures;
• First ever implementation of Threat Intelligence Based Red Teaming framework and successfully established exercises in Georgia;
• Successful delivery USAID funded project – Building Cyber Security Resilience for Georgian Elections;
• Contribution to the development of the Ukraine’s National Cyber Security Strategy, National Cyber Security Roadmap and Energy Sector Cyber Security Concept;
• Successful conduction of Cyber Incident Analysis and Governmental Network Defense training sessions for Governmental security administrators of various countries under the NATO Science for Peace and Security (SPS) Program

Focus on specific topics

• Strategy and Policy Development
• Laws, Sub-Laws, and other regulatory frameworks
• ISO/IEC 27001, NIST – Implementation, Assessment, Audit
• CII Resilience
• Vulnerability Assessment, Penetration Testing
• Threat Hunting, Red Teaming
• Specialized Training Programs
• Focus Countries and Regions: Ukraine, Georgia, Eastern Europe

GFCE Member Since: 6 September 2023

Centre for Multilateral Affairs aids policy thinking, advances Africa and global south perspectives and priorities in domestic, regional and international policy discourses. 

Our approach is to inform, shape and advance Africa and global south perspectives and priorities at multi-stakeholder policy platforms. We keenly explore the intersection of digital, cyberspace governance and multilateral politics.

GFCE member since: February 16, 2024.

Established in 1961, the Atlantic Council promotes constructive leadership and engagement in international affairs based on the Atlantic Community’s central role in meeting global challenges. The Council provides an essential forum for navigating the dramatic economic and political changes defining the twenty-first century by informing and galvanizing its uniquely influential network of global leaders. The Atlantic Council—through the papers it publishes, the ideas it generates, the future leaders it develops, and the communities it builds—shapes policy choices and strategies to create a more free, secure, and prosperous world.

The Atlantic Council’s Cyber Statecraft Initiative works at the nexus of geopolitics and cybersecurity to craft strategies to help shape the conduct of statecraft and to better inform and secure users of technology. This work extends through the competition of state and non-state actors, the security of the internet and computing systems, the safety of operational technology and physical systems, and the communities of cyberspace. The Initiative convenes a diverse network of passionate and knowledgeable contributors, bridging the gap among technical, policy, and user communities.

Since 2012, the Cyber Statecraft Initiative has supported the development of next generation cyber talent through its Cyber 9/12 Strategy Challenge, the world’s only cyber policy and strategy competition. Thousands of students from every inhabited continent have developed key, interdisciplinary cyber skills through the Cyber 9/12 competition program, closing the cyber skills gap in the process.

Focus on specific topics:

• Cyber workforce development
• Simulations/tabletop exercises
• Diversity, Equity and Inclusion in cybersecurity

GFCE Partner Since: 2024

PARTICIPATES IN THE FOLLOWING GFCE GROUPS

Cybersecurity Policy and Strategy

Cybersecurity Culture and Skills

Partner Description: Independent Diplomat (ID) is a non-profit advisory group that provides advice and support in diplomatic technique and strategy to marginalised voices within the international community, with a view to levelling the diplomatic playing field. ID has been working on cyber security policy and strategy and cyber diplomacy since 2019, supporting smaller governments and civil society with capacity constraints to navigate relevant international processes. ID offers short-term consultative and training support, as well as a longer-term partnership model, helping to map and articulate needs, design strategy, and coordinate with other sectoral actors for greater coherence and impact. We believe a holistic and sustained approach is required to achieve equity in global cyber resilience.

GFCE Member Since: 20 November 2023

PARTICIPATES IN THE FOLLOWING GFCE GROUPS

Cybersecurity Policy and Strategy

Cyber Incident Management and Critical Infrastructure Protection

Cybercrime

Cybersecurity Culture and Skills

Partner Description: Pacific Forum is implementing Cyber ASEAN, a two-year cyber capacity-building project that aims to elevate Southeast Asia’s cyber resiliency. The project seeks to support the five dimensions of the ASEAN Cybersecurity Cooperation Strategy and the implementation of the UN norms of responsible state behavior in cyberspace. With support from DFAT’s Cyber and Critical Tech Cooperation Program, Pacific Forum’s Cyber ASEAN aims to produce Southeast Asia’s homegrown cyber assessment framework based on the five enabling pillars of cyber resiliency and competency: international collaboration, international technical standards, information-sharing and threat management, capacity-building, and inclusion.

GFCE Member Since: 20 November 2023

PARTICIPATES IN THE FOLLOWING GFCE GROUPS

Cybersecurity Policy and Strategy

Cybercrime

Cybersecurity Culture and Skills

Cyber Incident Management and Critical Infrastructure Protection

Partner Description: Africa Cyber Defense Forum (ACDF) is a continental platform for public-private cooperation. ACDF through its well curated and world class content, engages top level Government officials, technology experts, business and other leaders of society to shape the continental, regional and industry agendas in the African cyber space.

Our activities are anchored in our passionate pursuit of better and safer technology and we are seeking to shape the future of information security through progressive and inspiring conversations in technology and offering thought leadership to both governments, society and private sector.

GFCE Member Since: 20 November 2023

PARTICIPATES IN THE FOLLOWING GFCE GROUPS

Cybersecurity Policy and Strategy

Cybersecurity Culture and Skills

Cyber Incident Management and Critical Infrastructure Protection

Partner Description: We are an independent, non-partisan technology policy think tank based in Berlin. We seek to provide a focal point for people whose work covers current political and social questions of the cross-sectional issue of digitalization. We compile and publish analyses, develop recommendations for action for policymakers, conduct expert workshops, invite experts to engage in publicly accessible policy debates, and provide detailed and accessible information on the context and background of such debates in the media. Our International Cybersecurity Policy team has been working on cyber capacity building since 2018, particularly by designing and implementing cybersecurity policy exercises tailored to the context of individual countries. These exercises are a starting point to identify cyber capacity building needs. To date, we have conducted such exercises in eight countries in different regions, including the Republic of Armenia, the Republic of Costa Rica, the Republic of Kenya, the United Mexican States, and the Republic of South Africa. This year, we have started a cyber diplomacy project in which we address both the implementation of cyber norms and cyber capacity building.

GFCE Member Since: 21-11-2022

Participates in the following GFCE groups

Cybersecurity Policy and Strategy

Cyber Incident Management and Critical Infrastructure Protection

Cybersecurity Culture and Skills

Partner Description: Established by the Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) of the United Nations (UN) in 1958 as one of the UN’s five regional commissions, ECA’s mandate is to promote the economic and social development of its member States, foster intra-regional integration, and promote international cooperation for Africa’s development. Made up of 54 member States, and playing a dual role as a regional arm of the UN and as a key component of the African institutional landscape, ECA is well positioned to make unique contributions to address the Continent’s development challenges.

GFCE Member Since: 15-05-2022

Partner Description: Florida International University (FIU) is one of the top research institutions in the U.S. having earned the Carnegie Foundation’s Research 1: “Highest Research Activity” designation and is recognized as an APSIA school—a recognition given to top educational institutions for their substantial and demonstrated commitment to the study of international affairs and proven policy-oriented studies. FIU has been a leader of cybersecurity capacity building efforts throughout Latin America and the Caribbean, and more recently, supporting partner nations in the Balkans in increasing their resiliency against threat actors.

GFCE Member Since: 19/04/2023

Participates in the following GFCE groups

Cybersecurity Policy and Strategy

Cybersecurity Culture and Skills