News Article | 10 December 2021
The GFCE is pleased to present the “Integrating Cyber Capacity into the Digital Development Agenda” report, written by Melissa Hathaway and Francesca Spidalieri, the report wishes to identify pathways to bridge the development community to the cybersecurity capacity building community.
Commissioned by the GFCE and funded by the World Bank’s Digital Development Partnership (DDP), this report is the result of significant contributions from across the broader digital development and cybersecurity communities, including national and international development agencies, international and non-governmental organizations, and government officials.
Some key findings of this report were highlighted during the GFCE Annual V-Meeting 2021:
- There is still not a common definition of what capacity building actually entails.
- Not many organisations see capacity building as the whole picture, involving institutional, governmental, legal, technical and operational capacity development.
- In order to mainstream cyber security and digital resilience into the development thinking, there needs to be a reframing of the cyber security narrative including terms of digital resilience, safety, trust, sustainability and risk management.
- Cyber security and digital resilience are still not considered strategic cross-cutting issues and critical components for digital development.
- There is a need to invest in Digital Public Goods as universal tools that can be shared and applied globally.
Read the full report here: bit.ly/3xDQbx1
