Emerging Technologies

Working Group E serves as a GFCE forum for dialogue, collaboration, and information sharing on cyber capacity building in relation to the adoption of Internet and technology standards, as well as the challenges presented by new and emerging technologies such as Artificial Intelligence (AI), the Internet of Things (IoT), quantum computing and networking, and blockchain.

Reports

The GFCE Working Group E - Annual Meeting 2024 Session

During the GFCE Annual Meeting 2024, in Washington D.C, the Working Group E held a session, aimed to address and discuss opportunities and threats relating to emerging technologies. The report provides insights into these discussions and includes valuable key takeaways.

The GFCE Working Group E - 2nd meeting

AI and the Future of Cyber Capacity Building.

The GFCE Working Group E - 1st meeting

On April 3, the first session of the newly re-launched Working Group E took place. The intent of this session was to initiate a discussion of priorities and potential outputs for the Working Group.

Tools and publications

Chair and topic leads

Maarten Botterman

Chair of GFCE Working Group on Emerging Technologies

GFCE Secretariat Representative

Chris Buckridge

Senior Strategy Advisor

Participating members and partners

Africa Cybersecurity and Digital Rights Organisation (ACDRO)

AfricaCERT

African Capacity Building Foundation (ACBF)

African Union

Alliance for Securing Democracy (ASD)

Argentina

ASPI

AT&T

AUDA-NEPAD

Austria

Belgium

Cameroon

Canada

CyberPeace Institute

Cybersecurity Capacity Centre for Southern Africa (C3SA)

Cydiplo

Czech Republic

DAI

DCAF – Geneva Centre for Security Sector Governance

Deloitte

DiploFoundation

Dominica

e-Governance Academy (eGA)

Economic Community of Central African States (ECCAS)

Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS)

EU CyberNet

European Union

France

Ghana

Global Cyber Alliance (GCA)

Global Cyber Securtiy Capacity Centre (GCSCC)

Global Partners Digital

Huawei

Hungary

India

Institute of Cyber Security for Society (iCSS)

International Telecommunication Union (ITU)

IPANDETEC

Israel

Japan

Kenya

KPMG

Mauritius

Mexico

Microsoft

MITRE

Norway

NUPI

Oceania Cyber Security Centre (OCSC)

Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE)

Organization of American States (OAS)

Papua New Guinea

Philippines

Potomac Institute for Policy Studies

Protection Group International (PGI)

Rwanda

S.M.E. Spanish National Cybersecurity Institute M.P., S.A. (INCIBE)

Senegal

Serbia

Singapore

Suriname

Sweden

Switzerland

Tanzania

Telstra

The Gambia

The Netherlands

United Kingdom

United Nations Institute for Disarmament Research (UNIDIR)

United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC)

United States of America

World Bank

Contributions to Cybil Portal

Ongoing projects that are relevant to the strategy/policy process, national assessments, CBMs and norms, and/or cyber diplomacy.

Tools and publications on their relevant topics and identified key stakeholders, actors, and events in this space.

Projects

Creating coordination and targeted training of cybersecurity capacity in Africa

Enhancing cyber capacities and CCB coordination in ECOWAS countries

Initiatives

GFCE Internet Infrastructure Initiative (Triple-I)

What is Triple-I? The GFCE Triple-I initiative is meant to facilitate awareness raising and capacity building events in different regions of the world in order to enhance justified trust in...

International IoT Security Initiative

IoT devices (Internet of Things) are increasingly introduced on the market without a basic security level. As a result, these could lead to vulnerabilities during their unknown lifespan. With this rapid...