Kyiv international cyber resilience forum 2024
Resilience at the Cyber War
A multiformat discussion on strategies and tactics of addressing contemporary cyber threats, involving a wide range of politicians, experts, opinion leaders and international partners
The forum will be attended by representatives of the U.S. Department of State, NATO and EU member states
Forum Objectives
- Accumulating practical Ukrainian experience of managing cyber threats
- Identifying areas for improving cybersecurity and cyber resilience
- Creating a professional national cybersecurity community
- Engagement and collaboration with international partners on all the digital space security and stability matters
- Showcasing resilience of the Ukrainian cybersecurity system and the potential for its development
Agenda
07.02
Hall A
9:00 – 10:00 | Registration and welcome coffee
10:00 – 10:50 | Official opening
Oleksiy Danilov, Secretary of the National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine
Mykhailo Fedorov, Vice Prime Minister for Innovations, Development of Education, Science and Technology – Minister of Digital Transformation of Ukraine
Michael Dignam, CEO of CRDF Global
10:50 – 11:50 | Keynote speakers
Joanneke Balfoort, Director for Security and Defense policy, European External Action Service
Juhan Lepassaar, Executive Director of the European Union Agency for Cybersecurity (ENISA)
Mart Noorma, Director of the NATO Cooperative Cyber Defence Centre of Excellence (CCDCOE)
Nathaniel Fick, Ambassador at Large for Cyberspace and Digital Policy, U.S. Department of State
Jen Easterly, Director of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA)
12:00 – 13:00 | Discussion 1: The Role of Cybersecurity in Modern Warfare: Ukraine's Experience and Lessons for the World
Ievgen Vladimirov, Director, Cybersecurity Center at the National Academy of Security Service of Ukraine
Serhii Demediuk, Deputy Secretary of the National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine
Illya Vityuk, Head of the Cybersecurity Department at the Security Service of Ukraine
Jen Easterly, Director of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA)
Juhan Lepassaar, Executive Director of the European Union Agency for Cybersecurity (ENISA)
13:30 – 14:30 | Discussion 2: Cyber Warfare and International Law: Modern Approaches, Gaps, and Perspectives
Andriy Paziuk, Professor of International Cyber Law, NCSCC
Nataliya Tkachuk, Head of the Information Security and Cybersecurity Service of the NSDC of Ukraine Office, Secretary of the NCSCC
Mart Noorma, Director of the NATO Cooperative Cyber Defence Centre of Excellence (CCDCOE)
Aaron Brantly, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Department of Political Science, Director Tech4Humanity Lab
Dmytro Verbytskyi, Deputy Prosecutor General of Ukraine
Ivan Pavlenko, Head of the Main Department of Radioelectronic and Cyber Warfare of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine
14:30 – 15:30 | Lunch
15:30 – 16:30 | Discussion 3: Cyberdiplomacy - Synchronizing National Interests with Global Agenda on Cyberspace and Digital Policy
Anton Demokhin, Deputy Foreign Minister, Chief Digital Transformation Officer, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine
George Dubinsky, Deputy Minister of Digital Transformation of Ukraine
Nathaniel Fick, Ambassador at Large for Cyberspace and Digital Policy, U.S. Department of State
Tanel Sepp, Ambassador at Large for Cyber Diplomacy at the Estonian MFA
Tadeusz Chomicki, Ambassador for Cyber & Tech Affairs at the Polish MFA
Joanneke Balfoort, Director for Security and Defence policy, European External Action Service
17:00 – 18:00 | Discussion 4: Large State and Private Enterprises as Elements of the State's Cyber Resilience
Boris Davidenko, Editor-in-Chief of Forbes
Yegor Aushev, CEO, Cyber Unit Technology
Oleksandr Komarov, President of Kyivstar
Yevhen Lyashchenko, Chairman of the Board of Ukrzaliznytsia
Serhii Chernenko, Chairman of the Board of FUIB Bank
Iryna Volk, General Manager at Dell Technology Group, Ukraine, West CIS and Baltics
Hall B
12:00 – 13:00 | Discussion 1: Strengthening the resilience of the national cyber security system through education and capacity building
Olha Nasibullina, Founder of CyberPeople
Mykhailo Verych, Regional Director, CRDF Global in Ukraine
Trokhym Babych, Coordinator of the Educational Direction in Cybersecurity at the Faculty of Informatics, National University “Kyiv-Mohyla Academy”
Oleksandr Potiy, Deputy Head of the State Service of Special Communication and Information Protection of Ukraine
Andrii Chernyak, Rector of the Academy of the Security Service of Ukraine
13:30 – 14:30 | Discussion 2: Messengers: Convenience vs. Security
Anton Melnyk, Сo-Founder of Tech Ecosystem
Yaroslav Azhnyuk, CEO of TheFourthLaw.ai
Valentyn Kucheryuk, Founder & CEO of CyberLab
Artem Starosek, Founder & CEO of Molfar, Owner of AIN.UA
Kateryna Kruk, Head of Regional Policy, Central and Eastern Europe, Meta
Bohdan Kit, VP of Product, Automattic
14:30 – 15:30 | Lunch
15:30 – 18:00 | Session 1: Role of Cyber Threat Intelligence for Resilience of State and Business
Eugenia Volivnyk, Head of CERT-UA
Sandra Joyce, Vice President, Mandiant Intelligence, Google Cloud
Alina Urs, Senior Cyber Security Coordinator Service for Relations with NATO, UN and OSCE National Cyber Security Directorate - Romania
Mr. OhSeung Kwon, Global Strategy Director, Korea Information Technology Research Institute
16:10 – 16:30 | The realities of cyber warfare - the experience of investigating cyber attacks in 2023
Nikita Veselkov, Team Lead of SOC, Senior technical specialist, ESET in Ukraine. Postgraduate student of the Department of Information and Cyber Security, State University of Information and Telecommunication Technologies
16:30 – 16:45 | Which might happen this year, but probably won't. Even Nostradamus could be wrong, or his interpreters.
Paavo Kuiv, specialist, CERT-EE
16:45 – 17:05 | The role of cyber intelligence in the protection of the cyberspace of Ukraine
Oleksandr Kulakovskyi, OpenText Cyber Security Representative
17:05 – 17:25 | Ukrenergo's experience in countering cyberattacks and ensuring the stability of Ukraine's energy infrastructure
Valery Yermoshin
17:25 – 17:45 | Saga of epic cybmarine battle
CERT-UA specialist
17:45 - 18:00 | The phenomenon of Russian hacktivism
Andrii Mankish, analyst, NCSCC
08.02
Hall A
9:00 – 10:00 | Registration and welcome coffee
Opening: Yegor Aushev, CyberUnit Technology
10:00 – 11:30 | Session 1: Cybersecurity: Ukraine’s Experience for the World
10:00 - 10:20
Kateryna Chernohorenko, Deputy Minister of Defence of Ukraine for Digital Development, Digital Transformation and Digitalization
10:20 – 10:40 | Cyber resilience of the banking system of Ukraine
Roman Proskurovskyi, National Bank of Ukraine
10:40 - 11:00
Stanislav Petrov, Deputy Head of ARMA for Digital Development, Digital Transformation and Digitalization (CDTO)
11:00 - 11:20 | Key lessons of cyber resilience National Depository learned during war time
Oleksii Yudin, CEO National Depository of Ukraine
11:20 - 11:40 | Ukraine needs Quantitative Cyber Risk Assessment
Oleksiy Yankovsky, Partner, Head of IT and Cybersecurity consulting services KPMG group
12:00 – 13:00 | Discussion 1: Development of Innovative Products in Ukraine
Jane Klepа, Director of Partnerships and Innovation SET University
Kateryna Chernohorenko, Deputy Minister of Defence of Ukraine for Digital Development, Digital Transformation and Digitalization
Ruslan Prylypko, Head of C2IS Aerorozvidka NGO
Arnaud Dassier, Partner at Koryos Investment Fund, Co-founder of Forward Global, Expert in Influence and Cybersecurity
Taras Kytsmei, SoftServe
Matthew Murray, Sovereign Ventures
13:00 – 14:00 | Lunch
14:00 – 15:00 | Discussion 2: Cybersecurity of Regions: The Formula for Protection
Oleksandr Korinnyi, Mayor of Novoukrainka, Head of All-Ukrainian Association of Amalgamated Territorial Communities
Olexander Tereshchenko, Advisor to the Head of the Rivne Regional State Administration
Ivan Nachovnyi, Deputy Head of the Dnipro Regional State Administration (CDTO)
Olena Hunko, Head of the Information Technology Department at the Lviv City Council
Dmytro Kanarskyi, Head of the Department of Standardization and Implementation of E-Governance at the Mykolaiv City Council
Andrii Bratus, Deputy Head of the Kyiv Regional State Administration, (CDTO)
15:30 – 17:30 | Session 2: National Cybersecurity Cluster Cybersecurity During the Warfare: Review of 2023 Achievements and Challenges
Opening:
Natalia Tkachuk, Head of the Information Security and Cybersecurity Service of the NSDC of Ukraine Office, Secretary of the NCSCC
Mykhailo Verych, Regional Director, CRDF Global in Ukraine
Participants:
Serhii Prokopenko, Head of the NCSCC Support Department
Ihor Tkachenko, Digital Transformation Advisor, IFES
Iryna Khomenko, Deputy Chief of Party, USAID Cybersecurity for Critical Infrastructure in Ukraine Activity
Oleksandr Ryzhenko, Leader component 2, EU4DigitalUA
Christopher Fuchs, Head of the Economic Section at the German Embassy in Kyiv
Andrii Krasnyy, Cyber Risk Director, Deloitte
17:30 | Awarding Winners of the CTF
Hall B
10:00 – 13:00 | Session 1: Countering Modern Hybrid Threats
10:00 – 10:20 | People and technology: the key to success
Serhii Khariuk, Founder and CEO AmonSul, co-founders of the largest cybersecurity community in Ukraine
10:20 – 10:40 | Global vulnerabilities of network infrastructure in the context of war
Oleksii Semenyaka, Independent expert
10:40 – 11:00 | Open-Source Intelligence OSINT: Full Cycle Tech & Tradecraft to Protect People, Property, and Cyber Assets
Andrew Borene, Executive Director for Global Security at Flashpoint
11:00 – 11:20 | Asymmetry in Cyberspace: Mission Possible
Nazar Tymoshyk, CERT-UA
11:20 – 11:40 | Account Takeover and FIDO Passwordless Authentication as new secure way in cyber war
Oleg Naumenko, CEO Hideez Group
12:00 – 12:20 | Protecting extraordinary Ukrainian businesses, we protect Ukraine
Oleh Matata, Head of the information security department, OKKO
Andrii Kuzmenko, IBM Security, Ukraine
12:40 – 13:00 | How to Master Security Zones: Practical Steps to Effectively Secure Critical Infrastructure and Any Industry
Ilja David, CEO Iron OT
13:00 – 14:00 | Lunch
14:00 - 14:20 | International legal responsibility of the Russian Federation for cyber aggression & qualification of individual cyber attacks as war crimes
Ilona Khmeleva, Secretary, Economic Security Council of Ukraine
14:20 - 14:40
Ihor Solovey, Head of the Center for Strategic Communications and Information Security
14:40 - 15:00
Oleksandr Melnychenko, Representative of the Department of Counterintelligence Protection of State Interests in the Field of Information Security, Security Service of Ukraine
15:30 – 15:50 | The Growing Oppression of Silent Bias
Elizabeth Charnock, CEO Chenope
15:50 – 16:10 | Cyberattack as a method of disinformation
Anait Khoperiia, Head of the Department of Countering Information Threats to National Security at the CCD
16:10 - 16:30
Anton Tarasyuk, Co-founder of Mantis Analytics
16:30 - 16:50 | AMPLIFYING UKRAINIAN VOICES THROUGH COMMUNITY-BASED VOLUNTEERING - THE UKRAINIAN PR ARMY EXPERIENCE
Julia Petryk, Founder Tech PR School, co-founder PR Army
16:50 - 17:10 | «Brama» is a platform that united society and the state in countering enemy propaganda
Yevhen Panchenko, Head of the Cyber Police Department
17:10 – 17:30
Yulia Yanchuk, Head of the Information Policy Implementation Department, Department of Information Policy and Information Security, Ministry of Culture and Information Policy of Ukraine
Participants
- International and national entities dealing with cybersecurity and shaping a cyber policy
- Business executives, representatives of sponsors and vendors
- Donors interested in supporting cybersecurity initiatives
- Potential investors in the development of Ukrainian digital technologies, interested in cybersecurity, defense, and security innovations
- Cybersecurity and IT technical specialists willing to keep up with latest trends and technological solutions
Speakers
Serhii Demediuk
Deputy Secretary of the National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine, Police General of the 3rd rank
Yegor Aushev
Cybersecurity expert, CEO and Co-Founder CyberUnit.Technologies
Kateryna Chernohorenko
Deputy Minister of Defense for Digital Development, Digital Transformations, and Digitization
Nataliya Tkachuk
Head of the Information and Cyber Security Directorate at the Office of the NSDC of Ukraine, Secretary of the NCSCC
Yevhen Lyashchenko
Chairman of the Board of Ukrzaliznytsia
Oleksandr Potii
Вrigadier General and the Deputy Chairman of the State Service of Special Communications and Information Protection of Ukraine
Ohseung Kwon
Global Strategy Director, Best of the Best Program, Korea Information Technology Research Institute
Serhii Prokopenko
Head of NCSCC Operations Department - Deputy Head of Information Security and Cybersecurity Directorate at the Staff of the NSDC of Ukraine
Kateryna Kruk
Head of Regional Policy, Central and Eastern Europe, Meta.
Arnaud Dassier
Partner at Koryos investment fund, co-founder of Forward Global group (intelligence/influence/cyber)
Serhii Chernenko
Chairman of the Board of FUIB Bank
Dmytro Verbytskyi
Deputy Prosecutor General of Ukraine
Oleksandr Melnychenko
Representative SBU's Cyber Security Department
Iryna Volk
General Manager at Dell Technology Group, Ukraine, West CIS and Baltics
Artem Starosek
Founder and CEO of Molfar, owner of AIN.UA
Anton Melnyk
Co-founder of Tech Ecosystem
Taras Kytsmey
Managing Director at Softserve
Yaroslav Azhnyuk
CEO TheFourthLaw.ai
Andrii Bratus
Deputy Head of the Kyiv Regional Military Administration, CDTO
Valentyn Kucheruk
Director of the CyberLab Computer Forensics Laboratory
Bohdan Kit
Head of Tumblr
Oleksandr Tereshchenko
Advisor to the Head of Rivne Regional State Administration
Ivan Nachovnyi
Deputy Head of the Dnipropetrovs'k Regional State Administration, CDTO
Olena Hunko
Head of IT Office in Lviv City Council
Dmytro Kanarskyi
Head of IT Department in Mykolaiv City Council Executive Committee
Iryna Khomenko
Deputy Chief of Party, USAID Cybersecurity for Critical Infrastructure in Ukraine Activity
Olga Nasibullina
Founder of CyberPeople
Colonel Andrii Cherniak
Rector of the National Academy of the Security Service of Ukraine, Doctor of Law, Associate Professor
Trokhym Babych
Coordinator of the educational program Cybersecurity at the Kyiv-Mohyla Academy
Yuliia Yanchuk
Head of the Information Policy Implementation Unit of the Department of Information Policy and Information Security of Ukraine's Ministry of Culture and Information Policy
Serhii Khariuk
Founder and CEO AmonSul, co-founders of the largest cybersecurity community in Ukraine
Назар Тимошик
CERT-UA
Oleksii Yudin
CEO National Depository of Ukraine
Oleksandr Korinnyi
Mayor of Novoukrainka, Head of All-Ukrainian Association of Amalgamated Territorial Communities
Elizabeth Charnock
CEO, Chenope
Ruslan Prylypko
Head of C2IS Aerorozvidka NGO
Ievgen Vladimirov
Director, Cybersecurity Center at the National Academy of Security Service of Ukraine
Nikita Veselkov
ESET in Ukraine
Oleksii Semenyaka
Independent expert
Yevheniy Panchenko
Head of the Cyber Police Department
Julia Petryk
Founder Tech PR School, co-founder PR Army
Stanislav Petrov
Deputy Head of ARMA for Digital Development, Digital Transformation and Digitalization (CDTO)
Informational materials
CTF
- A two-day cybersecurity competition (CTF) featuring tasks closely resembling the real cases that occurred in 2023
- For cybersecurity professionals of the public and private sectors, aiming at boosting their qualifications and honing their professional skills