An action-oriented approach to cyber threats: How to tackle emerging threats within the future UN mechanism

On 14 May, during the OEWG Intersessional meetings, the EUISS organised a cross-regional event on ‘An action-oriented approach to cyber threats: how to tackle emerging threats within the future UN mechanism’, the event aimed to deepen understanding and foster collaborative approaches to combat evolving threats. By focusing on the intersections of ICTs, international security, and diplomacy the event also sought to contribute to the multilateral discussion by reporting back to the OEWG on the substantive exchanges enabled by the event.

The primary objective of this event is to facilitate an inclusive exchange on the most appropriate institutional framework to foster robust international collaboration and dialogue to address current and emerging cyber threats. Specifically, the event aims to:

• Explore how the evolution of current and emerging disruptive threats such as AI informs the design of the action-oriented, inclusive and permanent mechanism to hold discussions on cybersecurity at the UN from 2025 onward.
   
• Collect cross-regional views on how this mechanism can foster international cooperation, including through cyber capacity-building to anticipate emerging threats and with particular attention to the creation of technical working groups within this mechanism that can develop "granular" solutions.