In an increasingly interconnected world, cybersecurity challenges are growing in scale and complexity. Global cybercrime is projected to cost $10.5 trillion annually by 2025 (Cybersecurity Ventures, 2020), posing serious risks to institutions, economies, and fundamental rights. This session will explore how national and regional multistakeholder cooperation can build stronger, more resilient cybersecurity frameworks, while balancing innovation, security, and the protection of human rights. A key focus will be on the tension between cybersecurity legislation and existing privacy and data protection measures. In some cases, stricter regulations on service providers, such as DNS operators, may inadvertently undermine effective, rights-respecting security mechanisms already in place. Participants will discuss whether additional regulation strengthens overall digital security, and what costs it may impose on service providers and end users. Local and regional practices and experiences will serve as the foundation for this exchange, highlighting diverse approaches to governance, accountability, and incident response. The discussion will also address the growing threat of organized cybercrime, the evolving dynamics of criminal networks, and the new capabilities law enforcement agencies require. By drawing from practical experiences, the session aims to identify concrete, collaborative pathways to strengthen cybersecurity resilience in different contexts. Through a dialogue and exchange of practices and experiences of different NRIs, this session will focus on ways to combat and prevent cybersecurity threats.
This session is additionally co-organized by Dijana Milutinovic from the Serbia IGF, Lily Botsyoe from the Ghana Youth IGF, Henry Wang and Una Wang from the Singapore IGF, Godsway Kubi from the Ghana IGF, Tiago Martins from IGF Portugal, Shin Yamasaki from the Japan IGF, Agustina Ordonez from the Argentina IGF, Dorijn Boogaard from the Netherlands IGF, Ximena Estefania Riano Agudelo and Aristides Contreras Fernandez from the Colombia IGF, and Lilian Chamorro from LACIGF.
This sessio will explore how inclusive Internet governance can strengthen global cybersecurity, ensure that laws and technologies uphold human rights, and address emerging cyber threats through effective legislation, law enforcement capabilities, and public awareness.
Expert panel will set the stage before the floor opens to everyone:- Mr. Carlos Vera, Director Ejecutivo, ISOC Ecuador | IGF Ecuador
- Mr. Dejan Đukić, CEO, RNIDS | Serbia IGF
- Ms. Lia Hernandez, Founder of Ipandetec | Panama IGF
- Mr. Dennis Broeders, Professor of Global Security and Technology, Senior Fellow at The Hague Program on International Cyber Security, Institute of Security and Global Affairs, Leiden University; Project Coordinator, EU Cyber Direct | The Netherlands IGF
Session flow:- Welcome by the moderator and introduction (5 min)
- Setting the stage by designated and endorsed speakers (20 min)
- Open floor discussion (20 min)
- Conclusion and closing (5 min)
Onsite moderator: Ms. Jennifer Chung, APrIGF
Online moderator: Godsway Kubi, Lead facilitator, Internet Society Online Safety SIG, Ghana IGF
Rapporteurs: Ms. Ines Hfaieda from Tunisa and Phyo Thiri Lwin, Myanmar Youth IGF
Open Zoom
