The Kyiv International Cyber Resilience Forum 2024 Took Place
On February 7-8, the capital of Ukraine hosted Kyiv International Cyber Resilience Forum 2024, focusing on the theme "Resilience at the Cyber War".
This time it brings together representatives of the government and business, the cyber community, technological companies, and leading experts in the industry.
The forum was opened by Oleksii Danilov, Secretary of the National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine. He mentioned during his speech that digitalized world needs serious cyber protection and emphasized that the implementation of the Ukrainian digital policy possesses great importance for the national stability of Ukraine, especially during the war with the russian federation, when the high degree of digitalization of the country aids to overcome the challenges associated with aggression. Also Oleksii Danilov announced the following development of cyber diplomacy. “I think we will definitely soon have a position called a cyber diplomat, as it is a very important direction in the global fight for security”.
Guests were greeted during the official opening ceremony by:
Mykhailo Fedorov, Vice Prime Minister for Innovations, Development of Education, Science & Technologies — Minister of Digital Transformation of Ukraine, Anton Demokhin, Deputy Foreign Minister, Chief Digital Transformation Officer, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine, Kateryna Chernohorenko, Deputy Minister Of Defense Of Ukraine For Digital Development, Digital Transformations And Digitization, Michael Dignam, CEO of CRDF Global.
“Despite the ongoing war in cyberspace and in real space, we should advance two ideas. The first is resilience, the very subject of the forum that brings us together here. Resilience reflects the strength and flexibility of