Joint publications

Joint Publications

• The Quest for Cyber Confidence (Nov 2014) This book is available free of charge
  in English
  under - www.itu.int/pub/S-GEN-WFS.02-1-2014

  

 

• The Quest for Cyber Peace (Jan 2011) This book is available free of charge
  in 6 languages (English, Arabic, Chinese, French, Russian, Spanish)
  under - www.itu.int/pub/S-GEN-WFS.01-1-2011

    

 

• Averting Disaster: Science for Peace in a Perilous Age (2010)

     

 

• Rights and Responsibilities in Cyberspace: Balancing the Need for Security and Liberty
  (Westby, Wegener & Barletta, paper, 2010)

 

 

• Declaration on Principles for Cyber Stability and Cyber Peace
  (Recommendations adopted by the Plenary of th World Summit on the Information the Information Society, Erice (Italy), paper, 2009)

• Top Cyber Security Problems that need Resolution
  (Collective paper, Geneva (Switzerland), 2009)
• Information Security in the Context of the Digital Divide
  (Recommendations submitted to the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS-05/TUNIS/CONTR/01-E), Tunis (Tunisia), executive summary, paper 2005)
• Toward a Universal Order of Cyberspace: Managing Threats from Cybercrime to Cyberwar
  (Recommendations submitted to the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS-03/GENEVA/CONTR/6-E), Geneva (Switzerland), paper, 2003)

 

 

Conference presentations

 Conference Presentations

William A. Barletta

A Secure Internet to Promote World-class Science in Developing Countries
(International Seminars on Planetary Emergencies, Erice (Italy), contribution 2011)

Rod Beckström

The Economics Of Networks And Cybersecurity
(Pontifical Academy of  Sciences, Vatican City (Vatican City State), speech 2008)

Jacques Bus

Web Science for Security and Trust on the Web
(International Seminars on Planetary Emergencies, Erice (Italy), introduction paper 2010)

Web Science - Security and Trust on the Web
(International Seminars on Planetary Emergencies, Erice (Italy), presentation 2010)

Georges D’hollander

The Military potential of Cyber Attack and collective Cyber Defence: a NATO perspective
(Pontifical Academy of  Sciences, Vatican City (Vatican City State), speech 2008)

Udo Helmbrecht

Economics of Security
(International Seminars on Planetary Emergencies, Erice (Italy), presentation 2010)

New Challenges for IT-Security Research
(International Seminars on Planetary Emergencies, Erice (Italy), draft presentation 2008)

New Challenges for IT-Security Research in ICT
(International Seminars on Planetary Emergencies, Erice (Italy), paper 2008)

Electronic Identity Cards and Citizens' Portals Contributions to a Culture of Cybersecurity
(International Seminars on Planetary Emergencies, Erice (Italy), paper 2008)

Axel Lehmann

Innovations in Information and Communication Technologies: Benefits and Threats
(International Conference on Telecommunications, Cape Town (South Africa), paper 2005)

Hamadoun I. Touré

Ensuring Cyberpeace in a New World Order
(International Seminars on Planetary Emergencies, Erice (Italy), presentation, draft paper 2010)

Cyber Conflict and Cyber Defence in the Framework of the Global Cybersecurity Agenda
(Pontifical Academy of  Sciences, Vatican City (Vatican City State), speech 2008)

Plamen Vatchkov

The Threat of Cyberwar
(Pontifical Academy of  Sciences, Vatican City (Vatican City State), presentation 2008)

Henning Wegener

Norm-Making in Cyberspace: the UN contribution, - slow and incremental, but essential
(International Conference on Cyberlaw, Cybercrime & Cyber Security, New Delhi (India), speech 11/2015)

Informationssicherheit in der Europäischen Union
La ciberseguridad en la Unión Europea
(Universidad Internacional Menéndez Pelayo, Santander (Spain), course introduction 2014)

Maintaining Cyber Peace, Restoring Cyber Confidence
(Conference on Cyber Law & Cyber Crime, New Delhi (India), speech 03/2014)

A New Era of Cyber Diplomacy: In Search of Comprehensive International Regulatory Frameworks
(International Conference on Cyberlaw, Cybercrime & Cyber Security, New Delhi (India), speech 11/2014)

Comprehensive national cybersecurity strategies: what is needed, and what other nations have done
(Beirut International Conference on National Cybersecurity Strategy, Beirut (Lebanon), paper 2014)

The Economic Risks of Cyberwar
(Instituto Español de Estudios Estratégicos, Madrid (Spain), paper 2013)

Regulating Cyber Behaviour: Some Initial Reflections on Codes of Conduct and Confidence-Building Measures
(Plenary Meeting on Information Security, Erice (Italy), paper 2012)

Vom Cyberwar zum Cyberpeace
(Handelsblatt Konferenz – Cybersecurity 2011, Berlin (Germany), speech 2011)

Cyber Conflict v. Cyber Stability: Finding a Path to Cyber Peace
(Plenary Meeting on Information Security, Erice (Italy), introduction speech 2011)

Cyber Repression: Going Worse. What can be done?
(International Seminars on Planetary Emergencies, Erice (Italy), paper 2011)

Science as a Prime Mover in the Construction of a Safe and Stable Order of Cyber Space
(International Seminars on Planetary Emergencies, Erice (Italy), introduction 2010)

Mechanisms for Better Information Sharing
(WSIS Action Line C5 Facilitating Meeting, Geneva (Switzerland), presentation 2009)

Who is doing what in Cybersecurity?
(WSIS Action Line C5 Facilitating Meeting, Geneva (Switzerland), speech 2008)

Perils in Cyberspace: cancerous growth?
(Plenary Meeting on Information Security, Erice (Italy), introduction speech 2008)

Uncharted Waters: Cyber Conflict as a New Challenge to World Peace
(Pontifical Academy of  Sciences, Vatican City (Vatican City State), introduction paper 2008)

Learning Lessons from Cyber Attacks: Broadening the CERT Framework
(NATO Forum on Business and Security, Istanbul (Turkey), contribution 2004)

Rick Wesson

Conficker Worm
(International Seminars on Planetary Emergencies, Erice (Italy), presentation 2009)

Jody R. Westby

The Role of Science and Technology as Empowerment of Person and State
(International Seminars on Planetary Emergencies, Erice (Italy), paper 2011)

Bridging the Security Divide
(International Seminars on Planetary Emergencies, Erice (Italy), presentation 2010)

Homeland Security v. Homeland Defense: The Big Gap
(International Seminars on Planetary Emergencies, Erice (Italy), presentation 2008)

World Federation of Scientists Permanent Monitoring Panel on Information Security
(US National Academy of Sciences, Washington, DC (USA), presentation 2003)

 

 

Individual Publications

PMP Reports

PMP Reports

Position Papers

Declaration on Principles for Cyber Stability and Cyber Peace

WFS INFOSECUR Chairman's Annual Reports

Chairman's report 2023

Chairman's report 2021-2022

Chairman's report 2020

Chairman's report 2019

Chairman's report 2014

Chairman's report 2013

Chairman's report 2012

Chairman's report 2011

Chairman's report 2010

Chairman's report 2009

Chairman's report 2008

Chairman's report 2007

Chairman's report 2006

Chairman's report 2005

Chairman's report 2004

Chairman's report 2003

Other Documents

The Computer: Cyber Cop or Cyber Criminal?
(Matthews & Thomas, draft paper, 2002)