CSIS and Embassy of the Netherlands Announce Cyber Policy Hackathon: Cyber DiploHack 2015
The CSIS Strategic Technologies Program and the Embassy of the Netherlands will host their first-ever joint cyber policy hackathon. The event, Cyber DiploHack 2015, will take place at CSIS headquarters in Washington, DC on March 26th and 27th.
Six university teams based in the United States and Europe will participate in an intensive, scenario-based, policy hackathon to develop new approaches to cyber security and cyber capacity building at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) from March 26-27. With facilitation from CSIS and outside experts, teams will apply creative ideation processes commonly used in technology design to solve a cybersecurity policy challenge. Cyber DiploHack will utilize cutting-edge technology to enhance collaboration between international teams, facilitators, and judges.
Created with the support of the Embassy of the Netherlands and the Dutch Ministries of Justice and Foreign Affairs, Cyber DiploHack 2015 will identify ways to bring principles into practice for cooperation and capacity building in cyberspace. Hackathon concepts and ideas will serve as inputs for the Global Cyber Resilience Initiative to be launched this April at the Global Conference on Cyberspace in The Hague.
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Cyber DiploHack
The format of Cyber DiploHack is pretty straight forward. Scenario and background material will be based on a realistic national-level incident. Each team will be asked to devise a reaction to the incident, as well as recommendations for how to build cyber capacity in the victim nation and in other developing countries to reduce the chance of future incidents.
Day One is the hacking portion of the hackathon. Facilitators will guide teams through an ideation exercise to develop and refine new approaches to solving the challenge. On Day Two, teams will brief policy options to a panel of judges who will assess the recommendations using an interactive evaluation process. U.S. and European teams will be working simultaneously using Google Hangout to facilitate a persistent virtual presence and collaboration between teams.
The team judged to have the best product overall will be invited to the Global Conference on Cyberspace (GCCS2015) in The Hague. Video of the teams in action and their presentations will be posted on the Hague conference website and shown during the GCCS. Cyber DiploHack results will serve as inputs for the Global Cyber Resilience Initiative to be launched at the Hague.
Tentative Agenda
DAY one - Thursday, March 26, 2015
DAY two - Friday, march 27, 2015
The CSIS Strategic Technologies Program and the Embassy of the Netherlands will host their first-ever joint cyber policy hackathon. The event, Cyber DiploHack 2015, will take place at CSIS headquarters in Washington, DC on March 26th and 27th.
Six university teams based in the United States and Europe will participate in an intensive, scenario-based, policy hackathon to develop new approaches to cyber security and cyber capacity building at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) from March 26-27. With facilitation from CSIS and outside experts, teams will apply creative ideation processes commonly used in technology design to solve a cybersecurity policy challenge. Cyber DiploHack will utilize cutting-edge technology to enhance collaboration between international teams, facilitators, and judges.
Created with the support of the Embassy of the Netherlands and the Dutch Ministries of Justice and Foreign Affairs, Cyber DiploHack 2015 will identify ways to bring principles into practice for cooperation and capacity building in cyberspace. Hackathon concepts and ideas will serve as inputs for the Global Cyber Resilience Initiative to be launched this April at the Global Conference on Cyberspace in The Hague.
Follow us on Twitter @CyberCSIS for the latest event updates.
Cyber DiploHack
The format of Cyber DiploHack is pretty straight forward. Scenario and background material will be based on a realistic national-level incident. Each team will be asked to devise a reaction to the incident, as well as recommendations for how to build cyber capacity in the victim nation and in other developing countries to reduce the chance of future incidents.
Day One is the hacking portion of the hackathon. Facilitators will guide teams through an ideation exercise to develop and refine new approaches to solving the challenge. On Day Two, teams will brief policy options to a panel of judges who will assess the recommendations using an interactive evaluation process. U.S. and European teams will be working simultaneously using Google Hangout to facilitate a persistent virtual presence and collaboration between teams.
The team judged to have the best product overall will be invited to the Global Conference on Cyberspace (GCCS2015) in The Hague. Video of the teams in action and their presentations will be posted on the Hague conference website and shown during the GCCS. Cyber DiploHack results will serve as inputs for the Global Cyber Resilience Initiative to be launched at the Hague.
Tentative Agenda
DAY one - Thursday, March 26, 2015
- 9am EST - Introduction of Cyber DiploHack rules and scenario.
- 10am-3pm EST - Policy ideation exercise begins. Teams work through the day to produce policy options, collaboration with team members and across teams.
- 3pm EST - END: Preliminary presentation materials due.
DAY two - Friday, march 27, 2015
- 9am EST - Introduction of Cyber DiploHack panel of expert judges. Explain hackathon goals, rules, and evaluation process.
- 9:15am-11:30am EST - Student teams present recommendations to the expert panel. Judges respond with a 5-minute Q&A session.
- 11:30-12pm EST - Judges select a winner and distribute awards.
- 12pm - Keynote address by high-level cyber official.
- 12:30pm - END