Global Consultation 2
Assistance Without Borders: Capacity Building for Cross-Border Cyber Incident Response
- Date
- Thursday 5 November 2026
- Time
- 13:00 – 16:00 UTC
- Where
- Online via Zoom
This consultation focuses on the capacities States and operators need to seek, receive, coordinate and provide assistance before and during cross-border cyber incidents affecting critical infrastructure. It brings together CSIRT/CERT practitioners, capacity-building experts, and operators to identify practical priorities for international cooperation.
Programme & Structure
The event is structured as follows:
- 13:00 – 14:10 UTCOpen
Technical Briefing: From Alert to Recovery
Briefers will set out what it takes to seek, receive, coordinate and provide assistance during a cross-border incident, drawing on national, operational and regional perspectives. They will cover national readiness to receive and coordinate support, the technical capabilities needed to investigate, contain and recover from incidents affecting critical services.
- 14:10 – 15:00 UTCBy application
Policy Discussion: From Commitments to Operational Readiness
Participants will discuss how existing commitments on cooperation and assistance can be translated into timely, effective and practical support. They will examine the institutional, legal, financial and partnership barriers to enabling such support, and consider what the Global Mechanism could do to address them.
- 15:00 – 16:00 UTCBy application
Facilitated Breakout Groups: Building Practical Options for States
Following the policy discussion, participants will work in small groups to develop an indicative menu of capacity-building priorities for States to take forward through the Global Mechanism. One group will focus on capacities that must be developed nationally; the other will examine capacities that can be built or maintained collectively through regional and international networks.
Registrations for the policy discussions are reviewed to ensure relevant technical and policy expertise, gender balance, regional representation and diversity of stakeholder groups.
Speakers
H.E. Ambassador Egriselda López
Opening Remarks
Chair, UN Global Mechanism on ICT Security
Patryk Pawlak
Moderator
Co-Chair, Cyber Meridian
Tod Eberle
Alliance Director
The Shadowserver Foundation
Koichiro Komiyama
Director, Global Coordination Division
JPCERT/CC; APCERT
Bright Gameli Mawudor
AfricaHackon and Strathmore University
Elizabeth Vish
Senior Director for International Cyber Engagement
Institute for Security and Technology
Kerry-Ann Barrett
Chief of the Cybersecurity Section
Inter-American Committee Against Terrorism of the Organization of American States (OAS/CICTE)
Registration
Register to take part
- The event takes place online via Zoom. Joining details are sent to registered participants by email.
- Registrations for the policy discussions are reviewed to ensure relevant technical and policy expertise, gender balance, regional representation and diversity of stakeholder groups.
- Questions? Contact cybermeridian@oxil.co.uk