To combat global criminal and national security threats, governments across the world seek and collect electronic evidence and signals intelligence. However, with the globalization of digital information and communications networks, maintaining trust in how governments access data that flows across borders has become increasingly important to ensure continued effective and lawful government access to data to ensure public safety.  For ...

Introduction Governments around the world are dealing with evolving threats and challenges, which makes it crucial to critically assess the legitimacy of security measures and their impact on civil liberties. This session offers insights into the principles, practices, and ethical considerations of the assessment of legitimate aims and proportionality in national security, exploring t...

This panel will explore the interconnected nature of transatlantic cross-border data transfers with a variety of stakeholders. It will touch upon the EU-US Data Privacy Framework and other adequacy decisions as a means to bridge the gap between transatlantic data flows and standards. The panel will also explore key challenges to transatlantic data transfers, such as government access to data, and discuss international initiatives taken to develop a co...

The European Commission funded four pilots in order to establish a European Cybersecurity community and its governance. Now that the pilots ended, the French CNRS (Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique) started the Project EU-CHECK (European Community Hub of Expertise in Cybersecurity Knowledge, running from 2023 to 2027), whose aim is to consolidate such a community. This session will promote an open conversation to identify the best ways to energize the European Cybersecurity comm...

Government access to personal data for national security purposes in India and China after Schrems II

Join a group of national security experts from Europe and United States to continue the conversation from last year's panel about protecting data privacy in national security to focus this year's discussion on "Oversight" to understand how our countries ensure that privacy safeguards are followed.