Title:
Inside the proliferation of malicious ICT tools in the Indo-Pacific - understanding the risks and de
Agreement Number:
7457999 P013627002
Agreement Value:
$1,725,624.93
Agreement Date:
Mar 19, 2024 - Sep 30, 2026
Description:
This project will combine traditional research with on-site participatory activities for the benefit of policy makers, as well as other relevant stakeholders including civil society, industry and expert community, in recipient countries. This project will focus on the following specific threats:
1. Proliferation of cyber vulnerabilities, exploitation kits, and tools and resources to conduct malicious cyber activities, including on the dark web.
2. Cyber threats and risks to national and regional critical infrastructure, including critical information infrastructure, and critical services.
3. Gendered impacts of cyber-attacks such as denial of service targeting State services and data breaches.
After the initial research phase UNIDIR will conduct the following activities;
1. Scenario-based table-top exercise on the management at the policy and practitioner level of a cyber attack, including its gendered impacts.
2. National-threat assessment leveraging UNIDIR’s taxonomy of malicious ICT incidents with a view to develop a refined understanding of specific national cybersecurity threats and how they affect various segments of society.
3. Baseline assessment of national capabilities relevant for addressing identified threats conducted with the support of UNIDIR’s Foundational Cyber Capabilities tools.
Road-mapping exercise building on the outcomes of the baseline assessment to identify and plan follow-up actions in the short-, medium-, and long term.
Organization:
Global Affairs Canada
Expected Results:
1) Improved policy and regulatory frameworks required to successfully prevent, protect, mitigate and respond to relevant cyber threats taking into account inclusivity and gender-responsiveness. 2) Improved structures and processes for an inclusive, gender-responsive and human rights-respecting prevention and response to relevant cyber threats at the national and regional level in the Indo-Pacific. 3) Improved partnerships and cooperation across relevant stakeholders at the national and regional level as appropriate, including governmental agencies/security institutions, technical community, civil society and private sector.4) Expanded and diversified group of actors support the integrations of gender and human-rights considerations into cyber capacity-building. 5) Enhanced capacity national actors to address the causes of women’s underrepresentation in cybersecurity policy and practice.
Reference Number:
064-2024-2025-Q2-00234
Report Type:
Grants and Contributions
Recipient Type:
Not-for-profit organization or charity
Additional Information:
Belated reporting that should have been included in the 2023-2024 4th Quarter report.
Recipient's Operating Name:
U.N. Institute for DisarmamentResearch Unidir A.517
Recipient's Legal Name:
U.N. Institute for Disarmament
Federal Riding Number:
NA