Cybersecurity Liability

Programme

Geneva Cybersecurity Law & Policy Conference

What Civil Liability for Cyberattacks?

University of Geneva

June 21, 2018

 

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Morning session

Chairman: Prof. Christopher Bavitz, Harvard University

 

9h00 Welcome Address

Civil liability for cyber-attacks: selected issues and challenges

9h20 Introductory speech
Prof. Guy Pessach
, Hebrew University of Jerusalem
9h40 Interactions between Civil and Criminal Liability for Cybercrimes under Swiss Law
Prof. Damian Graf
, University of Zurich
10h00 What insurance against cyber-attacks?
To be confirmed
10h20 Coffee break
10h40 Cybersecurity liability in the US: trends and perspectives
Prof. Stacey L Dogan
, Cybersecurity Alliance, Boston University
11h00 Economics of cybersecurity

Dr. Michael Kende

Data Protection and Cybersecurity Breaches: What Risks of Liability?

 11h20 Swiss Perspectives

David Vasella, Walder Wyss Attorney at Law

 11h40 Israeli Perspectives

Limor Shmerling Magazanik, Director of Strategic Alliances at the Israeli Privacy Protection Authority

 12h00 EU / GDPR perspectives

Olivier Matter, European Data Protection Supervisor

 12h20  Discussion followed by lunch break

Afternoon session

Chairman: Dr Yaniv Benhamou, University of Geneva

Risk management: What standard of care

 

for victims of cyber-attacks?

14h00 Legal principles and risk management strategies

Michel Jaccard, idest

14h20 Standards in the banking and financial industry
Kim-Andree Potvin,
Chief Operating Office, BNP Paribas
14h40 Standards in Internet of Things / [Autonomous cars]
To be confirmed
15h00 Standards in the software industry: what role of the Geneva Digital Convention?
Jean-Yves Art,
Senior Director, Strategic Partnerships, Microsoft
15h20 Coffee break

The Future of Cybersecurity: Artificial Intelligence and other Challenges

Panel discussion

  • Dr. Jovan Kurbalija, Geneva Internet Platform, introduction and moderation of the panel
  • Dr. Tamar Berenblum, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, [The Human Factor in AI-crime prevention]
  • Gadi Perl, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, [Regulating Autonomous Cars – a technology oriented legal approach]
  • Prof. Solange Ghernaouti, University of Lausanne
  • other panelists to be confirmed