“Resilient Ukraine” team continues conducting in-depth field research in south-eastern Ukraine. The second stage of practical research took place during 20-25 May 2019 and was aimed at analysing vulnerabilities in communication, information and cyber security at the regional level in Ukraine.
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Discussion was held on 14 May 2019 at Sumy National University where journalists, students, professors and civic activists had a chance to discuss the topic of resilience with the Estonian ambassador Gert Antsu, Latvian ambassador Juris Poikans and Lithuanian Ambassador Marius Janukonis. In total, there were more than 100 participants.
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ICDS Chief Director Dmitri Teperik was invited to make a keynote speech at the international conference entitled “Digital communications in the post-truth era: realities and challenges”, held at the Ukrainian Catholic University in Lviv, Ukraine on 16-17 May 2019.
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The ICDS launched an empirical research in South-East Ukraine and signed a memorandum of cooperation with Mariupol City Council in Donetsk region.
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In the ‘global village’, we are facing industrial scale lying, toxic narratives to produce serials of fake news, originating from Russia. However, debunking fake news doesn’t help in the long run although it is essential to check facts. It’s important to disclose false stories, scenarios, tools, and identify targets. Putting more effort into media literacy is also part of the solution.
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“Strengthening national resilience and information security requires to increase competences of both experts and decision-makers. The current knowledge and skills of many professionals do not meet information challenges and cyber-attacks of tomorrow,” noted Dmitri Teperik, Chief Executive of the International Centre for Defence and Security (ICDS) and Programme Director “Resilient Ukraine” noted at an Estonian-Ukrainian expert discussion on 22 March 2019 in Mykolaiv.
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No serious Western conference on security or international relations could take place these days without admiring the problem of disinformation.
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“We should take more seriously the imminent importance of providing education to various stakeholders on practical aspects of information resilience, strategic communication and cyber security”, emphasised ICDS Chief Executive Dmitri Teperik, who also leads the Estonian-Ukrainian co-operation development programme “Resilient Ukraine” 2018-2020.
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The ICDS has signed a memorandum of cooperation with Mykolaiv City Council and Kherson Regional State Administration in south-eastern Ukraine to conduct jointly a comprehensive study aimed at identifying vulnerabilities in information, communications and cybersecurity. The study will be managed within the framework of the “Resilient Ukraine” programme supported by the Estonian Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
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Dmitri Teperik, Ivo Juurvee and Grigori Senkiv of the ICDS “Resilient Ukraine” team developed, together with some 20 Ukrainian and Estonian experts, a research tool for identifying gaps in and threats to information, communications and cybersecurity during a workshop in Odessa, Ukraine on 26–27 January.
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