CYBERSECURITY: LAW & PRACTICE 2023 Summer Training Academy

Description

The Summer Training Academy uniquely combines law and practice: All participants will (a) attend seminars on EU cybersecurity law and policy, and (b) attend cybersecurity IT workshops given by international experts in the respective fields.

The Training Academy will therefore cover both practical and theoretical current parts of cybersecurity law and practice. Topics will, indicatively, include:

Cybersecurity Law

• EU cybersecurity laws (NIS2 Directive, Cybersecurity Act, Cyber Resilience Act);
• The relationship between cybersecurity and other EU legislation on digital technologies (AI Act, DMA, DSA);
• The relationship between EU cybersecurity law and EU data protection law;

Cybersecurity practice

• Network security;
• DNS & DNS attacks
• Firewalls

Cybersecurity Law

• EU cybersecurity laws (NIS2 Directive, Cybersecurity Act, Cyber Resilience Act);
• The relationship between cybersecurity and other EU legislation on digital technologies (AI Act, DMA, DSA);
• The relationship between EU cybersecurity law and EU data protection law;

Cybersecurity practice

• Network security;
• DNS & DNS attacks
• Firewalls

Practical Information

For whom? The Summer Training Academy is aimed primarily at either legal or information technology/computer engineering scholars and practitioners, as well as, at anybody with a broader interested in the legal, policy and practical aspects of cybersecurity.

While no prior knowledge of either EU cybersecurity law or cybersecurity practice is required, participants will benefit from prior acquaintance with at least one of these fields.

Basic computer skills are necessary; participants will be required to bring their own laptops (Windows/MacOs), and install relevant software prior to the Training Academy.

When? The Summer Academy will take place from June 26 to June 30, 2023.

Language? English.

Certification? Those interested will be able to be provided with a certificate for successful completion of the Summer Training Academy (upon examination), provided by the Department of Digital Systems, University of Piraeus.

How to register? Places are limited in order to guarantee the best possible experience to all participants. If you wish to enrol, please express your interest by sending a short motivation letter (max half page) and a biography (max half page) to Anastasia Vidaki (Anastasia.Nefeli.Vidaki@vub.be )

Registration fees

Professionals: 1100€
Students (including post-graduate students): 800€

Academic organisers

Prof. Vagelis Papakonstantinou, VUB

Prof. Christos Xenakis, UNIPI

Further information:

Anastasia Vidaki, Anastasia.Nefeli.Vidaki@vub.be

More info on the VUB website