Mauro Vignati
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Mauro Vignati is adviser on new digital technologies of warfare at the International Committee of the Red Cross headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland. Mauro has 20 years of experience in cyber threat intelligence and cybersecurity. Previous to joining the ICRC, he worked for the Swiss federal police and the Swiss department of defense. He also worked for MELANI, Switzerland’s first centre for public-private partnership on cybersecurity for critical infrastructure, and for the National Cyber Security Centre, where he was tasked to establish the Vulnerability Management Unit.
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8 rules for “civilian hackers” during war, and 4 obligations for states to restrain them
As digital technology is changing how militaries conduct war, a worrying trend has emerged in which a growing number of civilians become involved in armed conflicts through digital means. Sitting at some distance from physical hostilities, including outside the countries at war, civilians – including hacktivists, to cyber security professionals, ‘white hat’, ‘black hat’ and ‘patriotic’ hackers…
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8 rules for “civilian hackers” during war, and 4 obligations for states to restrain them
As digital technology is changing how militaries conduct war, a worrying trend has emerged in which a growing number of civilians become involved in armed conflicts through digital means. Sitting at some distance from physical hostilities, including outside the countries at war, civilians – including hacktivists, to cyber security professionals, ‘white hat’, ‘black hat’ and ‘patriotic’ hackers…