Cyber Security and International Law

Recently, increases in malicious cyber attacks have illuminated the increased need for international cooperation and common sets of practices and expectations in cyberspace. However, these common sets of values and rules have yet to be fully actualized, with different states have different rulebooks when it comes to cyberspace based on differing sets of values and beliefs about what cyberspace should look like.

This event brings together our panel of cyber experts involved in the field of international law to illuminate some of the challenges in creating international standards and cooperation in cyberspace, as well as some of the threats of cyber policy to greater cooperation.

Our Speakers

Kevvie Fowler - is the Deloitte Global and Canada Cyber Response Leader where he helps organizations prepare for, manage and recover from incidents. He has over 25 years of experience coaching and leading organizations in identifying and protecting sensitive information, and demonstrating defensibility after an incident.

Kevvie is author to several cyber security and forensics books and is a trusted advisor who assists boards and senior executives with defensible cyber risk management. As a sought after speaker, he is frequently interviewed on cyber security and data breach matters with recent features by CBC The National, the Globe and Mail and the Business News Network.

Leah West - practices, studies and publishes in the field of national security law. She completed her SJD at the University of Toronto Faculty of Law in 2020; her research explored the application of criminal, constitutional and international law to state conduct in cyberspace. Leah regularly lectures and engages with the media on her areas of research interest. She is also the National Administrator of the Canadian National Rounds of the Phillip C Jessup International Law Moot, and serves as Counsel with Friedman Mansour LLP.

Leah previously served as Counsel with the Department of Justice in the National Security Litigation and Advisory Group where she appeared before the Federal Court in designated proceedings and the Security Intelligence Review Committee. Before being called to the Ontario Bar in 2016, Leah clerked for the Honourable Justice Mosley of the Federal Court of Canada. Prior to attending law school, Leah served in the Canadian Armed Forces for ten years as an Armoured Officer; she deployed to Afghanistan in 2010.

Rafal Rohozinski - is the founder and principal of the Secdev Group and CEO of Zeropoint Security, companies specializing in digital risk and cybersecurity. A senior fellow with Canada's Centre for International Governance Innovation, Rafal has previously held appointments with the International Institute for Strategic Studies (United Kingdom), Munk School of Global Affairs, International Development Research Centre (Canada), Joint Special Operations University, Ford Foundation and the Social Science Research Council of the United States. His work on cybersecurity and digital issues spans more than 37 countries including Iran, Russia, Israel and Rwanda. In 2009 he led a team that discovered Ghostnet, the first documented Chinese cyber espionage network that impacted over 109 organizations including major governments in the Asia region. Rafal is a frequent keynote speaker and is the author of numerous books, reports and studies examining digital transformation and cyber risk and serves as an adviser to several corporate boards.