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Global Future Council on Cybersecurity

About the Global Future Council on Cybersecurity

In today's interconnected world, digital systems are fundamental to economic and societal functions, yet they face complex and ubiquitous cyber threats. As businesses and governments become more reliant on these systems, the potential impact of cyber disruptions grows significantly. 

How can we collaborate, globally, to improve cybersecurity and cyber resilience practices across organisations and establish robust governance to safeguard our digital societies and economy?

Abstract red and blue digital grid of interconnected nodes, representing the complex global landscape of cybersecurity threats and governance.

Co-Chairs

Öykü Işık

Assistant Professor of Global Digital Transformation, Arizona State University

Sami Khoury

Former Senior Official for Cyber Security, Government of Canada

Members

AC
Anna Maria Collard
SVP, Content Strategy & CISO Advisor Africa  at KnowBe4, Inc.
AC
Ann Cleaveland
Executive Director, Center for Long-Term Cybersecurity at UC Berkeley
BC
Belisario Contreras
Executive Director at Digi Americas Alliance
BA
Bushra AlBlooshi
Executive Director, Governance and Risk Management at Dubai Electronic Security Center (DESC)
CB
Christophe Blassiau
Senior Vice-President and Group Chief Information Security Officer at Schneider-Electric
CS
Confidence Staveley
Alumni, Global Shapers Community
CC
Cristina Camacho
Director for Human Rights and Peace at Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Human Mobility of Ecuador
DS
Despina Spanou
Deputy Director-General at Directorate-General for Communication Networks, Content and Technology (DG CNECT)
HK
Hoda Al Khzaimi
Associate Vice-Provost for Research Translation and Entrepreneurship at New York University Abu Dhabi
HS
Humberto Luiz Ribeiro da Silva
Head, Center for Cyber ​​Incident Prevention, Ciberlab at University of Brasilia
JS
Jamie Saunders
Oxford Martin Fellow at University of Oxford
KW
Kemba Eneas Walden
President, Paladin Global Institute at Paladin Capital Group
MD
Michael Daniel
President and Chief Executive Officer at Cyber Threat Alliance
YI
Öykü Işık
Assistant Professor of Global Digital Transformation at Arizona State University
RW
Rob Wainwright
Board Advisor
SP
Sameer Suryakant Patil
Director, Centre for Security, Strategy and Technology at Observer Research Foundation (ORF)
SK
Sami Khoury
Senior Expert
SS
Shlomo Serfaty
Chief Economist at Israel National Cyber Directorate
TQ
Thelma Quaye
Director, Infrastructure, Skills and Empowerment at Smart Africa Secretariat

Council Manager

Giulia Moschetta

Centre for Cybersecurity, World Economic Forum

Council Publication

Cybersecurity’s Strategic Inflection Point: A Senior Leadership Agenda for 2027

Cybersecurity has become a condition of economic resilience, yet governance, investment and measurement practices have not kept pace. The Global Future Council on Cybersecurity's white paper outlines a senior leadership agenda for closing that gap.

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