Book Description

These proceedings represent the work of contributors to the 23rd European Conference on Cyber Warfare and Security (ECCWS 2024), supported by University of Jyväskylä, and JAMK University of Applied Sciences, Finland on 27-28 June 2024. The Conference Chair is Dr Martti Lehto from the University of Jyväskylä, Finland, and the Programme Chair is Dr Mika Karjalainen from JAMK University of Applied Sciences, Finland. ECCWS is a well-established event on the academic research calendar and now in its 23rd year conference remains the opportunity for participants to network and share ideas. The aims and scope of the conference is to be a forum for technical, theoretical and practical exchange about the study, management, development and implementation of systems and concepts to improve cyber security and combat cyber warfare. The opening keynote presentation is given by Stefan Lee, from Ministry of Transport and Communications, Finland, on the topic of Geopolitics and Cyberspace: Key Implications for National Cybersecurity Policies and Strategies. The second day of the conference will open with an address by Colonel Janne Jokinen, Finnish Defence Force, Finland speaking on Ten Practical Hindrances to Building Cyber Defence. With an initial submission of 171 abstracts, after the double blind, peer review process there are 180 Academic research papers, 11 PhD research papers, 6 Masters research paper and 2 work-in-progress papers published in these Conference Proceedings. These papers represent research from Australia, Austria, Belgium, Canada, Czech Republic, Estonia, Finland, Germany, Ireland, Japan, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Lithuania, Norway, Oman, Poland, Portugal, Romania, South Africa, Spain, The Czech republic, United Arab Emirates, UK and USA.