The pervasiveness of the cyber-sphere grows in public life and so do the challenges that this domain poses to national and international actors. The growing weight that the cyber-sphere has taken in security, political and economic agendas around the world and calls for an expansion of awareness by policy-makers and relevant stakeholders on the need to improve interactions with the cyber realm.

To address this topic, on 14 May 2019, the Euro-Gulf Information Centre (EGIC) organised a high-level roundtable composed of cyber-security experts, namely:

• Arije Antinori (Stratcom Expert Geopolitics and OSINT Analyst)

• Sarah Backhman (PhD at Stockholm University and Consultant in Strategic Cybersecurity at Secana)

• Alexi Drew (Research Associate at the Centre for Science and Security Studies at King’s College London);

• Andrea Gilli (Senior Researcher at the NATO Defense College);

• Corrado Giustozzi  (Cybersecurity Expert at Agenzia per l'Italia Digitale, Journalist and Professor);

• Giulio Terzi di Sant’Agata (Former Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Former Ambassador, President CSE Cybsec SpA).

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