“Today, our common security is increasingly at risk through non-traditional security challenges,” said Ambassador Gábor Iklódy, NATO Assistant Secretary General for Emerging Security Challenges, in his opening remarks.
Ambassador Iklódy pointed out that the nature of new threats means security risks do not happen in isolation, but instead are crosscutting. “This interconnectedness of new challenges makes them even harder to predict and assess,” he said.
During the conference, more than 100 participants from 30 countries came together to discuss a myriad of issues relating to cyber defence, terrorism, and energy and environmental risks.
Over the course of the two-day workshop, participants identified measures to address these threats. Noting the link between cyber defence, reliable energy access and security, Ambassador Iklódy stressed that “resilient critical infrastructures, communications networks, and services make a society more secure. This should be our common goal.”
The event was co-organised by Ukraine and Lithuania with the support of the NATO Science for Peace and Security programme. It was open to all NATO nations and partner countries.
