TUESDAY, APRIL 11 -- Each of us has the ability to improve our own cybersecurity, protect our own data and privacy and, by extension, our national and economic security. craig newmark philanthropies and Aspen Digital will highlight the one-year anniversary of Craig Newmark’s launch of the Cyber Civil Defense (CCD) initiative, a broad coalition of organizations dedicated to educating and protecting Americans amid escalating cybersecurity threats.

Russia’s further invasion of Ukraine in February 2022 was a watershed moment, and unique in that a major nation-state had engaged in coordinated, convergent digital and physical attacks in an effort to conquer a neighboring country. Leaders will draw lessons from this conflict for years, but one is already clear: the ability to deliver cyber defense assistance must be a key national security capability.

FEBRUARY 18, 2022 - Three decades after the fall of the Soviet Union, Russian troops stand at the border of Ukraine in a pivotal moment for the young democracy. Meanwhile, governments, industry, and the public brace for potential escalation at the border—and the keyboard. In this session, leading intelligence and security experts will discuss how a cyber conflict might unfold and what it might mean for Ukraine—and the world.