Transport, energy, health, telecommunications, the financial sector, the better safety, democratic processes, the defense sector are now highly dependent on increasingly interconnected network and information systems.
During the pandemic, societies' exposure to electronic media has increased exponentially, from day-to-day transactions and consultations to complex political processes, such as elections.
Digitization offers enormous opportunities and solutions to many of the challenges, but it also exposes the economy, society and democracy to cyber threats.
The strengths and weaknesses of modern democracies in the field of cybersecurity will be the focus of the International Conference on "Cyber Security and Democracy", on June 2 at the Zappeion Palace, co-organized by the Department of International and European Studies of the University. Relationships, the University of Southern California Cybersecurity Initiative and the University of Southern California Institute for the Advancement of Technology in Higher Education.
Among the distinguished speakers and coordinators of the "Cybersecurity and Democracy" Conference, are from the Greek side Mr. Dimitrios Avramopoulos, former European Commissioner for Migration, Home Affairs and Citizenship, Vice Admiral Mr. Ioannis Drymousis, Deputy Chief of the General Staff of the National Defense, Mr. Michael Sfakianakis, Professor and Dean of the School of Economics, Business and International Studies of the University of Piraeus, Ms. Maria Virvou, Professor and President of the Department of Informatics at the University of Piraeus, Mr. Athanasios G. Platias, Professor of Strategy at the Department of International and European Studies at the University of Piraeus, Mr. Andreas Liaropoulos, Assistant Professor at the Department of International and European Studies at the University of Piraeus , Mr. Georgios Tsichrintzis, Professor of the Department of Informatics at the University of Piraeus, Ms. Lilian Mitrou, Professor at the Department of Engineering, Information and Communication Systems of the University of the Aegean, Mr. Ioannis L. Konstantopoulos, Asst. Professor at the Department of International and European Studies of the University of Piraeus, Mr. Aristotelis Tziampiris, Professor of the Department of International and European Studies of the University of Piraeus and President of the International Relations Council, Mr. Christos Hadjiemmanouil, Professor at the Department of International and European Studies of the University of Piraeus , Ms. Konstantina Botsiou, Professor at the Department of International and European Studies of the University of Piraeus and Director General of the International Relations Council.
The new US Ambassador to Greece, Mr. George J. Tsunis, will speak for the first time at a public event in the country at the introductory remarks of the conference together with Mr. Avramopoulos, Mr. Drymousis, Mr. Sfakianakis and Ms. Virvou.
From the US it will pricewith their presence at the Conference Professors Mr. Chrysostomos Nikias, former President of the University of Southern California and President of the International Advisory Committee of the Council on International Relations, Mr. Clifford Neuman, Director of the Computer Systems Security Center and Asst. Professor at the University of Southern California Viterbi School of Electrical Engineering and Ms. Sarah Mojarad from the University of Southern California's Viterbi School of Electrical Engineering and also Mr. Adam Clayton Powell III, Executive Director of the University of Southern California's Cyber Security Initiative and member of the Council on International Relations' International Advisory Committee and Mr. Matthew Turpin , visiting scholar at the Hoover Institution.
