The objective of the workshop is to provide a forum for researchers and practitioners from NATO and Partner countries, particularly new (such as Bulgaria) and potential (such as Ukraine) NATO member states, to exchange and formulate new ideas in the field, as well as to establish working contacts and to explore avenues for future cooperation among the region's leading experts on terrorism and cyber crime. The resulting publication will serve as a medium for disseminating the latest scholarship, ideas and approaches in the area.

Topics to be covered include:

• interaction between cyber terrorism and organized crime,

• t ypes of cyber terrorism attacks and risks associated therewith,
• g overnments cooperation on cyber terrorism combating and prevention,
• s ecurity measures such as authentication and authorization,
• i ntrusion detection and integrity verification,

• data and system protection,

• r isk analysis,
• c ryptography,
• biometrics,
• s ecure e-commerce protocols,
• n etworks security, and
• c omputer forensics.

OPENING ADDRESS

George Dimitrov, Chairman, Law and Internet Foundation (Bulgaria)

WELCOMING ADDRESS

Vasil Grancharov, Director, Crisis Management and Defense Mobilization Preparation

Directorate, State Agency for Information Technology and Communications (Bulgaria)

CYBER TERRORISM —THE NATURE OF THE THREAT

Key Speaker - Susan W. Brenner, Distinguished Professor of Law & Technology, University of Dayton School of Law (U.S.)
Speech: Cyberterrorism: An Evolving Threat.

Mohamed Chawki, PhD, LL.M., LL.B., BA, DU, FRSA, Member of the Egyptian Council of State, researcher in cybercrime at the School of Law, University of Lyon III (France).
Speech: Terrorism Dot Com: In Search of Bin Laden's Hackers.

Dr. iur Uldis Kinis, Chairman of Kuldiga district court, ad litem judge to the International Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (Latvia)
Speech: Defining Possible Cyberterrorism Targets: International and National

MITIGATION OF CYBER TERRORISM THREATS AND CONSEQUENCES

Key Speaker - Prof. Serghei Ohrimenco, DSc, Chief of the Laboratory of Information Security of the Academy of Economic Studies (Moldova)
Speech: Acts of Cyberterrorism: Notion, Typology and Possible Countermeasures.

Richard Power, GS(3) Intelligence & Words of Power (U.S.)
Speech: The Challenge of Cyberterrorism Awareness and Education: How to Get Past the Hype and Hoaxes to Deliver the Risks and Realities.

Dr. Kamen Spasov, Territory Channel Manager, Tumbleweed Communications (Bulgaria)
Speech: Enterprise Internet Communications Defense.

Andrea Monti, CLUSIT Founding member, University of Chieti (Italy)
Speech: 'Paper-Only' Security: Cyberterrorism's Best Ally.

Dr. Radostin Belensky, Professor, Sofia St. Kliment Ohridski University (Bulgaria)
Speech: Cyberterrorism - Delimitation and Proving.

Dario Forte, Adjunct Faculty, University of Milano at Crema (Italy)
Speech: The Future of Cyber Investigations.

COMBATING CYBER TERRORISM - A TASK FOR PUBLIC AND PRIVATE SECTORS

Key Speaker - Dr. Volodymyr Golubev, Director, Computer Crime Research Center (Ukraine)
Speech: Ukraine's Experience in Cybercrime Combating and Cyberterrorism

Chief Judge Stein Schjolberg, Moss Tingrett (Norway)
Speech: The Role of International Organizations and International Cooperation in Fighting Cyberterrorism.

Joseph Cannataci, LL.D., MBCS, Professor, Head of Lancashire Law School, University of Central Lancashire (UK)
Speech: The Council's of Europe Cybercrime Convention.

George Dimitrov, LL.M., Chairman, Law and Internet Foundation (Bulgaria)
Speech: Use of Digital Signatures and Other Encryption-Based Technologies for Authentication Purposes.

Ivaylo Gueorguiev, European Software Institute Center (Bulgaria)
Speech: The Secure Organization: IT Security as an Important Element of the Organizations' Process Improvement Programs,

DIFFICULTIES IN IMPLEMENTING SECURITY MESURES

Key Speaker - Ian Brown, Research Fellow, University College London (UK)
Speech: Designing Usable and Ethical Security Technologies.

Judge Christian Byk, Secretary General, International Association Law, Ethics and Science (France)
Speech: Cyberterrorism and Its Implications: A Tread for Security or for Civil Liberties?

and others.