Erik Kursetgjerde
Norwegian National Representative to the NATO CCDCOE
Erik Kursetgjerde is the Norwegian National Representative to the NATO CCDCOE.
Onsdag – 5 · Kulturhuset Banken, Festsalen
Norwegian National Representative to the NATO CCDCOE
Erik Kursetgjerde is the Norwegian National Representative to the NATO CCDCOE.
Center of Innovations and Defense Technologies Development
Natalia Mishyna is an international cooperation and project management professional with over 10 years of experience advancing Ukraine’s cyber defence, digital transformation, and institutional resilience. She currently coordinates international partnerships for defence technologies under Ukraine’s Ministry of Defence. Her work includes strengthening cyber cooperation, supporting NIS2 alignment, developing digital public services, and managing donor-funded programmes. Natalia holds a master’s degree in International Relations and PMP certification.
Ukrainian National Representative to the NATO CCDCOE / Senior Information Security Specialist
I am a Ukrainian cybersecurity professional and ICS Researcher at the NATO Cooperative Cyber Defence Centre of Excellence (NATO CCDCOE) since 2026, as well as a Senior Information Security Specialist at the State Cyber Protection Centre of Ukraine since 2022. My work focuses on cyber defence, critical infrastructure protection, industrial control systems security, and the evolving role of cyberspace in modern conflict. Through my work and research in Ukraine and at the NATO CCDCOE, I contribute to international cooperation and the exchange of practical lessons learned from Ukraine’s experience of defending against cyber threats during wartime.
Deputy Branch Head at the State Cyber Protection Centre of SSSCIP Ukraine
Dr. Andrii Davydiuk serves as an Ambassador of the NATO CCDCOE, Deputy Branch Head at the State Cyber Protection Centre of SSSCIP Ukraine, and Senior Scientific Researcher at the G.E. Pukhov Institute for Modelling in Energy Engineering (NAS of Ukraine).
Holding a PhD in Cybersecurity and recognised as one of Ukraine’s Top 10 CISOs to Watch, Dr. Davydiuk bridges front-line state defence with cutting-edge international policy. He has authored over 100 publications, co-authored pivotal strategic guides such as the Cyber Commander’s Handbook 2.0 and Ontological Foundations of Cognitive Warfare, and regularly trains defence leaders at NATO CCDCOE courses, Baltic Defence College, and Hybrid CoE. His distinguished military and scientific service earned him the Medal "For Military Service to Ukraine" and the Verkhovna Rada Prize for Young Scientists.
As cyber operations become a defining feature of modern conflict, this session traces how confrontations in cyberspace escalate and de-escalate, drawing on Ukraine's hard-won wartime experience.
Speakers from the Ukrainian Ministry of Defence and the State Service of Special Communications and Information Protection (SSSCIP) share the strategic framework and the empirical reality of defending critical networks under fire, before the Norwegian representative to NATO CCDCOE translates those lessons into the Nordic and Norwegian context.
A joint panel then opens the floor to discuss what allied nations must learn now, before the next crisis.
This is a double session, with a midway break approximately 10:40-11:00 to align with the other tracks.
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