On September 22, 2026, the 20th Anniversary International Forum Partnership of State Authorities, Civil Society and the Business Community in Ensuring International Information Security began its work at the Diplomatic Academy of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation, Moscow.
The motto of the Anniversary Forum is For a Peaceful Global Information Society.
The event is organized by the National Association for International Information Security (NAIIS) with support of the Office of the Security Council of the Russian Federation and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation.
The goal of the Forum: a comprehensive discussion of current challenges in the field of International Information Security (IIS), as well as the identification of promising areas for international expert interaction, taking into account modern geopolitical realities and the intensive development of the global information and telecommunications environment.
The Forum is held in‑person and online and includes a Plenary session and six thematic Round Tables. Among participants are over 350 leading experts, including 114 guests from 50 countries, representing Asia, America, Africa and Europe, as well as international organizations: UNO, BRICS, CIS, Union State of Russia and Belarus, SCO, CSTO and the International Committee of the Red Cross.
Plenary session
The Plenary session was opened by Boris N. Miroshnikov, the President of NAIIS. International Information Security: World Order Transformation and protection of Digital Sovereignty was the key topic of the discussion.
Questions for discussion included:
- The activities of the UN Global Mechanism: threats to information security, rules of responsible behaviour of states, international legal aspects, capacity building and confidence‑building measures in the field of IIS.
- Challenges to development of cooperation between states in the area of legally binding agreements to regulate the sphere of IIS.
- Directions for cooperation to promote and develop the UN Convention against Cybercrime (Hanoi, Vietnam, October 25, 2025).
- The formation of regional systems for ensuring IIS and priority areas for public‑private partnership in the development of a common information space.
- Systems of global governance of Artificial Intelligence in the context of Federal Law 243‑FZ dated July 26, 2026, On Supporting the Development of Artificial Intelligence Technologies in the Russian Federation.
- Interaction with the World Artificial Intelligence Cooperation Organization (Shanghai, China).
- Countering the use of the media sphere to interfere into internal affairs of sovereign states and to spread the ideology of Nazism, extremism, and terrorism.
- Frameworks for international expert cooperation with the participation of experts from the CSTO and SCO member states, as well as the BRICS member countries to find solutions to complex problems of ensuring the IIS. The expertise and lessons of the Garmisch process.
Keynote Speakers included:
- Dmitry G. Gribkov, Assistant Secretary of the Security Council of the Russian Federation
- Izumi Nakamitsu, United Nations Under-Secretary-General for Disarmament Affairs
- Alexander S. Alimov, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation
- Egriselda López.Chair of the UN Global Mechanism on developments in the field of ICTs in the context of international security and advancing responsible State behaviour in the use of ICTs (in record)
- Abdul-Karim Hashim Mostafa, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Iraq to the Russian Federation
- Sergey V. Shytkov, Director of the Diplomatic Academy – First Vice-rector, MGIMO University
- Oleg V. Khramov, Chairman of the Supervisory board of NAIIS
- Mayra Arevich Marín, Minister of Communications of the Republic of Cuba
- Irina A. Kraeva, Rector of Moscow State Linguistic University
- Evgeny V. Pogrebniak, Vice-Rector for Digital Transformation, MGIMO University
- Lucas Ledwaba, Member of Cybersecurity Committee of the National Advisory Council on Innovation of South Africa, CEO, Phakamo Hold (online)
- Sergey V. Plokhov, Deputy Head of the General Department of International Legal Cooperation – Head of the Organizational and Legal Department at the Prosecutor General’s Office of the Russian Federation
- Daria A. Stepovaya, Head of the Department of International Aspects of Information Security, Ministry of Digital Development, Communications and Mass Media of the Russian Federation
- Fyodor A. Dbar, Director, Elvis Plus
- Alexander S. Perelygin, Member of NAIIS Presidium, Senior Advisor to the Chairman of the Management Board, Managing Director of the Investment Company “Renaissance Capital”
The Forum featured a ceremonial presentation of Diplomas to the Winners of the student research paper competition on the topic of IIS.
Round Table № 1
Round Table № 1 of the Forum was dedicated to discussion of the Challenges to development of a system for combating Offenses of Law committed with the use of ICTs.
The experts reviewed the following issues:
- Current trends in offenses committed using ICT: the transformation of criminal patterns and the use of Artificial Intelligence, Digital Assets, Distributed Infrastructure, and Cross-border services.
- The effectiveness of existing national and international frameworks for countering ICT-related crime: which channels for information-sharing and coordination actually work, which channels require modernization, and where the primary bottlenecks occur. How has the landscape of international cooperation in combating ICT-related crime changed over the past year? Have there been positive developments? Have new challenges emerged?
- The UN Convention against Cybercrime has been signed in Hanoi. What is the correlation between the Hanoi and Budapest modes – coexistence, competition, or fragmentation? Is practical “interfacing” of the two possible?
- Legal and organizational obstacles to international cooperation: disparities in national legislation, jurisdictional conflicts, the acquisition of electronic evidence, personal data protection, the politicization of cooperation, and reliance on foreign digital platforms.
- On August 4, 2026, Russia has adopted Federal Law 282-FZ On Digital Currencies and Digital Rights. What impact will this have on information security?
- Prospects for developing a comprehensive counter-crime system: cooperation among government agencies, law enforcement bodies, banks, telecom and digital platform operators and information security organizations; development of frameworks for timely preservation of data, blocking of criminal assets and joint investigations.
Keynote Speakers included:
- Alexander A. Vurasko, Moderator, Head of the External Digital Threat Monitoring Center, Solar Aura.
- Ernest V. Chernukhin, Deputy Director of the Department of International Information Security of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation
- Maksim A. Tolkachev, Deputy Head of the Administration for the Organization of Combating the Illegal Use of Information and Communication Technologies of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation
- Andrey V. Kovalev, Head of the Main Directorate for Combating Cybercrime of the Criminal Police of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Republic of Belarus
- Stanislav A. Vasiliev, Head of a Department of the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation
- Nikolai M. Gudkov, Senior Prosecutor of the Division of Methodological and Analytical Support of Supervision over Procedural Activities of Bodies of Preliminary Investigation and Operational & Search Activity, within the General Department of Supervision over Investigation, Inquiry and Operational & Search Activity of the Prosecutor General’s Office of the Russian Federation.
- Temirlan Y. Salikhov, Head of the Department for Operational Processing of Digital Data at the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation
- Vladimir A. Gorzhaltsan, Advisor to the Director of the Coordination Center for TLD .RU/.РФ
- Natalia V. Mikhailenko, Associate Professor, Department of Countering ICT-Related Crimes, Moscow University of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation.
- Alexander A. Smirnov, Professor, Department of Innovative Law and Information Law at MGIMO University.
- Alexander S. Lasch, Deputy Director of the Department of International Law and Cooperation of the Ministry of Justice of the Russian Federation
The forum will continue its work on September 23 and 24. During these days, five Round tables will be held, which will cover the following topics:
- Further development of the global International Information Security system: from the harmonization of Norms to their application
- Priority Areas for the Development of Public-Private Partnership in the Implementation of State Policy in the Field of International Information Security. Promoting Domestic Information Security Products and Services to International Markets
- A Fragmented and Dynamic Digital World: Sovereignty, Cooperation and Competition, New Personnel for IIS
- Security and transparency. Innovation and trust. Convenience and reliability. Finding balance in the era of AI and other disruptive technologies.
- Topical Issues of Preserving Traditional Spiritual and Moral Values in the Global Information Environment.
The Forum proceedings will be posted at the NAIIS website, and published in print. The completion of the Forum will be followed by a final Post‑release.
