Algirde is cybersecurity and digital transformation policy expert with a focus on public and private sector engagement. She is a lawyer with over a decade of experience in the public and private sectors. Most recently, Algirde was the VP of Information Risk at CyberSponse Inc. She managed customers engagement, investors’ relations along with workforce development. Prior to getting into cybersecurity, Algirde worked on multiple international development and security projects varying from financing a multi-country water dam power plant project to launching a community-driven organization uniting incident responders. She has an MPA from Harvard Kennedy School of Government, an LLM from the University of Lausanne, Switzerland and a B.A. from Mykolas Romeris University in Lithuania.
While space activities generate multiple benefits to Earth from supporting the UN SDGs, providing weather forecasting, and innovating to stop climate change, they are also exposed to pote...
Since the start of the Russian-Ukrainian conflict in 2014, most media reporting has centred on conflict within the physical world. Less attention has been paid to the very real cyber-comp...
Digitalization has increased during the COVID-19 pandemic. The global use of services such as video conferencing has grown tenfold. As the use of digital tools increases, so does the amou...
As cyberattacks increase in scale and severity, so too does the global demand for cybersecurity professionals – in all aspects of the field and across all sectors. The supply seemingly ca...
The international community has many concerns when it comes to the security and safety of people in Afghanistan. One of the main concerns for the privacy and security community, especiall...
A key component of individual success is not individual at all - it is the support from your "squad," your very own personal committee that helps you achieve your own goals. In the words ...
The recent Colonial Pipeline cyber attack was a unfortunate reminder of the danger of cyber attacks to a nation's economy.
The recent cyber-attack on the US major oil and gas pipeline could become one of the most expensive attacks to an economy. It's also the latest reminder that both the frequency and severi...
The far-reaching cybersecurity breaches of 2020, culminating in the widespread Solarwinds supply chain attack, were a reminder to decision-makers around the world of the heightened import...
COVID-19 has forced organizations around the globe to move their operations online to ensure business operation continuity. Through this rapid digitalization, the cyber-attack surface has...
Most of the world is currently experiencing highly atypical living conditions as a result of COVID-19. At the height of the pandemic, more than 2 billion people were under some form of lo...
● La pandémie COVID-19 pose le risque d'une augmentation des cyberattaques.
A medida que la pandemia de coronavirus sigue perturbando los sistemas mundiales de salud, económicos, políticos y sociales, hay otra amenaza invisible en aumento en el espacio digital: e...
As the coronavirus pandemic continues to disrupt global health, economic, political and social systems, there's another unseen threat rising in the digital space: the risk of cyberattacks...
Technology continues to play a critical role in shaping the global risks landscape for individuals, governments and businesses. According to the World Economic Forum Global Risks Report 2...
