National Security Through Private Sector Regulation?
Total defence is being revived, but since last time, the world has changed beyond recognition.
National security is back at the top of the political agenda as we face global polycrisis. Decades of outsourcing and privatization of security, not to mention the context of global interdependence, hyperconnectivity, and geopolitical tectonic shifts, force us to think new.
What is national security today and what is being done in its name? What role does private sector regulation play for national security?
The INSIDER project has gathered a team of distinguished specialists in the field, inviting academics, defence and security sector officials, students, and engaged citizens into a timely and provocative discussion. The seminar is free and open for all upon online registration.
Programme
9.00–9.05 Welcome
- Jardar Østbø, Norwegian Institute for Defence Studies at the Norwegian Defence University College
9.05–9.45 Keynote lecture
National Security Through Private Sector Regulation and (Cyber)Security Compliance?
- Tereza Østbø Kuldova, OsloMet – Oslo Metropolitan University
9.45–10.15 Panel discussion
Regulatory Complexity and the Compliance-Industrial Complex: Translating Law into Practice
- Emily Mary Weitzenboeck, OsloMet – Oslo Metropolitan University
- Olav Lysne, Simula & OsloMet – Oslo Metropolitan University
- Tereza Østbø Kuldova, OsloMet – Oslo Metropolitan University
10.15–10.30 Q&A
10.30–10.45 Break
10.45–11.15 Panel discussion
Preventive Security and Risk Management in the Name of National Security: Disavowing Fundamental Tensions?
- Hallvard Notaker, Norwegian Institute for Defence Studies
- Kristoffer Lidén, Peace Research Institute Oslo, PRIO
- Tereza Østbø Kuldova, OsloMet – Oslo Metropolitan University
11.15–11.30 Q&A
11.30–12.15 Lunch break
12.15–12.45 Panel discussion
Intelligence Unbounded? The Shapeshifting of Corporate and State Threat and (Cyber)Security Intelligence
- Sebastian Larsson, Swedish Defence University
- Jason McKillen, Queens University Belfast
- Tereza Østbø Kuldova, OsloMet – Oslo Metropolitan University
12.45–13.00 Q&A
13.00–13.30 Panel discussion
Weaponizing Interdependence and Leveraging Private Sector (Managerial) Infrastructures? Beyond the Assumptions of Alignment in the Context of Total Defence
- Erik Reichborn-Kjennerud, Norwegian Institute of International Affairs (NUPI)
- Per Martin Norheim Martinsen, Norwegian University of Life Sciences & OsloMet
- Tereza Østbø Kuldova, OsloMet – Oslo Metropolitan University
13.30–13.45 Q&A
13.45–14.00 Concluding Remarks
- Jardar Østbø, Norwegian Institute for Defence Studies