Digital Security

The Igarape Institute Digital Security program develops interdisciplinary research, facilitates intersector dialogues and promotes spaces of trust and awareness for the advancement of digital policies. We work on issues such as digital security, internet crime, artificial intelligence, internet of things, data protection and smart cities.

 

We build platforms, sparking critical thinking on the impact of technologies in society and addressing challenges to digital rights protection through the implementation of technologies in our daily lives.

 

What are the primary challenges Brazil faces in preventing threats to cyber security, such as cyber attacks? Who are the key stakeholders in this area? How can they work together to mitigate existing risks? The search for answers to these questions stimulates the Igarape Institute to systematize, analyze and gather existing knowledge on cybersecurity.
Global
Task Force

To help ensure predictive technologies promote human rights and sustainable and equitable development, we created the Global Task Force on Predictive Analytics for Security and Development. The task force comprises some of the world’s leading thinkers, practitioners, and advocates. 

Brazilian
Portal of
Cybersecurity

The website consolidates analyses, research data, norms and other documents on the subject of digital security. This way, it aims to strengthen the collective action.

Video
Monitoring
in Brazil

We wrote a study on the implementation and use of video monitoring in Brazil. These technologies are among the main surveillance devices used by police authorities. (Page in Portuguese)

Digital
Freedoms

The project reassess the elaboration of Brazil’s digital policies regarding areas such as security, privacy and deployment of new technologies. 

Digital Security Publicatons

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Towards inclusive cybercrime policymaking: consultation with non-governmental stakeholders from the Americas region
27 May, 2022
The Americas have been a global hotspot when it comes to the spread of cybercrime. In the region, different types of already known threats have been adapted along with the digital transformation, for example:...
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Converting Digital Risk into Resilience in the COVID-19 Era
28 June, 2021
Robert Muggah’s contribution focuses on resilience, the now essential concept in helping organisations withstand intrusions, wherever they come from
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Cybersecurity in Brazil: an analysis of the national strategy
15 April, 2021
O Instituto lançou o seu Artigo Estratégico 54, Cibersegurança no Brasil: uma análise da estratégia nacional
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Routledge Companion to Global Cyber-Security Strategy
07 December, 2020
Louise Marie Hurel contributed with a chapter on cyber-security governance in Brazil.
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Designing Digital Safety into the Smart City
31 March, 2020
This article explores two basic questions: (1) What are the cyberthreats facing cities and their residents; and (2) How can cities and city networks work to improve their digital safety? These may be among...
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A Strategy for Cybersecurity Governance in Brazil
07 December, 2018
This study explores the institutionalization of the cybersecurity agenda in Brazil and seeks to identify opportunities for multi-stakeholder cooperation.
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Brazil, the Internet and the Digital Bill of Rights
20 April, 2017
April, 2017 Through interviews and research on primary and secondary data, the Strategic Article outlines a comprehensive history of the process of drafting, voting, and regulating the Marco Civil da Internet...
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Book: Open Empowerment: From Digital Protest to Cyber War
23 April, 2016
This book shines a light on digital protest and cyber crime from Argentina, Brazil and Colombia to El Salvador and Mexico.
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Deconstructing Cyber Security in Brazil: Threats and Responses
01 December, 2014
A military response to digital threats can be disproportionate and ineffective to face the risks that already reach the entire brazilian society.
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[Strategic Note] Cyberspace & Open Empowerment in Latin America
11 November, 2012
How is cyberspace shaping citizens action and State-society relations in Latin America? Check the preliminary outcomes of the field research in Brazil.
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A Fine Balance: Mapping Cyber (in)Security in Latin America
19 June, 2012
This Strategic Paper examines the character and dynamics of cyber-crime and the ways in which it is being addressed in Latin America.
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Digital Security in the media

World Economic Forum
Why we need global rules to crack down on cybercrime
03 January, 2023
Cybercrime is high on the agenda of nation states, corporations and international organizations everywhere.
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The Rocky Road to Cyber Norms at the United Nations
06 September, 2022
Between July 25 and 29, UN member states gathered in New York for the third substantive session of the Open-Ended Working Group on the security in and of information and communications technologies (O...
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Digital privacy comes at a price. Here's how to protect it
08 September, 2021
Data privacy exchanged for frictionless convenience is being compromised, stolen and leaked with disturbing regularity.
Foreign Policy
The Real-Life Risks of Our Digital World
16 July, 2021
If we didn’t know already, the COVID-19 pandemic has driven home the fact that data is the most important strategic asset of the 21st century
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Disrupting digital harms in Central Asia
26 June, 2021
Central Asia is the staging ground for a new digital Great Game
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Global Cyber Expertise Magazine
24 June, 2021
Louise Marie shares below some reflections on the importance of Cyber Portals to CCB and the lessons learned from the process of developing the national portal
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4 ways to build resilience to digital risks in the COVID-19 era
23 February, 2021
The COVID-19 pandemic is generating monumental challenges for most governments, corporations and societies, both online and off.
Foreign Policy
Drug Cartels Are All Over Instagram, Facebook, and TikTok
01 February, 2021
Late last year, Colombia’s federal police arrested Diego Optra, a crime boss who heads a ruthless gang called La Local in the port city of Buenaventura.
Foreign Policy
Why The Latest Cyberattack Was Different
25 January, 2021
All during 2020, as the coronavirus pandemic swept around the world, another novel virus with devastating long-term effects spread unnoticed worldwide
Foreign Policy
The Radicalization of Bangladeshi Cyberspace
27 November, 2020
At 8:45 pm, five gunmen stormed the Holey Artisan Bakery, an upscale establishment in Dhaka, the capital of Bangladesh.

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