Cyber Deterrence
The Charter of Trust equips itself with a new working group to tackle the future of cybersecurity: Cyber Deterrence.
The Charter of Trust is the collaborative network of thought leaders, practitioners, testing groups, and solution providers driving cyber deterrence expertise in the private sector.
Cyber defense alone is no longer sufficient. While Charter of Trust continues to invest in detection and protection through its working groups on Security by Default, AI, PQC and Supply Chain cybersecurity, the economic logic of cybercrime remains intact: attacks are profitable, adversaries face little accountability, and the cost of attacking stays low.
What is missing is deterrence: raising the cost and risk for adversaries to the point where attacks become less attractive.
No single organization can achieve this alone. Collective action across industries, combined with structured intelligence sharing, rigorous testing of deterrence methods, and engagement with international institutions, is the only path to fundamentally shifting the dynamic.
Shaping knowledge on cyber deterrence, leading in efficient cyber deterrent methods and solutions, and supporting others to implement them.
Our activities
The Charter of Trust pushes forward research on cyber deterrence with knowledge pooling from member companies as well as in cooperation with institutional partners. Its Cyber Deterrence working group fosters the exchange of best practices and effective methods for members’ cybersecurity, among others exploring deception, attribution and denial strategies, and discusses new cyber deterrence approaches for evolving threat actors.
At Charter of Trust, we Know. We have Tested it. We Enable others.
The Charter of Trust Cyber Deterrence Group operates on several levels: strategy, implementation, and advocacy.
STRATEGIC LEVEL
We shape the most effective and forward-looking approach to cyber deterrence for the private sector.
TECHNICAL LEVEL
We develop and test practical, evidence-based methods that deliver real-world results.
COMMUNITY LEVEL
We support the scaling of successful approaches to other stakeholders through cooperation and outreach.
