ECCWS 2024- Proceedings of the 23rd European Conference on Cyber Warfare and Security

These proceedings represent the work of contributors to the 23rd European Conference on Cyber Warfare and Security (ECCWS 2024) supported by University of Jyväskylä and JAMK University of Applied Sciences Finland on 27-28 June 2024. The Conference Chair is Dr Martti Lehto from the University of Jyväskylä Finland and the Programme Chair is Dr Mika Karjalainen from JAMK University of Applied Sciences Finland.ECCWS is a well-established event on the academic research calendar and now in its 23rd year conference remains the opportunity for participants to network and share ideas. The aims and scope of the conference is to be a forum for technical theoretical and practical exchange about the study management development and implementation of systems and concepts to improve cyber security and combat cyber warfare.The opening keynote presentation is given by Stefan Lee from Ministry of Transport and Communications Finland on the topic of Geopolitics and Cyberspace: Key Implications for National Cybersecurity Policies and Strategies. The second day of the conference will open with an address by Colonel Janne Jokinen Finnish Defence Force Finland speaking on Ten Practical Hindrances to Building Cyber Defence.With an initial submission of 171 abstracts after the double blind peer review process there are 180 Academic research papers 11 PhD research papers 6 Masters research paper and 2 work-in-progress papers published in these Conference Proceedings. These papers represent research from Australia Austria Belgium Canada Czech Republic Estonia Finland Germany Ireland Japan Kingdom of Saudi Arabia Lithuania Norway Oman Poland Portugal Romania South Africa Spain The Czech republic United Arab Emirates UK and USA.