Marcel Peško
During his many years in the Slovak Foreign Service and multilateral diplomacy, Marcel Peško focused on security issues, the arms control and disarmament agenda, as well as conflict prevention and resolution issues. He currently holds the position of Special Ambassador for Hybrid Threats and Resilience Building, a portfolio that also includes the cyber diplomacy agenda. After years in senior positions at the Secretariat of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE), he returned to Slovak diplomacy in 2020. As Director of the OSCE Center for Conflict Prevention, he provided political and operational support to OSCE peacekeeping missions, including the Special Monitoring Mission in Ukraine, as well as other missions of this largest regional security organization in Eastern Europe, the Western Balkans, the South Caucasus and Central Asia. Previously, as Director of the OSCE Secretary General's Office, he oversaw the development of the organization's strategies, policies and implementation tools, including in the areas of strategic communications and cyber security. In the past, he served as Slovakia's Permanent Representative to International Organizations in Vienna and held various senior positions at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, including the Secretary General, Director of the Office of the Minister, the UN Department Director and the Coordination Team Leader during Slovakia's non-permanent membership of the UN Security Council. At the beginning of his career, he worked at the Permanent Mission of the Slovak Republic to the CSCE / OSCE in Vienna and later held various diplomatic positions at home and abroad, including chargé d´affairs of the Slovak Embassy in Dublin. Marcel Peško also has extensive experience in the private sector. He was at the birth of the first direct representation of Coca-Cola Amatil in Slovakia and at the beginning of the millennium he worked as the director for market development of ACS / Transacty, which at that time was one of the largest suppliers of IT and processing services for Slovak and regional financial institutions.
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ITAPA OPEN TALK: Security in the New World
A new type of war in the new world. The first war that transcended physical dimensions and spilled over into the virtual world. Thus, the catastrophe that is happening in Ukraine will probably go down in history. A war that also takes place on social networks, in discussions, but also through cyber attacks. A war where the acquisition and rapid processing of information, for example from the telephone network, can lead to effective tactical attacks. So what is the experience of the military conflict in Europe? How will the security map of Europe be redrawn and what is the impact on the digital dimension of the military conflict? Who wins the battle for public opinion? Why did Ukraine not disintegrate under the onslaught of the disinformation campaign? Why don't we see large-scale successful cyber attacks? What unexpected digital tools have emerged? -
ITAPA OPEN TALK: Security in the New World
A new type of war in the new world. The first war that transcended physical dimensions and spilled over into the virtual world. Thus, the catastrophe that is happening in Ukraine will probably go down in history. A war that also takes place on social networks, in discussions, but also through cyber attacks. A war where the acquisition and rapid processing of information, for example from the telephone network, can lead to effective tactical attacks. So what is the experience of the military conflict in Europe? How will the security map of Europe be redrawn and what is the impact on the digital dimension of the military conflict? Who wins the battle for public opinion? Why did Ukraine not disintegrate under the onslaught of the disinformation campaign? Why don't we see large-scale successful cyber attacks? What unexpected digital tools have emerged?
