Christina Rupp
Lead International Cybersecurity Policy
Programmes
Christina Rupp leads interface’s work on international cybersecurity policy, focusing on EU cybersecurity policy and cyber diplomacy. At interface, she has previously conducted research on the implementation of UN cyber norms, governmental capabilities to detect cybersecurity threats, ENISA and the EU cybersecurity policy ecosystem, official public political attribution of cyber operations, software supply chain security, and Germany’s institutional cybersecurity architecture.
Christina has spoken at national and international conferences and events, including the United Nations in New York, the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE), the European Cyber Diplomacy Dialogue, and the European Cyber Agora. She has also written commentaries and blog posts for the Directions Blog and Tagesspiegel Background Cybersecurity.
Before joining interface in 2020, Christina gained practical insights into policy-making and international relations at the Permanent Mission of Germany to the United Nations in New York, the German Federal Ministry of Defense’s United Nations Unit, the Aspen Institute Germany, and the German Federal Agency for Civic Education, among other institutions. She holds an M.Sc. in Political Science from the University of Copenhagen, an LL.M. in Public International Law from the University of Amsterdam, and a B.A. in Political Science, Sociology, and Public Law from the University of Bonn.
Publications by Christina Rupp
Multilateralismus auf dem Prüfstand
Umsetzung der UN-Konvention gegen Cyberkriminalität nach Hanoi
Pavlina Pavlova, Christina Rupp, Dr. Sven Herpig
Signals in the Noise
Building Governmental Capabilities to Detect Cybersecurity Threats
Christina Rupp
ENISA: Fit for Purpose?
Reviewing the EU Cybersecurity Agency's Role in an Evolving Policy Ecosystem
Christina Rupp
Navigating the EU Cybersecurity Policy Ecosystem
A Comprehensive Overview of Legislation, Policies and Actors
Christina Rupp
Official Public Political Attribution of Cyber Operations: State of Play and Policy Options
Christina Rupp, Dr. Alexandra Paulus
Government’s Role in Increasing Software Supply Chain Security: A Toolbox for Policy Makers
Christina Rupp, Dr. Alexandra Paulus
Other Input from Christina Rupp
The EU Cybersecurity Policy Directory
An Online Tool to Navigate EU Cybersecurity Policies & Actors
Christina Rupp
RUSI Commentary: The Rules of the Road in Cyberspace, 10 Years Later
Christina Rupp
UN OEWG: Joint stakeholder statement
Zero Draft and Rev. 1 Annex III’s section on stakeholder modalities
Christina Rupp
Reflections on the UN OEWG II’s Legacy
Christina Rupp
Statement at UN OEWG Chair’s Informal Dialogue With Stakeholders
Christina Rupp
Striking the Right Balance: How to Publicly Attribute a Cyber Operation to Another State
Christina Rupp
Events with Christina Rupp
October 2025
Wednesday
29
10:00 - 11:00
(CET)
Past
Webinar
OSCE Webinar: Global cyber diplomacy discussions: past, present & future
Christina Rupp
October 2025
Tuesday
07
10:00 - 13:00
(CEST)
Past
Panel Discussion
ENISA Panel Discussion: Harmonizing EU Cybersecurity Support for NIS2 Implementation without adding Bureaucracy
Christina Rupp
October 2025
Wednesday
01
10:00 - 15:00
(CEST)
Past
Conference
EU-GCC Cyber Diplomacy 1.5 Track Dialogue
Christina Rupp
May 2025
Tuesday
27
10:30 - 11:30
(CEST)
Past
Workshop
OSCE cross-regional workshop on cyber/ICT security CBMs
Christina Rupp
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