Christina Rupp
Lead International Cybersecurity Policy
Programmes
Focus Areas
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
A UN Effect? How the EU Implements the Norms of Responsible State Behavior in Cyberspace
Dr. Patryk Pawlak, Christina Rupp
The UN’s New Global Mechanism on Cybersecurity
How Europe Can Advance Responsible State Behaviour in Cyberspace
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
Other Input from Christina Rupp
From launch to delivery, the UN’s new cybersecurity mechanism faces old divides
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
Events with Christina Rupp
July 2026
Thursday
23
13:15 - 14:30
(CEST)
Past
Talk
Norms in Practice: The EU’s Operationalization of the UN Framework of Responsible State Behavior in Cyberspace
Christina Rupp
July 2026
Wednesday
22
13:15 - 14:30
(CEST)
Past
Panel Discussion
From Regional Practice to Global Action: Implementing Confidence-Building Measures for the Protection of Critical Infrastructure
Christina Rupp
July 2026
Friday
10
15:00 - 16:00
(CEST)
Past
Talk
National Cyber-Strategies in the Face of Russian Threat: What States Need For Success
Christina Rupp
June 2026
Thursday
18
11:00 - 12:30
(CEST)
Past
Talk
Cybersecurity as a Security Policy Challenge of Digitalization
Christina Rupp
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