--- title: "CyberSecurity Bank 2026 — Santiago | Model Diplomat" description: "CyberSecurity Bank & Government 14° Edición is a professional conference in Santiago, Chile, Mar 17, 2026. Dates, deadlines, fees, and prep links." url: "https://modeldiplomat.com/conferences/professional/cybersecurity-bank-government-14-edicion-2026" --- # CyberSecurity Bank & Government 14° Edición Mar 17, 2026[Santiago, Chile](https://www.google.com/maps/search/?api=1\&query=Santiago%2C%20Chile)In-person [Registration open](https://www.mticsproducciones.com/cybersecurity-bank-and-government-chile-2026/) The CyberSecurity Bank & Government conference, held in Santiago, CHL, focuses on the critical intersection of cybersecurity within the financial and governmental sectors. This event serves as a vital platform for discussions on safeguarding sensitive data, protecting critical infrastructure, and fostering resilience against evolving cyber threats. It brings together experts and stakeholders to address the unique challenges faced by these sectors in the digital age. ## Committees & topics - Topics The Abuse of Artificial Intelligence: Fraud, Deepfakes, and Offensive Cyber Capabilities · Open Banking, Open Finance, and the Governance of Financial Data · Zero Trust as a Security Philosophy for Banks and Governments · Cybersecurity and Geopolitics: State Conflict in the Digital Domain ## Why it matters In an increasingly interconnected world, the security of financial institutions and government operations is paramount. Cyberattacks can have far-reaching consequences, impacting economic stability, national security, and public trust. This conference directly addresses these concerns by facilitating knowledge exchange and collaboration among key players. The discussions and insights generated at such events are crucial for developing robust defense mechanisms and proactive strategies to counter sophisticated cyber adversaries. The event's focus on both banking and government highlights the symbiotic relationship between these sectors in maintaining a secure digital ecosystem. Financial systems are often targets for cybercriminals seeking monetary gain, while government networks are vulnerable to state-sponsored attacks and espionage. A holistic approach, as promoted by this conference, is essential for building comprehensive cybersecurity frameworks that protect citizens and national interests. Understanding the nuances of these threats and the best practices for mitigation is a continuous process, making platforms like this indispensable for ongoing adaptation and improvement. ## How to prepare Delegates preparing for this conference should focus on understanding the current threat landscape specific to the financial and governmental sectors in the region. Research into recent cyber incidents, regulatory frameworks, and emerging technologies in cybersecurity will be beneficial. Consider how different national approaches to cybersecurity, from nations like USA or CHN, might inform strategies in CHL, recognizing that local contexts often require tailored solutions. Participants should also be prepared to engage in discussions about international cooperation in cybersecurity. The interconnected nature of cyber threats means that national borders offer little protection. Therefore, understanding the potential for collaborative defense strategies, information sharing, and joint initiatives with other nations is crucial. Reflect on how lessons from countries with advanced cyber defense capabilities, such as GBR or EST, could be adapted and applied within the context of CHL, fostering a more resilient regional security posture. Engaging with the concepts outlined in the Model Diplomat lesson on '[Dynamic Analysis](https://modeldiplomat.com/learn/lessons/dynamic-analysis)' could provide a valuable framework for understanding the evolving nature of cyber threats and responses. ## Country perspectives Where the most-relevant 3 countries stand on the core issues in play. Click through for the full country profile. [Chile](https://modeldiplomat.com/country/chile) [Actively seeking to enhance national cybersecurity capabilities, particularly within critical financial and governmental infrastructure.](https://modeldiplomat.com/country/chile) [Role in topic](https://modeldiplomat.com/country/chile) [As the host nation, CHL is a primary stakeholder, facing the dual challenge of protecting its financial sector from cybercrime and its government systems from various digital threats. The conference provides a platform for CHL to showcase its efforts, learn from international best practices, and foster regional collaboration in cybersecurity.](https://modeldiplomat.com/country/chile) [United States](https://modeldiplomat.com/country/united-states) [A global leader in cybersecurity innovation and policy, advocating for international cooperation and robust defense mechanisms.](https://modeldiplomat.com/country/united-states) [Role in topic](https://modeldiplomat.com/country/united-states) [The USA often serves as a benchmark for cybersecurity standards and innovation. Its experience in combating sophisticated cyber threats against both financial institutions and government agencies offers valuable insights and potential partnership opportunities for countries like CHL. Discussions might draw on US frameworks for critical infrastructure protection.](https://modeldiplomat.com/country/united-states) [China](https://modeldiplomat.com/country/china) [A significant player in the global cybersecurity landscape, with a focus on national digital sovereignty and advanced cyber capabilities.](https://modeldiplomat.com/country/china) [Role in topic](https://modeldiplomat.com/country/china) [CHN's approach to cybersecurity, characterized by strong state control and advanced technological development, presents a different model. While its strategies may not be directly transferable, understanding CHN's perspectives on data governance and cyber defense can enrich discussions on diverse national cybersecurity strategies and their implications for international norms.](https://modeldiplomat.com/country/china) ## Topics & background The background behind each topic and the actors that shape it. 1 ### The Abuse of Artificial Intelligence: Fraud, Deepfakes, and Offensive Cyber Capabilities The rapid mainstreaming of generative AI since 2022 has lowered the barrier to entry for a range of malicious activities affecting banks, governments, and citizens. Criminal groups now use large language models to industrialize phishing in fluent local languages, generate polymorphic malware, and automate reconnaissance against corporate networks. Voice-cloning and video deepfakes have already enabled multimillion-dollar wire-transfer frauds — most notably the 2024 Arup case in Hong Kong — and have been deployed in political disinformation campaigns across multiple electoral cycles. The regulatory response is fragmented. The European Union's AI Act, in force since 2024, imposes obligations on high-risk and general-purpose AI systems and bans certain manipulative uses, while the United States has relied on a mix of executive orders, NIST's AI Risk Management Framework, and sectoral guidance from the SEC, OCC, and Treasury's FinCEN. China has issued binding rules on deep synthesis and generative AI services requiring labeling and content controls. International coordination runs through the Bletchley and Seoul AI Safety Summits, the G7 Hiroshima Process, and the OECD AI Principles, but enforcement against cross-border AI-enabled crime remains weak. For the financial sector specifically, the debate centers on liability for synthetic-identity fraud, KYC resilience against deepfakes, model-poisoning of bank-deployed AI, and the obligations of foundation-model providers to prevent misuse. The committee must weigh innovation incentives against the systemic risks posed by adversarial and criminal use of these tools. Key players - [United States](https://modeldiplomat.com/country/united-states) [Home to leading frontier AI labs and primary target of AI-enabled financial fraud.](https://modeldiplomat.com/country/united-states) - [China](https://modeldiplomat.com/country/china) [Major AI producer with binding deep-synthesis rules and significant state-linked cyber capacity.](https://modeldiplomat.com/country/china) - [United Kingdom](https://modeldiplomat.com/country/united-kingdom) [Convener of the AI Safety Summit process and host of a national AI Safety Institute.](https://modeldiplomat.com/country/united-kingdom) - [Israel](https://modeldiplomat.com/country/israel) [Hub for AI-driven cyber offense and defense vendors serving banks and governments.](https://modeldiplomat.com/country/israel) - [North Korea](https://modeldiplomat.com/country/north-korea) [State actor that has integrated AI tooling into financial-sector intrusions and crypto theft.](https://modeldiplomat.com/country/north-korea) 2 ### Open Banking, Open Finance, and the Governance of Financial Data Open Banking emerged from the UK's 2017 CMA order and the EU's Revised Payment Services Directive (PSD2), which required banks to expose customer account data and payment initiation to licensed third parties through APIs. The model has since spread globally: Brazil's Open Finance regime (2021), Australia's Consumer Data Right, India's Account Aggregator framework, and Mexico's Fintech Law have each adapted the concept, while the United States finalized its CFPB Section 1033 personal financial data rule in 2024. The promise is greater competition, portability, and embedded finance; the risks are screen-scraping fraud, consent fatigue, and concentration of data in a few aggregator platforms. The policy frontier is now Open Finance — extending data sharing beyond payments to investments, pensions, and insurance — and Open Data, where non-financial datasets (telecoms, utilities, government records) feed credit and risk models. The EU's Financial Data Access (FIDA) proposal and the Data Act, together with the forthcoming PSD3/PSR package, aim to formalize this expansion while clarifying liability for fraud and unauthorized access. Latin America, particularly Brazil and Colombia, is moving fastest on integrated Open Finance ecosystems. Core disputes include who bears liability when shared data is misused, how to authenticate consent at machine speed, the role of non-bank tech platforms as data holders, and cross-border interoperability of consent frameworks. For banks, the strategic question is whether to be pipes, platforms, or both — and how to defend against API-layer attacks that have become a leading vector for account takeover. Key players - [United Kingdom](https://modeldiplomat.com/country/united-kingdom) [Pioneer of the Open Banking model and reference regulator for API standards.](https://modeldiplomat.com/country/united-kingdom) - [Brazil](https://modeldiplomat.com/country/brazil) [Operator of one of the world's most advanced Open Finance regimes alongside Pix.](https://modeldiplomat.com/country/brazil) - [United States](https://modeldiplomat.com/country/united-states) [Implementing CFPB Section 1033 personal financial data portability rules.](https://modeldiplomat.com/country/united-states) - [Mexico](https://modeldiplomat.com/country/mexico) [Regional reference under the 2018 Fintech Law and host of major Open Finance deployments.](https://modeldiplomat.com/country/mexico) - [India](https://modeldiplomat.com/country/india) [Architect of the Account Aggregator and DEPA consent-based data-sharing stack.](https://modeldiplomat.com/country/india) - [Australia](https://modeldiplomat.com/country/australia) [Implementer of the Consumer Data Right covering banking, energy, and telecoms.](https://modeldiplomat.com/country/australia) 3 ### Zero Trust as a Security Philosophy for Banks and Governments Zero Trust emerged from the recognition that perimeter-based security — the trusted internal network behind a firewall — collapses under cloud adoption, remote work, and supply-chain compromise. The concept was popularized by Forrester analyst John Kindervag in 2010 and formalized in NIST Special Publication 800-207 (2020), which defines Zero Trust Architecture around the principle of never trust, always verify: continuous authentication, least-privilege access, microsegmentation, and assumption of breach. The 2020 SolarWinds incident and the 2021 Colonial Pipeline ransomware attack accelerated adoption, leading to US Executive Order 14028 and an OMB directive requiring federal agencies to reach Zero Trust maturity by 2024. For financial institutions, Zero Trust intersects with operational resilience regimes such as the EU's Digital Operational Resilience Act (DORA), in force since January 2025, and supervisory expectations from the Basel Committee, the Federal Reserve, and national regulators in Latin America. Banks face the challenge of applying Zero Trust to legacy core systems, third-party fintech integrations, and increasingly to AI agents acting on behalf of users. Identity becomes the new perimeter, making phishing-resistant MFA, hardware-bound credentials, and continuous device posture assessment central. The debate today is less about whether to adopt Zero Trust than how to operationalize it without breaking business velocity, how to measure maturity, and how to extend it across supply chains where suppliers may lack equivalent controls. Questions of vendor lock-in, the role of SASE and identity providers, and post-quantum readiness all sit within this discussion. Key players - [United States](https://modeldiplomat.com/country/united-states) [Standard-setter via NIST 800-207 and the federal Zero Trust mandate.](https://modeldiplomat.com/country/united-states) - [Israel](https://modeldiplomat.com/country/israel) [Home to leading identity, microsegmentation, and SASE vendors.](https://modeldiplomat.com/country/israel) - [Estonia](https://modeldiplomat.com/country/estonia) [Reference state for identity-centric digital government compatible with Zero Trust.](https://modeldiplomat.com/country/estonia) - [Singapore](https://modeldiplomat.com/country/singapore) [Active regulator pushing Zero Trust principles in the Monetary Authority's cyber guidelines.](https://modeldiplomat.com/country/singapore) - [Germany](https://modeldiplomat.com/country/germany) [BSI grundschutz frameworks and DORA implementation drive Zero Trust in EU banking.](https://modeldiplomat.com/country/germany) 4 ### Cybersecurity and Geopolitics: State Conflict in the Digital Domain Cyberspace has become a primary arena of interstate competition. Russia's 2017 NotPetya attack, originally aimed at Ukraine, caused over USD 10 billion in global collateral damage and signaled that state-grade cyber weapons would spill into the civilian economy. Since Russia's 2022 invasion of Ukraine, wiper malware, attacks on satellite communications (Viasat), and persistent intrusions against energy and financial infrastructure have become routine. China-linked actors such as Volt Typhoon have prepositioned in US critical infrastructure, while Salt Typhoon compromised major telecom carriers. Iran and North Korea use cyber operations for sanctions evasion and revenue generation, with the DPRK's Lazarus Group stealing billions in cryptocurrency to fund weapons programs. The normative framework remains contested. The UN Group of Governmental Experts and the Open-Ended Working Group have affirmed that international law applies in cyberspace, but states disagree sharply on thresholds for use of force, attribution standards, and protections for critical infrastructure. The Budapest Convention on Cybercrime competes with a Russia-China-backed UN Cybercrime Convention adopted in 2024. Sanctions, indictments, and export controls on offensive cyber tools (notably the US Commerce Department's actions against NSO Group and the Pall Mall Process on commercial spyware) have become standard instruments. For banks and governments in Latin America and beyond, the practical consequence is that cyber risk is now inseparable from foreign-policy alignment: hacktivist surges follow diplomatic positions, ransomware crews enjoy safe haven in rival jurisdictions, and supply-chain dependencies on geopolitically exposed vendors carry strategic risk. Key players - [United States](https://modeldiplomat.com/country/united-states) [Leading offensive and defensive cyber power and principal author of sanctions and attribution.](https://modeldiplomat.com/country/united-states) - [China](https://modeldiplomat.com/country/china) [Source of sustained espionage and prepositioning campaigns against critical infrastructure.](https://modeldiplomat.com/country/china) - [Russia](https://modeldiplomat.com/country/russia) [State and proxy actor behind major destructive operations and ransomware safe haven.](https://modeldiplomat.com/country/russia) - [North Korea](https://modeldiplomat.com/country/north-korea) [Conducts financially motivated state cyber operations targeting banks and crypto exchanges.](https://modeldiplomat.com/country/north-korea) - [Iran](https://modeldiplomat.com/country/iran) [Active in disruptive operations against financial, water, and energy sectors.](https://modeldiplomat.com/country/iran) - [Israel](https://modeldiplomat.com/country/israel) [Major cyber power and exporter of offensive and defensive capabilities shaping global markets.](https://modeldiplomat.com/country/israel) ## Resources News, lessons, and country profiles to prep for CyberSecurity Bank & Government 14° Edición. Recent reporting to ground your prep [China's New Strategy for Taiwan and Japan](https://modeldiplomat.com/story/china-adjusts-taiwan-and-japan-strategy-amid-middle-east-crisis) [UEFA Lifetime Ban for Petr Vlachovsky Abuse](https://modeldiplomat.com/story/uefa-bans-petr-vlachovsky-for-life-over-abuse-case) [Russia's Military Expansion in Madagascar](https://modeldiplomat.com/story/russia-expands-military-influence-in-madagascars-security-landscape) [Macron's $27B Investment in Africa Explained](https://modeldiplomat.com/story/macrons-27-billion-africa-bet-targets-europes-reset) Lessons Bite-sized lessons to build the basics [Hidden Stakeholders](https://modeldiplomat.com/learn/lessons/hidden-stakeholders) [Engagement Strategies](https://modeldiplomat.com/learn/lessons/engagement-strategies) [Dynamic Analysis](https://modeldiplomat.com/learn/lessons/dynamic-analysis) [Stakeholder Mapping Workshop](https://modeldiplomat.com/learn/lessons/stakeholder-workshop) Courses Guided courses that go deeper on the topic [Advanced Negotiation](https://modeldiplomat.com/learn/courses/advanced-negotiation) [Multilateral Negotiation](https://modeldiplomat.com/learn/courses/multilateral-negotiation) [Policy Brief Writing](https://modeldiplomat.com/learn/courses/policy-brief) [Conflict Resolution](https://modeldiplomat.com/learn/courses/conflict-resolution) The states in play, with the data that shapes their stance [Chile](https://modeldiplomat.com/country/chile) [Country dossier](https://modeldiplomat.com/country/chile) [United States](https://modeldiplomat.com/country/united-states) [Country dossier](https://modeldiplomat.com/country/united-states) [China](https://modeldiplomat.com/country/china) [Country dossier](https://modeldiplomat.com/country/china) [United Kingdom](https://modeldiplomat.com/country/united-kingdom) [Country dossier](https://modeldiplomat.com/country/united-kingdom) [Israel](https://modeldiplomat.com/country/israel) [Country dossier](https://modeldiplomat.com/country/israel) [North Korea](https://modeldiplomat.com/country/north-korea) [Country dossier](https://modeldiplomat.com/country/north-korea) [Brazil](https://modeldiplomat.com/country/brazil) [Country dossier](https://modeldiplomat.com/country/brazil) [Mexico](https://modeldiplomat.com/country/mexico) [Country dossier](https://modeldiplomat.com/country/mexico) [India](https://modeldiplomat.com/country/india) [Country dossier](https://modeldiplomat.com/country/india) [Australia](https://modeldiplomat.com/country/australia) [Country dossier](https://modeldiplomat.com/country/australia) [Estonia](https://modeldiplomat.com/country/estonia) [Country dossier](https://modeldiplomat.com/country/estonia) [Singapore](https://modeldiplomat.com/country/singapore) [Country dossier](https://modeldiplomat.com/country/singapore) [Germany](https://modeldiplomat.com/country/germany) [Country dossier](https://modeldiplomat.com/country/germany) [Russia](https://modeldiplomat.com/country/russia) [Country dossier](https://modeldiplomat.com/country/russia) [Iran](https://modeldiplomat.com/country/iran) [Country dossier](https://modeldiplomat.com/country/iran) ## Frequently asked questions - - - Free account Save conferences, research any topic with AI, build position papers, and keep your daily prep streak — free. 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