The document discusses the unique cybersecurity challenges facing Small Island Developing States (SIDS) and proposes a research agenda. It notes that SIDS have limited resources to deal with social, economic, and technological issues that can enable cybercrime. It highlights how Trinidad and Tobago is experiencing escalating crime and greater access to sophisticated technology and social networks. The major research question posed is how to reconcile the inevitable advancement of both beneficial and malicious cyber capabilities with the unpredictable nature of human behavior. The proposed agenda involves studying social, economic, psychological, cultural, and technological dynamics related to these cybersecurity issues in SIDS.

1. A Cybersecurity R & D Agenda The case for Small Island Developing States (SIDS) Tracy Hackshaw Internet Society (ISOC) Ambassador Trinidad & Tobago [email_address]