De voorbije weken ben ik meer dan druk bezig geweest. Diverse reizen naar verre oorden allemaal in kader van mijn taken binnen de internet wereld. En dus hoofdzakelijk vrijwilligerswerk.
Eind oktober was ik in Seoul voor de 36ste ICANN meeting waar we vol verwachting uitkeken naar de status en evolutie van de nieuwe GTLDs. Echter, niets nieuws buiten het feit dat de debatten rond de clearinghouse voor mogelijks een goede oplossing kunnen zorgen om snellere start van de window te bekomen. De verlenging van mijn mandaat als ccNSO liaison van ALAC werd eveneens bekrachtigd en ik kan dus mijn voorstel van een project ALS-ccTLD bridge gaan uitwerken. Buiten de ICANN meetings hadden we ook 2 ISOC chapter meetings waarbij ik het voorstel indiende om een SIG op te starten met als doel Chapter support by chapters. Meer details worden nog uitgewerkt. Read the rest of this entry »
Main session on the 4th December 2008 – 9:30 – 11:00
Title : Dimensions of cyber-security and cyber-crime
Extract from scripts : final conclusions
>>BERTRAND DE LA CHAPELLE: Thank you.
I think the point about interaction with other organizations is key.
I will end up my very pleasant role as the moderator of this panel now with one word that emerged through the discussion and I am very happy it did, which is the word trust. It turns out it means three things concurrently.
One is the trust in relations between the people who handle cybersecurity issues. The second is trust as a goal, that we want to have a network that people do trust. And the third element that was basically alluded to and that we can discuss in the future is how we can, as citizens as well, trust the procedures that are put in place to handle cybersecurity and cybercrime threats.
With this, I hand it over to either Markus or our chair, depending on whether there are announcements to do.
Mr. Chandrashekhar.
>>R. CHANDRASHEKHAR: Thank you, Bertrand.
In conclusion, I would like to, first of all, compliment all the panelists on having brought out so very clearly and explicitly the many kinds of threats that are facing not only the Internet community but, in fact, the Internet itself.
And also, I think a repeated point which is brought out by everybody is the chilling fact that those who are out to cause these problems are quite often a step or two ahead of those who are engaged in solving the problems.
And also the fact that all of us are a part of the Internet. We are not an extension of it, we are not an attachment to it.
We are part of the Internet. And we could actually wittingly and unwittingly be a part of the problem as well.
But we most definitely need to be a part of the solution to these problems.
I think what came out very clearly in the various presentations, which I don’t need to repeat, are some of the possible actions that can be and, in fact, are being taken in some countries, and also some of the limitations of these actions.
I think that was also very clear from the presentations.
Equally, who are the players and who are the entities who might take some of these actions and who need to do certain things? But notwithstanding all of that, the fact remains that there are still a number of open questions on how exactly this collaboration between all the entities that are involved in being a part of the solution and how exactly the trust that was repeated in recurring theme could actually be built up in a workable and pragmatic manner to solve the problem of cybersecurity that is still out there.
Of course, as was mentioned, there are later sessions and workshops which are precisely meant to enable everybody to delve deeper into some of these issues as well as some of the remedies which were suggested. And more particularly, to address some of the open questions that have been flagged and that remain.
So with that, I think I would perhaps like to conclude this session and thank the panelists and also the very able moderation by Mr. Bertrand.