The purpose of this panel was to provide an update on planning for the Seoul Conference on Cyberspace, scheduled to take place on 17th-18th October, and to seek views from UK IGF members on what specific outcomes and deliverables we should be seeking to reinforce. The panel was drawn from … [Read more...] about Chair’s summary of the Seoul Cyberspace Planning session at the UK IGF 2013
Report from UK IGF Identity & Trust Workshop – 10th September 2013
UK IGF Identity & Trust Workshop - 10th September 2013 This workshop was presented by the BCS and covered a number of areas related to the work of the BCS Identity Assurance Working Group. The speakers were: Andy Smith BCS John Bullard IdenTrust William Heath mydex Andy … [Read more...] about Report from UK IGF Identity & Trust Workshop – 10th September 2013
Thoughts on IGF Nairobi by Dr Louise Bennett
My main take away impressions of the 6th IGF were: That the European view, as expressed by the Council of Europe via EuroDIG, that puts human rights and net neutrality, as absolutes, at the top of the agenda, without due consideration of the proportionality between security and privacy was not a … [Read more...] about Thoughts on IGF Nairobi by Dr Louise Bennett
UK Internet Security Issues
Working for Symantec, the world leader in information security, when invited to write about the main security threat facing the UK part of the internet you might expect me to cite the latest technical sounding hacker or Trojan attack currently causing havoc on the cyber superhighway. Don’t get me … [Read more...] about UK Internet Security Issues