Status:
IGF Theme(s) for workshop: Security, Openness and Privacy
Main theme question address by workshop: Question 1: What impact can security and governance issues have on the Internet and human rights?
Concise description of the proposed workshop:
The proposed workshop will focus on cybersecurity from a public policy perspective. This is a topic that has become central to the interaction between governments, private sector enterprise and civil society in recent years.
The workshop will highlight the key issues and most significant policy challenges in cybersecurity, including among others: national data access policies and cross border flow of personally-identifiable information (PII); the privacy and security implications of virtualization and cloud computing; threats and risks to the core Internet and Domain Name System infrastructure; nation-state cyberdefense and the offensive use of cyberspace in espionage and warfare; and interjurisdictional harmonization and how the Council of Europe Convention on Cybercrime interacts with the techniques of contemporary cyber-criminals. The panel will try to discuss policy principles in light of contemporary actors and issues like Anonymous, online activists in the Middle East and parts of Asia, the struggle between the forces of intellectual property protection and technical innovation in recent legislation in North America and Western Europe, and the internationalization of online criminals who "shop jurisdictions" by conducting different portions of their activities in different countries.
The discussion will include approaches to address such risks, and the role of Internet intermediaries in cybersecurity. The panel will also explore the roles of Internet governance, and of governments, in the development of relevant cybersecurity Internet infrastructure, practices, and norms.
The panelists bring government, law enforcement, industry, NGO, and civil society points of view to the conversation, and all have notable expertise in both cybersecurity and Internet governance roles.
Background Paper:
Name of the organiser(s) of the workshop and their affiliation to various stakeholder groups:
Bill Woodcock, Packet Clearing House
Have you, or any of your co-organisers, organised an IGF workshop before?: Yes
Please provide link(s) to workshop(s) or report(s):
Provide the names and affiliations of the panellists you are planning to invite:
Audrey Plonk, Privacy and Security policy officer, Intel Corporation
Bobby Flaim, United States Federal Bureau of Investigation
Bevil Wooding, Packet Clearing House
Liesyl Frantz, TechAmerica
Cristine Hoepers, CERT.BR
Name of Remote Moderator(s):