All Blog Posts Tagged 'protection' (13)

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There's less than 48h left to apply for the Advanced Courses in Internet Governance! The upcoming courses are:

• Cybersecurity
• E-participation
• History of Internet Governance…

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This week, DiploFoundation announced a new call for applications. The info is below, as well as at http://www.diplomacy.edu/blog/call-applications-advanced-courses-internet-governance

 

Call for applications: Advanced courses in Internet governance

Diplo is pleased to announce a new call for…

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It was like a dream come true…… the 6^th Internet Governance Forum (IGF11) was held in my home town, Nairobi!

 

The relaxed space that is the United Nations Office at Nairobi (UNON) facilities, offered speakers and participants a serene environment for rather hurried discussions on access, development, freedoms and innovation at time-limited…

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Cybersecurity is a growing global concern as critical infrastructure and services including financial, energy, telecommunication and transport increasingly becoming internet-dependent.    Deterring cybercrime is an integral component of a national cybersecurity and critical information infrastructure protection (CIIP) strategy. 

 

The formulation and implementation of a cybersecurity strategy requires a comprehensive approach that involves the adoption of appropriate…

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Cloud computing is said to present numerous advantages including reduced capital costs associated with IT resources and equipment as well as flexibility - the ability to scale up or down IT applications, platform or infrastructure on demand. 

 

Cloud computing services such as Communications-as-a-Service (CaaS) support the “dematerialization” - the replacement of atoms with bits - potentially reduce carbon emissions hence promoting sustainable consumption and development by…

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During the EuroDIG forum a lot of attention was devoted to the issues of Privacy and Data Protection. Different aspects of these issues were touched upon, mainly human rights protection and the need for strong sanctions against illegal acts of privacy infringement and user's data misuse and violations.…

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And the discussions in the Internet Governance Capacity Building Programme continue to be very interesting! Here is one extract of a discussion that took place under Biljana Glisovic's classroom:

Data…

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"Mojito" Morozova is a media activist coming originally from Ukraine and currently residing in Hungary.



Mojito graduated from CEU, Hungary (MA in public policy; media, information and communications policy stream) and is part of the team who successfully completed the European Capacity Development Programme in Internet Governance and will join the activities on the… Continue

Maja Lubarda is coming soon to Geneva for the EuroDig meeting and we start with her a series of interviews with the group of twenty people that will be part of the graduation ceremony for the European Capacity Building Programme next week!





DIPLO IGCBP: Maja, you recently took a capacity building programme with Diplo. What was the reason that brought you to explore this field? How was the… Continue

Today we have an interview with a Nigerian friend, Babatope Soremi, who was in the IGF Rio 2007 and has many interesting things to tell us.



DIPLO IGCBP: Babatope, you recently told me about a book you wrote with partners in Nigeria. Can you give us an outline of the publication and choose one specific issue that was discussed that you enjoyed and share it with us?





BABATOPE: Yes, as part of efforts at the time to record efforts by young Nigerians as regards… Continue

Monica Abalo Laforgia has been working for 10 years for a telecommunication company as Legal Manager. Since 2006, she has worked as an independent consultant in telecommunication issues, especially regarding data protection, cyber-crime and security as well as contract management and policies and procedures' development.





Monica Abalo representing the Argentina hub during the IGF 2008

Monica has her own telecommunication consultant agency…

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Joseph -- community and market proof of age...it should be a debate in the social networking community...

People - Processes and Technology together.



Thomas -- sweden -- Government -- self regulation -- industry -- then regulation ... Privacy settings... trust the services



Search Engines -- are there for Adults and kids



Walled gardens -- for Kids -- safe environments for young childrens , labeling systems -- may enable Censorship



Vulnerbale… Continue