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More on Budapest:<br>
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I have excerpted and <b>highlighted</b> some points.<br>
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Norbert Klein<br>
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<p style="margin-bottom: 0cm"><b>Some Takeaways From The Budapest
Conference On Cyberspace – Analysis</b></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0cm">October 13, 2012, by Cherian Samuel</p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0cm">In terms of various agendas, the
<b>European countries</b> highlighted the human rights aspects of
cybersecurity, <b>based on their characterization of internet
freedom</b> as
a fundamental right, leading <b>the Chinese representative to
acerbically ask whether he was at a human rights conference or a
cybersecurity conference</b>... </p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0cm">The <b>sovereignty issue</b> also
came to the
fore in the discussions on cybercrime where the <b>Russians</b>
stoutly
resisted a push to get more countries to sign on to the Budapest
Convention on Cybercrime. They described it as both outdated and
ineffective and <b>wanted it to be debated in the United Nations</b>...
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<p style="margin-bottom: 0cm">If the <b>third set of actors</b>,
the various
private sector representatives gathered at the venue, had a
message
to put out, it was that there was no need for governments to get
involved in cybersecurity since <b>practical issues had to be
addressed
in cyber time, not “political consultation time</b>.” ...</p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0cm"><b>India’s contribution</b> to the
deliberations was in the form of a keynote address by Sachin
Pilot,
the Minister of State for Telecommunications, where he called for
internet governance to be made more equitable and effective.
India’s
approach to the internet has been tech-centric and free of
ideological overlays, although that approach seems to have run its
course. There are concerns that simply trusting in private
companies
to deliver on cybersecurity without adequate safeguards or
assurances
don’t pass muster... </p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0cm">The other notable initiative coming
out
of Budapest was the announcement by the <b>the UK government of
plans to
create a Center for Global Cyber-Security Capacity Building</b>
with an
investment of 2 million pounds. Practical initiatives of this type
that emphasize upon collaboration, skills sharing and capacity
building would go a long way towards improving global
cybersecurity.
However, not only are such governmental initiatives too few and
far
between, the <b>climate of distrust that has begun to pervade
cybersecurity means</b> that they will be viewed with suspicion
and might
not find many takers...</p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0cm"><b>Source:</b><br>
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<p style="margin-bottom: 0cm"><a
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