[governance] Cyber Security 2011

Deirdre Williams williams.deirdre at gmail.com
Mon Oct 31 06:31:19 EDT 2011


These reports were on the BBC this morning, in case they are any help.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-15516959   GCHQ chief reports 'disturbing'
cyber attacks on UK
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-12371056  William Hague: UK is under
cyber-attack
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-15355739 UK seeks 'consensus' at
cyberspace conference

Deirdre

On 30 October 2011 09:01, Ben Wagner <b at nwagner.org> wrote:

> To clarify the difference, there is a difference between the two events.
> The first link by Avri isn't the offical conference, it's the
> inter-governmental event on Nov. 1-2 CS should be concerned about.
>
> To provide a little more context to the event:
>
> http://www.theregister.co.uk/2011/07/26/cyber_hague_event/
>
>
> http://www.theregister.co.uk/2011/10/20/bring_economics_into_freedom_debate/
>
> From everything I have heard so far this will be a very high level event
> attempting to focus the debate on cyber security at the expense of most
> other internet governance issues.
>
> Ben
>
>
>
> On 30 October 2011 11:21, Louis Pouzin (well) <pouzin at well.com> wrote:
>
>>  This event sounds very much like a trade show on security, with a major
>> sponsor Endace, a New Zealand company looking for worldwide expansion.
>> Somehow, advertising the event smacks of show business, one day
>> boondoggling in London for £995 + VAT registration. Are the good times
>> coming back ?
>> - - -
>>
>>
>> On Sat, Oct 29, 2011 at 13:35, Avri Doria <avri at acm.org> wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> This monstrosity was pointed out to me the other day.
>>>
>>> http://www.cybersecuritysummit.co.uk/
>>>
>>> As far as i can tell it is another conference on IG without Civil
>>> society representation, though a fair amount of business - the business
>>> especially who make a great part of their living from selling the tools of
>>> so called security.
>>>
>>> Have I missed the discussion of this on this list?
>>>
>>> avri
>>>
>>>
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