Networks
and Information Security
The day after the European Parliament's vote, the Telecoms Council approved
the project to create a European Agency for the Security of Networks and
Infomation.
EU - FRAMEWORK FOR ELECTRONIC EVIDENCE
The Commission's Joint Research Centre (JRC) has developed the EU Cyber
Tools On-Line Search for Evidence (CTOSE) project which offers a framework
for identifying, securing, integrating and presenting electronic evidence on
on-line criminal offences.
NGOs
URGE ICANN TO SAFEGUARD PRIVACY
More than 50 consumer and civil liberties organisations from around the
world have written to ICANN to urge the organisation to limit the use and
scope of the WHOIS database to its original purpose - the resolution of
technical network issues - and to establish strong privacy protections based
on internationally accepted privacy standards. The WHOIS database broadly
exposes domain registrants' personal data to a global audience.
The NGOs urge ICANN to consider their views on the use of WHOIS data. The
letter asks for purpose limitation so that data are not going to be used for
purposes that they were not originally submitted for. The letter also
insists on a possibility for individuals to opt-out from the publication of
their data in the public accessible WHOIS database. The NGOs believe that
disclosure of WHOIS information to law enforcement or in the context of
civil litigation must be pursuant to explicit legal authority set out in
statute.
WHOIS Letter to ICANN (28.10.2003)
http://www.thepublicvoice.org/whoisletter.html
Chaos: the Key to Security?
Czech researchers have successfully applied complex chaos theory to advance
the state-of-the-art in encryption. The results can help promote higher
levels of security, for example for online credit card transactions.
16 October 2003
Workshop on spam
European Commission, Brussels, Belgium
A one day workshop on unsolicited commercial communications or spam ,
organised by the European Commission. Building on the 'opt-in' regime to be
introduced in all Member States by the end of October, the workshop will aim
at discussing additional measures needed to address the various legal,
technical and educational facets of spam e.g.: effective enforcement by
public authorities, co-operation within industry (filtering, codes of
conduct), consumer awareness, international co-operation.The workshop will
be introduced by Commissioner Liikanen.
Email: INFSO-b1@cec.eu.int |
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