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Our Techno-Policy work on Security

The Internet Society works at the intersection of technology and policy focusing on ensuring the Internet is stable, secure and resilient.

To do so, it is important that these issues be addressed by all stakeholders in a spirit of collaboration and shared responsibility. It is also important that these issues be addressed in ways that do not undermine the global architecture of the Internet or curtail internationally recognized human rights.

Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)

We contribute to the OECD's work on security through the Internet Technical Advisory Committee (ITAC), coordinated by the Internet Society. The OECD is presently undertaking a review of the 2002 OECD Guidelines for the Security of Information Systems and Networks. Internet Society staff are participating in this work through the WPISP and the Security Expert Group.

For more information regarding the review of the OECD Security Guidelines, see the Terms of Reference.

The Internet Society (through ITAC) also contributed to the OECD's report: Cybersecurity Policy Making at a Turning Point: Analysing a New Generation of National Cybersecurity Strategies.

Read ITAC's contribution in the OECD Digital Economy Paper: Non-governmental perspectives on a New Generation of National Cybsecurity Strategies.

Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC)

The Internet Society participates in APEC's work on security in the APEC Telecommunications and Information Working Group (APEC TEL) and the APEC Electronic Commerce Steering Group (ECSG) as an invited guest.

European Network and Information Security Agency (ENISA)

A staff member participates in the Permanent Stakeholders Group (PSG) of ENISA. The PSG experts provide advice and function as a sounding board for ENISA' strategic work.

Combatting Spam Project

The Internet Society’s Combating Spam Project is designed to demonstrate clearly and effectively the tools and industry partnerships that are available to tackle a key concern of many policymakers – how to combat spam.  By bringing governments together with industry, technical experts, and other partners the Internet Society is uniquely situated to facilitate concrete progress in this difficult area. 

Papers

This paper is intended to help anyone concerned about the healthy evolution of the Internet with an introduction to an important topic. Cybersecurity is widely debated by users, by researchers and engineers, and by network operators, all interested in making the Internet a safer place. It is the subject of discussion and negotiation by governments, the private sector and others in a range of international organizations. It is the subject of conferences, symposiums and action plans. But do all of these parties mean the same thing when they talk about cybersecurity?

This paper gives an overview of different approaches being undertaken by different communities within the Internet ecosystem to combat spam.

Internet governance workshops and discussions

At the 2013 WSIS+10 Review meeting in Paris, the Internet Society organised and moderated a session entitled: Cybersecurity: searching for a common understanding.

Please read the session description and report

The Internet Society organised a follow-up workshop for the 2013 Internet Governance Forum entitled: Cybersecurity: throwing out preconceptions.

At the Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands in Washington D.C, the Internet Society gave a speech laying out pieces of the cybersecurity puzzle, putting them into context of the Internet's fundamental principles. The speech concluded by offering a framework for policymaking that the Internet Society believes will be useful in preserving those principles.

Please read the Internet Society's speech

The Internet Society also participated on the panel in the main session of Security, Openness and Privacy at the 2011 IGF and the EuroDIG 2013 plenary 5 "Multistakeholder approach to fighting cybercrime and safeguarding cybersecurity".

Please read the Internet Society's introductory comments at the IGF