[Chapter-delegates] [European-chapters] European Digital Agenda

[Rodel Urani]

Hi,

On Veni's "cybercrime needs to be addressed in a special way". I agree. My 
best opinion to this is not cybercrime alone. It is more suitable to take 
cyber (space) security (or I will refer only as security to my succeeding 
sentences) though it may be too broad, it must be put into consideration and 
studied very carefully. As we all know, even though EU or any other 
countries in particular can enact a law that would address it, the chances 
of controlling security issues within their border would appear to be not 
viable and practical. The Internet or the cyber space is not bound with a 
limited number of countries only. The presence of laws in a number of 
countries also would not mean their stakeholders are safer than in other 
countries that have no laws at all. The U.S. passage of SOX bill like for 
instance did not stop cyber criminals to wreak on US information 
infrastructure and businesses to steal or put into waste a great amount of 
money. In fact, costs have grown to a trillion of US dollars according to a 
several sources and one is here 
(http://gillibrand.senate.gov/newsroom/press/release/?id=91bf0d70-0d13-41fa-b663-733e79c2813f).

In my presentation in the National Cyber Security Conference in the 
Philippines, a local event, I have mentioned it is good to understand how to 
address security by their magnitude. I also cited Swedish Foreign Minister 
Bildt statement that, "There will be no security for our societies if we 
can't secure both our cyberspace and our orbital space" 
(http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/35709046/ns/technology_and_science-security/print/1/di).

I see cyber space or Internet security is of great context and it may 
require, one maybe is, a global strategy including multi-stakeholders effort 
to gain significant effect. There have been, and ongoing, initiatives and it 
is a good thing to see some key organizations are putting cyber 
crime/security as one of their (high) priority programs. Please find the 
following (if you haven't seen them yet):
- UN's IMPACT (http://www.impact-alliance.org/index.html)
- Council of Europe's Convention on Cybercrime since 2001 
(http://conventions.coe.int/Treaty/en/Treaties/Html/185.htm)
- NATO Urged On Missile And Cyber-Defense 
(http://www.aviationweek.com/aw/generic/story_channel.jsp?channel=defense&id=news/asd/2010/05/18/02.xml&headline=NATO%20Urged%20On%20Missile%20And%20Cyber-Defense).

Kindest regards,
-Rodel

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From: "Veni Markovski" <veni at veni.com>
Sent: Thursday, May 20, 2010 11:49 AM
To: "Frederic Donck" <donck at isoc.org>
Cc: "List ISOC-ECC" <ecc-council at isoc-ecc.org>; "European Chapters" 
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Subject: Re: [Chapter-delegates] [European-chapters] European Digital Agenda

> Thanks, Frederic.
>
> I am a little bit startled by your statement
>
> "In addressing the issue of cyber security, we would encourage the 
> European Commission and European member states to focus primarily on 
> enforcing laws that already exist in the non-digital world rather than 
> focusing on creating new legal systems that only address criminal 
> behaviour in cyberspace. European policymakers and governments should also 
> work with the Internet community to ensure that users have the information 
> and skills they need to use the Internet safely and within the law,"
>
> I can speak as a lawyer, and one of the co-authors of the Computer Crimes 
> chapter in the Bulgarian Penal Code, and a firm believer that cybercrime 
> needs to be addressed in special way. I would like to see how ISOC 
> believes that the new digital crimes can be dealt with via the old analog 
> laws - more details from you would be appreciated.
>
> I will write later more on the Digital Agenda, but I see other serious 
> issues, which are not addressed correctly,  besides  cybersecurity - 
> copyright, and broadband access.
>
>
> Best,
> Veni
>
> On 5/19/2010 17:43, Frederic Donck wrote:
>> Dear All
>>
>> Just in case you haven't seen it- The European Commission just released 
>> its "Digital Agenda"
>> http://europa.eu/rapid/pressReleasesAction.do?reference=IP/10/581&format=HTML&aged=0&language=EN&guiLanguage=en 
>> <http://europa.eu/rapid/pressReleasesAction.do?reference=IP/10/581&format=HTML&aged=0&language=EN&guiLanguage=en>
>>
>> Also, you will find below the EurActiv report which covers the release as 
>> well as positions from European Stakeholders, including ISOC.
>> http://www.euractiv.com/en/infosociety/eus-unveils-five-year-digital-economy-plan-news-494346
>>
>> Best Regards
>> Frédéric
>>
>> Frederic Donck
>> Director European Regional Bureau
>> Internet Society
>>
>> www.isoc.org <http://www.isoc.org>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
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