[Chapter-delegates] Fwd: Dubai sets up e-security centre to fight cyber criminals

[Alejandro Pisanty]

Hi,

no doubt it is within the purview of states and governments to create
entities to attend to the defense and security of national information,
computational and network assets. This will be colored by the legal and
cultural traditions of each country, their needs and competences, and
hopefully a rational risk management framework.

Historically much of the Internet security capabilities has been built
outside of governments or, when within the government itself, below the
radar of the highest level of authority. In developed and in developing
countries alike, the competences of CERTs and CSIRTs has long preceded the
higher-level discourse that connects Internet security, robustness,
stability and resilience with public and national security. Sometimes these
entities have been hampered in their ability to perform their tasks
thoroughly by lack of an entity in government that can do such things as
prosecute criminals, call for cooperation from other countries, etc.

The "ISOC thing" to do seems to me: make sure that all existing resources
(people, knowledge, best practices, management of security vs.
privacy/innovation/freedom debates, etc.) are applied and recognized by the
new governmental entities; that their creation follow organically from the
Internet community in each country and with an intense, horizontal
cross-border cooperation; that the new entities and capabilities are framed
legally and with respect to due process, the presumption of innocence, and
respect for all rights applicable.

Thus an ISOC chapter's contribution can be made at all stages of
conceiving, planning, building and operating the centers, and very much in
their oversight. Application of technical rationality and cool-minded
analysis for avoiding excessive fear-based propaganda and a number of
fallacies in it is also very much our job.

Yours,

Alejandro Pisanty


On Sun, Jun 15, 2014 at 10:47 AM, Mubashir Hassan Sargana <mub at live.ca>
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> Dear Meshal.
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> Thank you for sharing this piece of information.
> Such standalone departments are most immediate requirement of all states
> as the era of cyber warfare is imminent.
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> Date: Sun, 15 Jun 2014 10:38:11 +0300
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> http://www.arabianbusiness.com/dubai-sets-up-e-security-centre-fight-cyber-criminals-553771.html
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