[Chapter-delegates] Application to form a Special Interest Group

Fri May 12 00:57:57 PDT 2017

Dear all,

The idea of new SIG  is good and is in the ISOC mission framework.  I 
support the idea and the
name  - Observatory as the SIG is expected to look on the subject and 
provide information that may
be used for other purposes or actions.

With regards,

Borka

Chair
ISOC SI

John More je 12.5.2017 ob 7:19 napisal:
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> Thanks for your comment.  However, just to be clear, I have no basis 
> for saying that the name actually reflects more of a monitoring 
> function, but only that an action-oriented SIG is what we need in this 
> area.  I also think SIGs are potentially good vehicles for furthering 
> ISOC’s purposes.
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> John More
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>> On May 11, 2017, at 10:08 PM, Chester Soong <chester.soong at gmail.com 
>> <mailto:chester.soong at gmail.com>> wrote:
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>> I am surprise we don't have something already in existence relating 
>> to information or Internet Security before? If we already have, then 
>> can we simply modify the name to cover cyber security risks or 
>> something? I don't see why we need to start another one of this SIG 
>> which may well become a discussion forum. As John mentioned in his 
>> comment, I would rather see something in ISOC that can turn 
>> discussions into actions. As a infosec professional for almost 20 
>> years, I have seen enough discussion forums. Many of them were 
>> started with a good course (and many still provide a good platform 
>> for discussion and exchange in ideas), but we simply have too many of 
>> them to even keep up with.
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>> But if we don't, ISOC should have this issue in its core pillars and 
>> make something happen.
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>> Regards,
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>> Chester
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>> Regards,
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>> Chester
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>> On Fri, May 12, 2017 at 1:40 AM, John More <morej1 at mac.com 
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>>     I fully support this initiative with the following comment.  The
>>     one question I have and it is raised by the use of the word
>>     “Observatory/Observatorio”.  This word suggests to me that the
>>     SIG will be monitoring and not an action group.  We have more
>>     than  enough institutions and organizations monitoring
>>     cybersecurity issues, what a SIG from the Internet Society needs
>>     to be doing is organizing actions, not just providing information.
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>>     John More
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>>     John More
>>     Co-Convenor & Treasurer
>>     The Greater Washington DC Chapter
>>            of the Internet Society
>>     202-256-1515 <tel:%28202%29%20256-1515>
>>     morej1 at mac.com <mailto:morej1 at mac.com>
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>>>     On May 10, 2017, at 10:14 PM, Gihan Dias <gihan at uom.lk
>>>     <mailto:gihan at uom.lk>> wrote:
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>>>     On 10/05/2017 20:34, Kyle Shulman wrote:
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>>>>     The following application to start the Global Cybersecurity
>>>>     Observatory SIG has been received. It is being sent to the
>>>>     chapter delegates community for peer comment and review. Please
>>>>     note that the SIG is not yet formed and has not officially been
>>>>     recognized by the Internet Society. The period allowed for
>>>>     comments is two weeks from today and the deadline is 24th May
>>>>     2017.
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>>>     This is a very good initiative, and should be supported.
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>>>     I have an issue wit the English word "Observatory" which has
>>>     been translated from "Observatorio". In English, it has the
>>>     connotation of observing but not changing. I believe the aim of
>>>     this group is not only to observe, but to take action.
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>>>     Therefore, I suggest  name such as Cybersecurity SIG.
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>>>     Also, what would be the working language of the group?
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>>>     Gihan
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