Category Archives: Cybersecurity
Child Online Protection – the aims of policy
Children and young people in all parts of the world now access the internet using a broad range of devices. Several of these devices are highly portable and it is therefore no longer practical to rely solely on a parent or teacher being able to support or supervise a child’s or a young person’s internet […]
Time to Index Cybersecurity Capacities
The Internet is a singular force majeure. Fuelled by dynamic technological advances and a growing number of connected people and machines, it has created a rich digital environment. However this same growth has also intensified the opportunities for malicious exploit. The Internet’s borderless nature has inevitably facilitated the emergence of advanced threats. Despite significant efforts […]
Data protection and privacy in the cloud – whose cloud is it anyway?
An individual may choose to give away or trade personal data in the cloud, but it should be an informed choice. One task of an effective regulator is to facilitate the education of consumers on the risks to privacy and to their personal data when using cloud services. However, can policy-makers, regulators and business work […]
Safer Internet Day 2013 focuses on online rights and responsibilities
Our children are our future. This universal fact, coupled with young people’s particular vulnerability in an online environment necessitates the need to promote safer and more responsible use of the Internet and Information Communication Technologies (ICTs) amongst children and young people around the world. The 10th annual Safer Internet Day -which took place on 5 […]
Child Online Protection: accessible but safer Internet
At the mere touch of a button, the younger generation can call up the entire history of humanity, explore every corner of our planet, experience scientific discovery in all its various forms and communicate with anyone they want to, anywhere, irrespective of their race, age or nationality. Digital technology brings the wider world right into […]
Data deluge motivates ITU standard on deep packet inspection
ITU-T members have approved a new ITU standard on Deep Packet Inspection (DPI) which will enable Internet Service Providers (ISPs) to manage network traffic more efficiently and thereby heighten users’ quality of service and quality of experience (QoS and QoE). These buy-side advantages are mirrored by advantages on the supply-side, in that ISPs are granted […]
Technological solutions to assist vulnerable user groups online
The majority of social network site users around the world are young people. Various issues regarding their involvement in social media have been well documented in many reports such as the one by ACMA in Australia. As we have seen in cases around the globe, some of these youngsters are rather naïve. Teenagers are inclined […]
