London Summit Report: Mobilizing for International Action

London Summit Report: Mobilizing for International Action

Against the backdrop of new revelations about cyber attacks and espionage, the EastWest Institute released a report on the Second Worldwide Cybersecurity Summit: Mobilizing for International Action, which drew more than 450 government, industry and technical leaders from 43 countries to craft new cybersecurity solutions.

Microsoft on Global Cyber Supply Chain Management

Microsoft on Global Cyber Supply Chain Management

Read a blog post and two white papers from Microsoft on securing the ICT supply chain. The papers expand on key principles that  Microsoft’s corporate vice president of Trustworthy Computing, Scott Charney, outlined in a keynote address at the summit.

London 2011 Videos

London 2011 Videos

Replay the Second Worldwide Cybersecurity Summit in full, with all keynotes and panels now available on the website.

Summit Attracts Worldwide Media Attention

Summit Attracts Worldwide Media Attention

EWI's Second Worldwide Cybersecurity Summit attracted broad media coverage from around the world. Here are some highlights.

EWI’S Cybersecurity Summit Advances Solutions for Digital Problems

EWI’S Cybersecurity Summit Advances Solutions for Digital Problems

On the second day of the EastWest Institute’s Second Worldwide Cybersecurity Summit in London, 450 private and public sector delegates advanced solutions to the complex problems facing our digital world.

Global Action against Global Cyber Threats

Global Action against Global Cyber Threats

Seats were tough to find at the first day of the Eastwest Institute’s Second Worldwide Cybersecurity Summit in London, where more than 450 government, industry and technical leaders from 43 countries gathered to craft new solutions for threats facing our digital world. 

Young People for Cybersecurity

Young People for Cybersecurity

On May 31, the EastWest Institute held the International Youth Congress on Digital Citizenship in London, bringing together dozens of young people with government, business and technical leaders to discuss solutions to universal Internet woes.

Fighting Spam to Build Trust

Fighting Spam to Build Trust

On May 27, 2011, the EastWest Institute and the Internet Society of China released the first joint China-United States report on cybersecurity, Fighting Spam to Build Trust. Produced by Chinese and U.S. experts convened by EWI and the Internet Society of China, the report marks the first step in an ongoing bilateral process.

Sir Michael Rake Joins the London Summit

Sir Michael Rake Joins the London Summit

 

Sir Michael Rake, Chairman of the BT Group plc., will deliver keynote address at the Second Worldwide Cybersecurity Summit in London, on June 1.

Making our online world more safe and secure

Making our online world more safe and secure

John Stewart, Vice President and Chief Security Officer at CISCO Systems, previews the London Cybersecurity summit on CISCO blog. He will join the summit on June 2, as one of the commentators on the results from the breakthrough groups.

Critical Terminology Foundations

Critical Terminology Foundations

On Wednesday April 27, the EastWest Institute and the Information Security Institute released the first joint Russian-American report to define critical terms for cyber and information security.

India: Stepping Up to the Cyber Challenges

India: Stepping Up to the Cyber Challenges

At a major U.S.-India seminar in New Delhi, senior Indian political leaders push for stronger international cooperation to deal with cyber threats. Franz-Stefan Gady reports.

Educating and Protecting Young Digital Citizens

Educating and Protecting Young Digital Citizens

On April 4, 2011, the EastWest Institute hosted the International Youth and Technology Forum in partnership with Columbia University, where the event was held. It brought together everyone from cybersecurity experts and activists to government representatives and Girl Scouts to lay the groundwork for a new alliance aimed to protect – and empower – kids and teenagers in our digital world.

First China-U.S. Effort to Fight Spam

First China-U.S. Effort to Fight Spam

Speaking at the Messaging Anti-Abuse Working Group 21st General Meeting in Orlando, Fla., on Feb. 23, the EastWest Institute’s Chief Technology Officer Karl Frederick Rauscher previewed a joint China-United States report on cybersecurity to be published next month. Fighting Spam to Build Trust will be the first product of talks between Chinese and United States experts convened by EWI.

First Joint Russian-U.S. report on Cyber Conflict

First Joint Russian-U.S. report on Cyber Conflict

The EastWest Institute released the first joint Russian-American report aimed at defining the “rules of the road” for cyber conflict.  Prepared by a team of Russian and U.S. experts convened by EWI, Working Towards Rules for Governing Cyber Conflict: Rendering the Geneva and Hague Conventions in Cyberspace explores how to extend the humanitarian principles that govern war to cyberspace.

Protecting the Digital Economy

Protecting the Digital Economy

The EastWest Institute released a report detailing the results of the First Worldwide Cybersecurity Summit: Protecting the Digital Economy, and outlining the cybersecurity initiative’s next steps as it prepares for the Second Worldwide Cybersecurity Summit in London on June 1-2.

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London Summit Report: Mobilizing for International Action

Against the backdrop of new revelations about cyber attacks and espionage, the EastWest Institute released a report on the Second Worldwide Cybersecurity Summit: Mobilizing for International Action, which drew more than 450 government, industry and technical leaders from 43 countries to craft new cybersecurity solutions.

 

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“Cyber threats have taken on a new dimension over the last year, from Wikileaks and Stuxnet to large-scale theft of customer data,” said EWI Vice President Greg Austin, who leads the initiative. “At the summit, government and business leaders emphasized that, despite new countermeasures, we are not winning the war on cyber crime. We need stronger policies to protect our digital economy.”

Held in London on June 1-2, the summit was a part of EWI’s ongoing worldwide cybersecurity initiative, which builds international, private-public partnerships to protect cyberspace.

The report details the work of small international “breakthrough groups” of experts pursuing practical steps for everything from securing the undersea cables that carry over 99% of intercontinental Internet traffic to ensuring emergency communications after disasters. 

“These groups have made concrete progress towards innovative cyber solutions,” said EWI’s Chief Technology Officer Karl F. Rauscher. In particular, he says, he is encouraged by private sector commitments to explore the default inclusion of software in network equipment that would enable government-authorized users to make priority calls.  

The report also outlines the direction of EWI’s cybersecurity initiative in the months leading up to the Third Worldwide Cybersecurity Summit, to be held in New Delhi in October 2012. In addition to follow-up meetings of the breakthrough groups, bilateral dialogues will continue between Russian and U.S. experts on charting “rules of the road” for cyber conflict (the group has already produced an attention-getting report). Talks will also continue between Chinese and U.S. experts, whose report on reducing spam was released at the summit.

“EWI’s China-U.S. bilateral report on Fighting Spam to Build Trust is a rare breakthrough in international cooperation,” said IEEE Communications Society President Dr. Byeong Gi Lee. IEEE was the summit’s technical co-sponsor.

The summit report shares insights from a range of high-profile participants, including Sir Michael Rake, Chairman BT Group plc, who warned about cyber technology arms race, and Microsoft’s Corporate Vice President of Trustworthy Computing Scott Charney, who spoke about the challenges of securing the global cyber supply chain.

Founded in 2010, EWI’s cybersecurity initiative has gained the support of the United States, Chinese, Russian and Indian governments, among other members of the Cyber40, an informal grouping of the world’s most digitally-advanced nations. Its corporate sponsors include AT&T, Microsoft, Deloitte, BAE Systems, Goldman Sachs, Huawei and Vodafone.

EWI President John Mroz credits this unusually high-level, diverse international participation to a recognition of the urgency of the cybersecurity threat and the need for the policy, business and technology communities to forge solutions.

“The largest roadblock to cyber solutions is a lack of trust,” says Mroz. “EWI’s trademark for three decades has been bringing the people who need to work together into the same room to craft solutions to particular issues of common concern. Nowhere is this needed more than in the cybersecurity arena.”

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