Dear GKD Members, This is a reminder that the DOT-COM / InterAction Speaker Series event on "Cyber-Security Issues in Developing Country Environments" will occur tomorrow afternoon. Address and contact details are below:
Event: DOT-COM / InterAction Speaker Series Topic: Cyber-Security Issues in Developing Country Environments Date: September 16, 2004 (Thursday) Time: 4:00-5:30 pm Location: Academy for Educational Development (AED), 1825 Connecticut Avenue, Washington, D.C., NW RSVP: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more information: http://www.dot-com-alliance.org/events/cybersecurity.htm For those who missed it the first time, here is a brief summary of the themes to be discussed at this event: On the edges of the expanding wave of Internet connectivity, digital technologies offer tremendous opportunities for stimulating economic growth and human development. The technologies, however, often extend beyond the reach of existing regulatory regimes and current technological safeguards, making international development environments increasingly the scenes of cyber-crime. Creation of viruses, electronic snooping, server hijacking to relay pornography, and fraud are only some of the current challenges affecting those working to extend the benefits of new media. Cyber-security measures taken in response to these trends, however, may be misused to curtail privacy, freedom of expression or other democratic values. Development agencies and governments increasingly find themselves at the intersection of these trends. How may they respond to the challenges in ways that help the benefits of new media grow, without compromising individual freedoms? As governments, businesses, and private citizens struggle to balance security concerns with the unparalleled opportunities that digital technologies offer, it is vitally important to be actively engaged in the policy debates - both to learn what works and to help define the balance between security and privacy. Speakers --------- * Cyber-security and developing countries - an overview by Jim X. Dempsey, Executive Director, Center for Democracy and Technology (CDT) * Cyber-security and economic growth - private sector perspective by Jody Westby, President, the Work-it Group * Cyber-security and the need for legal infrastructures by Richard Downing, Senior Counsel, Computer Crime and Intellectual property section, U.S. Department of Justice. * The context for cyber-security and international development by Jonathan Metzger, ANE Internet Development Adviser, U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) A Q&A session and a reception will follow the presentations. ------------ ***GKD is solely supported by EDC, a Non-Profit Organization*** To post a message, send it to: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To subscribe or unsubscribe, send a message to: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>. In the 1st line of the message type: subscribe gkd OR type: unsubscribe gkd Archives of previous GKD messages can be found at: <http://www.edc.org/GLG/gkd/>
