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  • Collaborative security is how we build that trust in the Internet's infrastructure - Remarks at the Africa DNS Forum 2016
    Today Kathy Brown spoke as part of the formal opening session of the Africa DNS Forum 2016 in Marrakech, Morocco.   You are invited to read her remarks below, to read our Collaborative Security framework and to join with us in working to create a more open and trusted Internet.Thank you, for inviting me to speak on this opening panel. I want to acknowledge and thank my dear colleague Dawit Bekele and to the African Bureau staff.  I am sure you appreciated as I do, the extraordinary work of Michuki, Kevin and Betel at this meeting. As we all know, The Internet is an open,...
    Date published 05 March 2016
    Ms. Kathryn Brown
    Tech Matters, Public Policy
  • The IANA Stewardship Transition: All Eyes Turn Toward Marrakech (ICANN 55)
    When in March 14, 2014, the NTIA announced its intention to step away from its historical oversight role over the IANA functions, something extraordinary happened. A global dialogue immediately ensued.The first part of this dialogue is expected to come to an end in the forthcoming ICANN annual meeting in Marrakech next week. After two years of vigorous discussions, the Internet community says it is now ready to move to the next part of the process – implementation. But, before we start thinking about this next, crucial part of this process, let’s pause for a moment and think what the Internet...
    Date published 02 March 2016
    Konstantinos Komaitis
    Public Policy
  • Watch Live TODAY From MWC 2016: Michael Kende on panel before/after Mark Zuckerberg keynote
    Today in about an hour, at 17:45 CET (UTC+1), our Chief Economist Michael Kende will join a Mobile World Live panel to provide commentary before and after Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg's keynote at 18:00 CET.  You can watch Michael's panel and the Zuckerberg keynote at:http://www.mobileworldlive.com/This is all part of our presence at Mobile World Congress (MWC) 2016 that Michael wrote about last week.  The panel Michael is part of will provide some commentary before Mark Zuckerberg takes the stage - and then will come back after the keynote is over to provide further analysis.We...
    Date published 22 February 2016
    Dan York
    Public Policy
  • Converging on Barcelona for MWC 2016
    Our President & CEO, Kathy Brown, will again lead a group of us headed to GSMA’s Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, the week of 22 February. As highlighted in our 2016 Action Plan, our focus this year is on connecting everyone who is unconnected, and promoting trust in the Internet. Both topics are highlighted in last year’s Internet Society Global Internet Report, as critical issues with respect to the mobile Internet. With its concentration of Ministers, CEOs, operators and vendors, from around the world, Barcelona is the place to be to build the visibility, reach, and influence of the...
    Date published 18 February 2016
    Mr. Michael Kende
    Public Policy
  • Encryption Backdoors Come In All Guises - Reacting to Apple's Customer Letter
    Have you ever lost your smartphone or had it stolen? Have you ever worried that your passcode may not be strong enough? Didn’t you have a sigh of relief when you remembered that you had enabled the feature that would erase your data after 10 failed attempts?The Internet Society is very concerned to learn about the recent order from the United States District Court for the Central District of California  requiring Apple to bypass or disable the auto-erase function on a seized iPhone and to enable the FBI to more effectively conduct a brute force attack on the device. Yes, the order is for...
    Date published 17 February 2016
    Christine Runnegar
    Public Policy