ICT Trust and Security

 

Future Events

The Annual Privacy Forum 2012

10-11 October 2012, Limassol, Cyprus
 
 
Privacy is a fundamental need and a basic right. However, often it seems that the utility of electronic communication devices comes with the cost of privacy. In addition to these an active research community in privacy enhancing technologies, presented solution that show that we can have privacy and the benefits of electronic communication.
In light of the above, the Unit "Trust and Security" (F5) of the European Commission's Directorate General Information Society and Media (DG INFSO),the European Network and Information Security Agency (ENISA) and the Department of Computer Science of the University of Cyprus are organizing a two day event with the objective to provide a forum to academia, industry and policy makers in the field.
 

 

Past Events

2012

2011

2010

2009

2008-2007

 

2012

Cyber Security & Privacy EU Forum 2012

24-25 April 2012, Berlin, Germany

The CSP EU Forum 2012 aims to strengthen the links between policies, industry and research in order that we can more effectively meet the needs for trust and security in our networked information society. CSP EU Forum serves as a venue for learning about state-of-the-art in security and privacy research, and EU Research and Innovation strategies going into 2012 and beyond, giving delegates the opportunity to network with experts in the field.
Presentations from Day 1 and Day 2

 

Information Day: ICT PSP CIP - Objective 5.1 on Cyber security

(Call 6 of the ICT Policy Support Programme of the Competitiveness and Innovation Programme)

17 February 2012, Brussels, Belgium

The Information Day presented the Objective 5.1: Cyber security of ICT PSP CIP work programme for 2012, which focused on the following two items:

  • a) Fighting botnets (Pilot B)
  • b) Community building for information sharing and effective responses to cyber threats (Thematic Network)

Detailed information on the content of the objective, the types of projects and the available funding is provided in the draft work programme (see Work programme, pages 44-46 ). The corresponding Call for Proposals would be opened from 1 February to 15 May 2012 (pending to the formal approval of the Work programme 2012 by the Commission).

The intention of this infoday was to present in a first part the Workprogramme on this particular objective and put it into context of the European Commission policies. The second part of the infoday was dedicated to discussions and networking between the participants interested in participating in the call.

The Agenda of the Info Day can be found here
Presentations and attendance list can be found here

 

2011

 

Trustworthy ICT Infoday

20 September 2011, Brussels, Belgium

On 20th September the European Comission organised an Information day on Call 8, objective 1.4 - Trustworthy ICT.
Here you can find agenda and presentations from the event.

Workshop on Ontology and taxonomies for critical infrastructures

17 October 2011, Brussels, Belgium

The European Network and Information Security Agency (ENISA) and the Trust and Security Unit of DG Information Society and Media organised this workshop with the objective to provide a forum for the exchange of ideas on ontology and taxonomies for the resilience of CIs. The workshop covered a number of issues, such as:

  • Impact of resilience on standardisation activities for future networks;
  • The regulator viewpoint: Why resilience is critical?
  • The network operator viewpoint: Addressing resilience at network planning/dimensioning stage;
  • The manufacturer viewpoint: How resilient equipment strategies impact innovation;
  • Technological and research challenges: damaged networks recovery techniques; preservation of privacy in a network stress event;

For more information please follow this link.

Network and Information Security: Research Ideas

22 September 2011, Brussels, Belgium

The Trust and Security Unit at DG INFSO organised a workshop on "Network and Information Security: Research Ideas". The aim of the workshop was to discuss the challenges and research ideas relevant to this thematic field.
Report from the event: report

Privacy Protection and ICT: Research Ideas

21 September 2011, Brussels, Belgium

The Trust and Security Unit at DG INFSO organised a workshop on "Privacy Protection and ICT: Research Ideas" The aim of the workshop is to discuss the challenges and research ideas relevant to this thematic field.
Report from the event: report

Socio-economics in Trustworthy ICT

22 June 2011, Brussels, Belgium

The Trust and Security Unit at DG INFSO is organising a workshop on "Socio-economics in Trustworthy ICT" on 22nd June 2011 in Brussels. The aim of the workshop is to discuss the socio-economic and legal issues relevant to the ICT Call 8 Objective 1.4 "Trustworthy ICT".
Report from the event: report

Effectsplus 2nd Cluster Event

4-5 July 2011, Amsterdam, Netherlands

The report and presentations from the event can be found here

Effectsplus 1st Cluster Event

29-30 March 2011, Brussels, Belgium

First official kick off of clustering activities, with active participation of trust and security project participants, to identify topics of interest, plan and start work on common collaborative cluster objectives.
Report from the event: report
Presentations: link
 

Effectsplus Open Communications Event

1 February 2011, Brussels, Belgium

Report from the event: report
Presentations: link
 

2010

 

ICT 2010: Digitally driven

27-29 September 2010, Brussels, Belgium

This biennial event has become a unique gathering point for researchers, business people, investors, and high level policy makers in the field of digital innovation. ICT 2010 will focus on policy priorities such as Europe's Digital Agenda and the next financial programme of the European Union for funding research and innovation in ICT.
Event homepage with presentations: ICT 2010

 

Trust & Security in Conferenz "Wirtschafts in Informatik"

23 February 2010, Göttingen, Germany

The multi-conference information systems is the traditional forum of the German speaking information systems community in the even numbered years. It addresses both scientists and practitioners, who are interested in current developments of information and communication technologies and their use in a business environment.
Event homepage: link

Trust in the Information Society

10-11 February 2010, León, Spain

Organised jointly by the European Commission (INFSO, Trust & Security), INTECO (The National Institute of Communication Technologies), and eSEC-AETIC (Spanish Technology Platform for Security, Trust and Dependability) the Conference focused on the findings of the Advisory Board of Research and Innovation for Security, Privacy and Trustworthiness in the Information Society (RISEPTIS). High level experts from Public Administrations, Industry and Research spoken on the challenges in RTD and policy to ensure an Information Society which will be secure and trustworthy.

The Conference was attended by more than 260 persons from different public administrations, industry, investigation and innovation, and also from different organizations representing the users of the European scope from the Information Security sector. Also it had a strong institutional support as it was inaugurated by Francisco Ros, State Secretary for Telecommunications and Information Society, Mario Campolargo, Director of Emerging Technologies and Infrastructures of the European Commission, Jacques Bus, Head of Unit of Trust and Security of the Directorate General of Information Society and Media of the European Commission, Víctor Izquierdo, Director General of INTECO, and Francisco Fernández, Mayor of Leon.

During the sessions, distinguished representatives of the Information Society in the European scope - as Udo Helmbrecht, Executive Director of the European Network and Information Security Agency (ENISA), George Metakides, President of RISEPTIS, Francisco García Morán, Director General for Informatics in the European Commission, or Peter Hustinx, European Data Protection Supervisor- presented their vision towards the discussed topics.

The event was followed directly by video through the Internet by more than 5.500 persons.

Risk and Innovation

22 January 2010, Lisbon, Spain

An ENISA-ANACOM event in the area of "Risk and Innovation". Main focus will be on the identification of relevant risk areas, particular risks and mitigation techniques to surface them. Very important will be to refer on the size, nature and management techniques of residual risks that have been accepted during the innovation process.
Event homepage: link

CPDP 2010

29-30 January 2010, Brussels, Belgium

The annual Conference Computers, Privacy and Data Protection aims to create a bridge between policymakers, academics, practitioners and activists.
Presentations from conference here