http://www.crn.com.au/Feature/4652,does-cyberterrorism-exist.aspx
By Negar Salek
CRN Magazine
24 June 2008
Global security experts gathered in Malaysia last month to help ramp up
the world’s defenses against cyber-terrorism
Dubbed by organisers as ‘the largest ministerial-level gathering ever
organised about cyber-terrorism’, the World Cyber Security Summit
(WCSS), was recenlty held in Malaysia. Hosted by the International
Multilateral Partnership Against Cyber-Terrorism (IMPACT), government
representatives from all over the globe including Australia joined
private sector and prominent security experts. The summit was chaired by
Malaysian Prime Minister Dato’ Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi with
international speakers such as Professor Howard Schmidt, former White
House security advisor and former chief security officer at Microsoft
and eBay.
They were joined by a multitude of security experts including Mikko
Hypponen, chief research officer at F-Secure; Dr Paul Twomey, president
and chief executive officer of ICANN; Dr Vinton G. Cerf, ‘Father of the
Internet’ and chief Internet evangelist at Google and Eugene Kaspersky,
founder and chief executive officer of Kaspersky Lab.
Australia was well-represented with officials from the
Attorney-General’s office and other government bodies attending the
three-day summit.
According to IMPACT, the goal was to chart the future course for IMPACT
as a global multilateral platform using ministerial roundtables, plenary
sessions and information-sharing sessions about the latest
cyber-security threats, trends and issues, such as, ‘Global Denial of
Service’.
According to Kaspersky, IMPACT is a unique initiative, aimed primarily
at consolidating efforts against cyber-terrorism.
“Like all forms of terrorism, cyber-terrorism does not recognise borders
or laws, the threat of cyber-terrorism is real,” said Kaspersky.
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Received on Wed Jun 25 01:35:01 2008