The deployment of the latest generation, security-related internet standards and ICT best practices is at best a moderate success for some and up to dismal for many. IS3C endeavours to speed the deployment up by raising awareness how deployment by the ICT industry can be stimulated in a positive way. By providing reports on the current situation, including recommendations and best practices. It also provided toolkits that can assist in procuring ICTs and today will provide a set of arguments that can convince decision-takers in organisations to either deploy or demand deployment through procurement procedures. It’s plans for the future contain the organisation of workshops on ICT procurement, IoT security by design and “The Hub”. IS3C’s new tool providing arguments that can sway decision-takers to decide positively on deployment, is presented at the IGF in Riyadh, just like our animation film on closing the skills gap in tertiary cybersecurity education’s offer and industry’s demand. In a highly interactive consultative session the topics of cybersecurity standards and consumer awareness and protection are brought together. Together they will discuss how consumer organisations and consumer protection agencies can contribute to the adoption of security by design principles in the global ICTs market. In this part of the session IS3C will discuss how consumer (protection) organisations can contribute to the more wide-spread deployment of the latest cybersecurity standards. The session will consider in particular: i) new ways of empowering consumers towards a level of awareness that allows them to make a well-informed choice in buying ICT products that are secure by design; ii) the value of comprehensive independent testing of the security of ICT products entering the global market; iii) whether there is a role for regulators to ensure producers, suppliers and service providers comply with the latest cybersecurity standards, in order to increase the ability of their consumers to protect themselves when they use their devices and services and; iv) are there ways in which the two very different organisations could cooperate in the future that leads to secure by design ICTs?
IS3C has ambitious plans for 2025. It will share them with you in this workshop. Of course, there will be ample time for discussion and questions. In this IS3C Day 0 workshop the deployment of the latest generation, security-related internet standards and ICT best practices will be presented from different angles. The main part consists of a roundtable discussion on how consumer organisations and consumer protection agencies can contribute to a more secure and safer internet. How can they ensure that consumers better understand the importance of buying digital products secure by design. The workshop’s agenda is: 1. The launch and presentation of IS3C’s latest toolkit and report titled ‘To deploy or not to deploy, that’s the question. How to convince your boss to deploy DNSSEC and RPKI’. (10 minutes) 2. The premiere of IS3C’s short film on the cybersecurity hub made by students and staff of the Pixel Blue College, Alberta, Canada, followed by a call to join the Hub. (10 minutes) 3. The consumer debate has the form of a round table (40 minutes). In this interactive discussion with onsite and online audience we discuss how can we ensure that consumers better understand the importance of buying digital products secure by design. The second angle is, what could be the role of consumer advocacy and protection organisations in putting pressure on the ICT industry to produce and/or provide secure by design products, software and services? The panel will also reflect on the potential role of IS3C to raise awareness with these organisations. 4. Finally, IS3C will announce its plans for 2025 (15 minutes) 5. Questions (15 minutes)
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