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8:56 am on February 10, 2014 · hackathon (18), legal hackers (13), privacy (69), security (26)

VIDEO: New York Legal Hackers Data Privacy Hackathon #privacyhack #legalhack #privacy

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Last weekend February 8/9 2014 the New York Legal Hackers participated in an International Data Privacy Hackathon, along with colleagues in San Francisco and London. The New York location – the Made in NY Center in Dumbo, was webcast live by ISOC-NY via the Legal Hackers own YouTube channel.

The New York event kicked off with a spectacular panel of experts. Speaking were Jonathan Askin, Brooklyn Law School; Dona Fraser, ESRB; David Wainberg, AppNexus; Doc Searls; Amyt Eckstein, Moses & Singer; and K. Waterman, MIT Fellow. 


* View on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lu_H_Bgt9po

At lunch on Saturday, there were two further keynote speakers: Susan Herman, Chair, ACLU, and Hon. Ann Aiken, Judge, District of Oregon. Judge Aiken challenged the hackers to come up with an app to aid released prisoners in successful reentry into society.

  • View on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OWeFhrJkAHw

Around 6:30pm Sunday, after a brief talk by Michael Joseph Holland, Center for Urban Science & Progress (CUSP) at NYU, and Dazza Greenwoood, MIT Media Lab, about a forthcoming anthology Privacy, Big Data, and the Public Good, the judging got underway. Projects presented were Using Copyright to Remove Revenge Pornography Selfies; Terms of Service Helper; Playing with Tor; Cookie Jar; Re-Entry (as suggested by Judge Aiken); and Ghostdrop.

  • View on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ty4bJHB_LiI

Finally the judging. The winner, Ghostdrop, took away a $1000 cash prize Runner up: Re-Entry got a silver GitHub account. Third place – Terms of Service Helper – got a 3D printed “giant-fracking” lock from Makerbot.

  • View on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ty4bJHB_LiI&t=1h46m15s
4:41 am on January 21, 2014 · CISAC (1), security (26), stanford (12), Vint Cerf (106)

WEBCAST WED: 2014 Drell Lecture – Vint Cerf – Safety and Security in a Transnational World #VintCerfFSI @StanfordCISAC

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Vint Cerf - Drell Lecture

Vint Cerf - Drell LectureTomorrow, Wednesday January 22 2014, Stanford’s Center for International Security and Cooperation (CISAC) will present the 2014 Drell Lecture. This year’s speaker is Dr. Vint Cerf addressing the topic Safety and Security in a Transnational World. The event will be webcast live via the CISAC uStream. Starts at 7.30pm NYC time.

What: 2014 Drell Lecture – Vint Cerf – Safety and Security in a Transnational World
Where: Stanford University, California
When: Wednesday, January 22 2014 4.30-6pm PST| 2130-2300 EST | 0030-0200 UTC (Thu)
Webcast: http://www.ustream.tv/channel/stanford-cisac
Twitter: @StanfordCISAC | #VintCerfFSI

5:31 am on August 14, 2013 · cybersecurity (77), deploy360 (18), ipv6 (49), security (26)

VIDEO: #IPv6 Hackers Meeting 1 in Berlin #ietf87 #ipv6hackers @deploy360

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The IPv6 Hackers list was created in August 2011 to provide a forum for IPv6 professionals to discuss low-level IPv6 networking and security issues that could eventually lead to advances and improvements. In July 2013 they held their first ever F2F meeting during IETF 87 in Berlin. Dan York of the Internet Society’s Deploy 360 team shot video.

View on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLYFLRpJu7S0xNklKQYoxugKKoUkMrXxr2
Slides and info: http://www.ipv6hackers.org/meetings/ipv6-hackers-1
Twitter: #ipv6hackers

4:03 am on June 28, 2013 · brookings (6), cyberwar (3), matin dempsey (1), security (26), USG (40)

VIDEO: Defending the Nation at Network Speed @Martin_Dempsey @BrookingsInst #cyberwar #security

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On June 27 2013, the Center for 21st Century Security and Intelligence at Brookings hosted General Martin E. Dempsey, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, for an event Defending the Nation at Network Speed. General Dempsey is the nation’s highest-ranking military officer. He previously served as the chief of staff of the Army, and before that as commander of U.S. Central Command. Following the general’s remarks, Brookings Senior Fellow Peter W. Singer joined him in a discussion of the state of American cybersecurity. Video is below. It runs just under an hour.

View on YouTube: http://youtu.be/V_e5xjTS7Vg
Transcribe on AMARA: http://www.amara.org/en/videos/Yn14JCH8Nd2h/
Audio: listen |download
Text: Gen. Dempsey’s prepared remarks

6:18 pm on March 3, 2013 · journalism (4), law (46), media (12), nabiha syed (1), OpenITP (12), publishing (2), safety (2), security (26), TA3M (12)

VIDEO: Journalism and Security – Nabiha Syed @OpenITP #TA3M

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At the February 2013 OpenITP Tech-Activism 3rd Monday in NYC Nabiha Syed talked about online safety for journalists and small publishers. Nabiha co-founded Yale University’s Media Law Clinic, and since has been a Marshall Scholar at Oxford, worked at the New York Times as their First Amendment Fellow, and currently works as an attorney at Levine Sullivan Koch & Schulz, LLP. Video is below. Please try to find time to contribute to transcribing at AMARA.

8:18 pm on December 16, 2012 · isoc-hk (16), security (26)

WEBCAST TODAY: SecureHongKong2012 #security #securehk @isochk

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SecureHongKong

SecureHongKongTonight (Today in HK!) the Internet Society’s Hong Kong Chapter (ISOC HK) will co-present SecureHongKong 2012.

The one day conference will focus on how security professionals can address the constantly changing security landscape. In addition, it will provide the attendees with an opportunity to understand emerging technologies and how its adoption can help them mitigate the risk their organizations face with the increased sophistication of targeted attacks.

Hong Kong is UTC+8, thus 13 hours ahead of New York.

What: SecureHongKong 2012
Where: CyberPort HK
When: Monday December 17 2012 – 1000-1715 HKT | 0200-0915 UTC | 2100-0415 EST
Program: http://bit.ly/securehkagenda
Twitter: @isochk | #securehk (unconfirmed)

5:03 am on December 15, 2012 · cybersecurity (77), DDoS (2), eff (15), event (22), m3aawg (1), neustar (4), nyc (130), nytech (12), PIR (13), security (26)

VIDEO: Mitigating DDoS Attacks: Best Practices for an Evolving Threat Landscape – NYC 12/5 #DDoS

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Mitigating DDoS Attacks 12/5/2012

Mitigating DDoS Attacks 12/5/2012The Internet Society’s New York Chapter (ISOC-NY) and the New York Technology Council (NYTECH) joined the Public Interest Registry (PIR) in presenting a midday symposium “Mitigating DDoS Attacks: Best Practices for an Evolving Threat Landscape” in New York City on December 5 2012. Participating organizations include Afilias, Google, Neustar, M3AAWG, Symantec, EFF, and De Natris Consult.   The event was webcast live via the Internet Society Chapters Livestream Channel. Audio / transcript links are below.  English Closed captions are available.
MODERATOR
Brian Cute – CEO, Public Interest Registry (PIR)

SPEAKERS
Jeff Greene – Senior Policy Counsel, Symantec
Ram Mohan – EVP & Chief Technology Officer, Afilias
Damian Menscher — Security Engineer, Google
Miguel Ramos – Senior Product Manager, Neustar
Danny McPherson – Chief Security Officer, Verisign
Jillian York – Director for International Freedom of Expression, Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF)

4:47 am on October 11, 2012 · freedom (1), ICANN (193), icann45 (3), ncuc (11), security (26), webcast (110)

@NCUC Policy Conference “Security & Freedom in a Connected World” Friday 10/12 (remote participation details) #icann #ncuc #icann45

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NCUC Conference

NCUC ConferenceThe ICANN Non-Commercial Users Constituency (NCUC) (of which ISOC-NY is a member) is holding an all-day policy conference “ICANN & Internet Governance: Security & Freedom in a Connected World”  in Toronto on Friday, 12 October 2012 –  the eve of ICANN #45 .The conference will  explore key ICANN and Internet governance policy issues. It will discuss the promotion of cyber-security and human rights on the Internet, multi-stakeholderism and the role of governments, and key policy issues surrounding new top-level domains such as freedom of expression and intellectual property rights.  The conference’s subtitle recognizes society’s shared twin goals of security and freedom, and questions to what extent must society sacrifice one for the other. Remote participation will be available via Adobe Connect and there will also be a live webcast via the Internet Society Chapters Webcasting Channel. Toronto time is the same as NYC (=UTC-4)

What: NCUC Policy Conference: Security & Freedom in a Connected World
Where: Fairmont Royal York Hotel, Toronto, Canada
When: Friday October 12 2012 9am-5:45pm | 1300-2145 UTC
Program: http://bit.ly/QeKXxa
Adobe Connect: http://icann.adobeconnect.com/yyz45-ncuc/
Webcast: http://bit,ly/isoctv
Twitter: #ncuc | #icann45

5:45 am on October 9, 2012 · India (36), isoc kolkata (1), privacy (69), security (26), webcast (110)

WEBCAST LIVE NOW: Asia Internet Symposium, Kolkata 2012 #AIS #privacy #security @ISOCIKOL

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ISOC Kolkata

ISOC KolkataA live webcast of the Asia Internet Symposium, Kolkata 2012 has just commenced on the Internet Society Chapters webcast channel.  The theme of the Symposium is
‘The Twin Challenges of Security & Privacy: Balancing the Requirements‘.

What: Asia Internet Symposium, Kolkata 2012
Where: Hyatt Regency Kolkata, India
When: Tuesday October 9 2012 – 1400-1730 IST | 0830-1200 UTC | 0430-0800 EDT
Program: http://www.internetsociety.org/sites/default/files/AIS-AGENDA.pdf
Webcast: http://www.livestream.com/internetsocietychapters
Twitter: #AIS

2:37 pm on July 20, 2012 · ietf (34), ipv6 (49), isoc (163), security (26), trust (11)

@InternetSociety Rough Guide to #IETF84

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IETF 84 in Vancouver is rapidly approaching (29 July – 3 August 2012). Newcomers’ training and technical tutorials take place on Sunday (29 July), with the working group (WG), Birds of a Feather (BoF), and plenary sessions happening during the week.  Agenda is here. Remote participation details are here. The tools agenda does a great job of combining the two! Hashtag is IETF#84

Once again,the Internet Society is pleased to bring you a Rough Guide to the IETF 84 sessions most relevant to our current work.

At this IETF meeting, we are turning our attention to the following broad categories:

  • Trust technologies
  • Authentication/Authorization
  • Infrastructure/Support
  • IPv6
  • Bandwidth

(All times are local, UTC -7 hours, EDT -3)

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