In today’s Internet age, online safety is an important issue. With the continuous evolution of technology, society is evolving itself in an unprecedented way, towards the point where everyone and everything is connected all the time. Although there is an increasing trend in the number of people online, there seems to be a gap between children and parents in terms of Internet use and knowledge. As children have specific needs and vulnerabilities with regard to online safety, they should be empowered. Children are spending ever-greater amounts of time working on and playing with computers. Children aged 6 to 11 years have access to the Internet and online technologies with an increasing rate. Awareness is important for parents in protecting their children against inappropriate content and possible damages on cyberspace. Thus, safer use of Internet is vital for families, educators, and all individuals in society.
It is known that, in line with the guidelines of the UN Resolution 44-25 and the Tunis Commitment emphasizing the role of ICTs in the protection of children, many global and national initiatives have been set up in order to promote and protect child online safety and various best practices on the subject have emerged. Awareness rising is an important aspect of these initiatives.
As child online safety has many aspects, a multistakeholder approach, including close cooperation between governmental institutions, network operators, Internet service providers, ICT industry and non-governmental organizations are of significant importance. This session will discuss the role of various stakeholders in child online protection, as well as best practice solutions for making Internet a safer place for children and current challenges faced when implementing such solutions.
Discussions on concrete examples, with an emphasis on the pros and cons for each of them, will be held.
Over the Top (OTT) services refer to the delivery of voice, video and data to end users through an unmanaged method over a network which is not provided by that network operator. As various services such as voice, texting, and broadcasting are converging, OTT services revolutionize the way in which ICT services are offered, foster innovation and create value added. On the other hand, they are affecting the whole broadband ecosystem including mainly fixed and mobile network operators. The impact of OTT can be seen in the rapid increase in the data traffic in recent years.
Within this context, this session is aimed at examining the implications of OTT services and facilitating a discussion among network operators, content providers and regulators.
Each speaker will be given 5-7 minutes to present his/her views on the issue. Then the floor will be open to participants also since the aim is to have an inclusive and open discussion on the subject. The social media contributors will also be given a voice by the moderator.
The number of people and machines using information and communication technologies and the usage time and prevalence of these technologies have rapidly been increased. Besides many benefit and convenience in our daily life, technology also presents risks in terms of cybersecurity. There are several methods to avoid or minimize such risks. Increasing awareness, educating people about this issue, using capable security devices, applying cybersecurity standards and information sharing are some of those methods.
One of the most important tool in the fight against cyber-threats and in ensuring national and global cybersecurity is information sharing, where different organizations share information regarding threats, attacks, and vulnerabilities with each other so that each organization’s knowledge benefits the other.
Within this context, this session examines different information sharing models in cybersecurity and aims to provide a discussion space for national CERTs and other relevant actors.
Each speaker will be given 7-10 minutes to present his/her views on the issue. Then the floor will be open to participants also since the aim is to have an inclusive and open discussion on the subject. The social media contributors will also be given a voice by the moderator.
