Building internet safety wall understanding the imperatives of national domain names for safe internet

1. BUILDING INTERNET SAFETY WALL
(BISW) Understanding the imperatives of
national domain names for safe Internet
By
Mrs. Mary Uduma
President, Nigeria Internet Registration
Association
Chairwoman, Multi-Stakeholder Local
Advisory Group NG IGF
CTO FORUM, ABUJA , 7-11 OCT, 2013

2. THE CONVERSATION
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Introduction
Building Internet Safety Wall (BISW)
Critical Considerations
Imperatives
National Domain Names

3. INTRODUCTION
BISW consist of two
fundamental concepts
BISW = Internet Safety + Safety Wall

4. Internet safety
• It is a critical digital culture and a new
tradition which must be embedded into the
mindset of internet users.
• It is a vital component of the responsibility of
all internet community stakeholders – most
especially the Users
• For an effective Cybersecurity ecosystem
Internet Safety capability gap must be fully
entrenched

5. Internet safety II
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• No Cybersecurity initiative will work without it, just
like internet without the people.
• It is not a security matter, it is a social response
matter. Why? Security is the welfare responsibility of
the government, while Safety is the responsibility of
people.
• However, government has a big role to play from
policy and guidance perspectives.

6. Safety Wall
• This is a strong multi-stakeholder ’s frontier network
towards achieving the following;
i.
Safety awareness
ii. Safety advocacy
iii. Safety literacy
iv. Safety readiness (i.e knowing what to do, knowing why
you do it, how to do it, and when to do it, when and
where to do it)
v. Decisive enforcement and
vi. Social/cultural standards significant to Internet safety
paradigm shift

7. 10 Critical Issues Internet
Safety Wall Must Address
The following 10 critical issues have diverse consequences on the
economy, socio-security, development, and innovations.
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vi.
Inappropriate contents as duly classified
Online backdoor distributive channels
Misuse and abuse of IT devices and critical internet resources
Users abuse and exploitation materials
User personal vulnerability
Digital harm and exposure risk critical to personal safety and
national image
vii. Digital device safety and mobile protection
viii. Internet security and online safety illiteracy
ix. Vendor neutral safety countermeasures
x. Local internet community safety capability gap

8. Moving Forward…
How Can We Build an Internet
Safety Wall?

9. BISW- Imperatives:
Develop a CTO unified framework for Internet Safety
Strategy & Engagement roadmap among member
countries which must harness the following key
components of internet for successful outcome;
i. Multi-dimensional nature of internet
ii. Multi-disciplinary nature of users

10. BISW- Imperatives:
i.
Multi-lateral intervention vehicle such as
CTO for structural and coordinated
engagement within member country.
ii. Thinking borderless synergy
iii. Multi-stakeholder engagement

11. BISW – Key Considerations
• Internet Safety measures that spur development of
innovation not killing it under the guise of providing
safety.
• Measures that favour user’s empowerment and
control of over safety issues.
• Measures that recognized user’s right to privacy and
security

12. BISW – Key Considerations II
• Measures that collaborate national effort on countermeasures on online security incidents
• Measures that work in partnership with industry
regulatory framework
• Measure that seek legislative advocacy /legal approach
for enforcement of nationally acceptable user safety
guidelines and standards

13. BISW – Key Considerations III
• Measures that seek to transform users through Internet
Safety literacy and public awareness
• Measures that promote Internet Safety Technology as
a lifestyle, culture or tradition
• Measures that incorporate multi-stakeholder, multidimensional and multi-disciplinary nature of internet
Safety wall
• Measures that unite and build consensus among all
stakeholders

14. Overview of framework for Internet Safety
Wall
• Structural mechanism for the delivery of
Internet Safety –Gov at all levels.
• Building a framework for local internet
safety with safety watch capability
• Public internet safety emergency readiness,
national advocacy and awareness gateway
that will fit into the existing e-security
ecosystem

15. Overview of framework for Internet Safety
Wall II
• A framework for development of local IT
tools, materials, contents and software
applications appropriate for ensuring safety
of users.
• Creating local Internet Safety wall via multistakeholder framework for
countermeasure, interactions and
engagement.

16. Overview of framework for Internet
Safety Wall III
• Mechanism for monitoring and
evaluation process to help
safeguard local internet
community .
• A framework for national
capability on internet safety
research and development

17. Glimpse into Nigeria’s Efforts
Towards Internet Security &
Online Safety e.g.
Nigeria Child Online Protection
www.cop.gov.ng

18. Country Code Top Level
Domain – Safety Wall
• Domestication of
ccTLD -National
Domain Names
• Community Ownership
• Location of primary
Registry. In-country Vs
Outside
• Use of any cast model
of cctld Registry
• Adoption of DNSSEC in
the cctld Registry

19. National Domain NamesSafety Wall
• Multi-stakeholder V
Business model
• Easy of resolving
disputes
• National Identity Vs
new gTLD
• User education
• User empowerment
• Safety Awareness

20. THANK YOU
muduma@nira.org.ng