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

THE CONVERSATION

• Introduction

• Building Internet Safety Wall (BISW)

• Critical Considerations

• Imperatives

• National Domain Names

INTRODUCTION

BISW consist of two fundamental concepts

BISW = Internet Safety + Safety Wall

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

Internet safety II

.

• 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.

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

10 Critical Issues Internet Safety Wall Must Address

The following 10 critical issues have diverse consequences on the economy, socio-security, development, and innovations.

i. Inappropriate contents as duly classified

ii. Online backdoor distributive channels

iii. Misuse and abuse of IT devices and critical internet resources

iv. Users abuse and exploitation materials

v. User personal vulnerability

vi. 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

Moving Forward…

How Can We Build an Internet Safety Wall?

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

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

• 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

BISW – Key Considerations

BISW – Key Considerations II

• Measures that collaborate national effort on counter-measures 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

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, multi-dimensional and multi-disciplinary nature of internet Safety wall

• Measures that unite and build consensus among all stakeholders

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

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 multi-stakeholder framework for countermeasure, interactions and engagement.

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

Glimpse into Nigeria’s Efforts Towards Internet Security &

Online Safety e.g. Nigeria Child Online Protection

www.cop.gov.ng

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

National Domain Names- Safety Wall • Multi-stakeholder V

Business model

• Easy of resolving disputes

• National Identity Vs new gTLD

• User education

• User empowerment

• Safety Awareness

THANK YOU muduma@nira.org.ng