Special Feature Week 1st Digital Agenda Assembly - ITW William E. Kennard

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Category : EU Digital | Sub-Category : EU Experts' viEUws | Programme : Special Feature Week

Interview with William E. Kennard, US Ambassador to the EU

Duration 7'33''

US Ambassador to the European Union about Cyber Security

Following guest of Digital Assembly Week, US Ambassador talks about Internet as a global marketplace and Internet governance. He also refers to:

  • National Internet legislation
  • Development of Internet marketplace
  • Cyber-attacks
  • Data bridge notifications
  • Cyber security
  • Privacy in the internet

William Kennard: “Governance around the world have woken up to the power of Internet and the biggest challenge now is to make sure that it does not become fragmented around national boundaries”

Mr. Kennard states that privacy and data protection are important aspects of Internet regulation in the age of hacker attacks. President Obama during the last US-EU Summit announced that Cyber security would be one of their major focuses.

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Posted on : 22/06/11

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Tags : Consumers, criminality, cyber attacks, Data Protection, Digital Agenda, Governance, internet, Legislation, Obama, Security, US

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