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✴︎ blogIPSI 2010 Research Symposium
I am participating in the IPSI 2010 Research Symposium at the University of Toronto. The theme of the conference is “Developing a Trusted Cyber Infrastructure for Canadians.” I will be speaking about our research on cyber espionage (although the organizers gave me the curious title for my talk of “Detecting and disabling botnets.” (As an…
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✴︎ blogIDRC Webcast – The Potential of Open Development for Canada and Abroad
I participated in a live webcast and panel, organized by IDRC, on “The Potential of Open Development for Canada and Abroad,” in Ottawa, May 5th, 2010. Also on the panel were Michael Geist, Sunil Abraham, Anita Gurumurthy, and Yochai Benkler. The panel was hosted by Jesse Brown. We discussed the concept of “openness” in the…
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✴︎ blogNew IWM Report: Shadows in the Cloud
The Information Warfare Monitor/ (Citizen Lab, Munk School of Global Affairs, University of Toronto and the SecDev Group, Ottawa) and the Shadowserver Foundation announce the release of Shadows in the Cloud: An investigation into cyber espionage 2.0. FULL REPORT.
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✴︎ blogCNN: Google Denies Youtube Outage Speculation
“I think many people are, understandably, looking for China to take some unique and extraordinary technical measures to ‘punish’ Google,” said Ron Deibert, director of the Citizen Lab at the University of Toronto’s Munk Centre for International Studies. From CNN
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✴︎ blogIndex on Censorship: Cyber Wars
Citizens, states and corporations are battling for online space. What happened to the dream of global communication? Ron Deibert and Rafal Rohozinski report. From Index on Censorship
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✴︎ blogCNN China Spat with Google won’t affect relations with U.S.
Ron Deibert, director of the Citizen Lab at the University of Toronto’s Munk Centre, which studies the intersection of digital policy and human rights, said Google’s move didn’t come as a surprise. “It’s become unsustainable for Google to operate in this environment,” he said. “They’ve made a decision that the risks are too great for…
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✴︎ blogRisking Security: Policies and Paradoxes of Cyberspace Security
Ronald Deibert and Rafal Rohozinski, “Risking Security: Policies and Paradoxes of Cyberspace Security,” in International Political Sociology, Volume 4 Issue 1, Pages 15 – 32. Conceptualizations of cyberspace security can be divided into two related dimensions, articulated as “risks”: risks to the physical realm of computer and communication technologies (risks to cyberspace); and risks that…
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✴︎ blogGoogle gripe shows Ottawa’s cybersecurity ‘vacuum’
Published in CTV News “The Google attacks were taken extremely seriously — more than just an incident of potential industrial espionage but a major body blow to the American political system,” said Ronald Deibert, a cybersecurity expert at the University of Toronto.. original article here
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✴︎ blogChina’s Cyberspace Control Strategy: An Overview and Consideration of Issues for Canadian Policy
Published in Canadian International Council by Ron Deibert Canada should lead global effort to counter Internet censorship and cyber-espionage in China and elsewhere, new CIC paper argues.
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✴︎ blogDer Marsch der Geisterratten
Published in De Ziet Der kanadische Meisterhacker Nart Villeneuve jagt Internetspione aus fernen Ländern: Manchmal stößt er auf verwirrte Einzeltäter, manchmal hebt er ganze Cyberarmeen aus.