Drugi jezik na kojem je dostupan ovaj članak: Bosnian
More than 370 visitors, and 1,300 spectators of the livestream, were able to hear 50 local and international speakers at the seventh annual conference on the Internet, Days of Internet Domains of Serbia – DIDS 2016. This year’s DIDS was held on 15 and 16 March in Belgrade, with the slogan “We live the Internet … Global – Safe – Local”, organized by the foundation, Register of the National Internet Domain of Serbia (RNIDS). DIDS is held with the support of ICANN, and the accompanying program on the second day was the Regional Internet Forum – RIF 2016.
Vojislav Rodić, chairman of the board of RNIDS, opened DIDS 2016, one of the topics of which was the future of the Internet on a global level, due to the decision of the US government to give up control of the IANA functions. Participants also discussed the security of information and communication systems in Serbia and its surroundings.
The first block of DIDS 2016, titled “Global”, was opened with an introduction to the Declaration of the Independence of Cyberspace: “Governments of the Industrial World, you weary giants of flesh and steel, I come from Cyberspace, the new home of Mind. On behalf of the future, I ask you of the past to leave us alone. You are not welcome among us. You have no sovereignty where we gather.”
The inevitable topic of the first panel discussion, led by Vladimir Radunović from Diplo Foundation, was the news that the US government, after two years of negotiations with representatives of the internet community and regulatory bodies, has reached an agreement to transfer control of the IANA functions to the global Internet community, ICANN (Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers).
Gabrijela Šitek, manager of stakeholder relations for Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) at ICANN, said that, before we celebrate this agreement, we should still wait 90 days until the United States consider all aspects of the agreement and officially confirm it, when the “Internet will become truly independent.”
Wolf Ludwig, chairman of the European Regional At-Large Organization (EURALO), said that all are welcome to be included in the regulation of the Internet, and that it would be good if as many people from the CEE region as possible got involved. He stressed that in this respect we should not rely on representatives of the legislative branch or the judiciary, because, apart from rare exceptions, they do not have adequate knowledge in this field.
Security trends on the Internet was the topic of the second panel, titled “Safe”, which was moderated by Slobodan Marković, an advisor for ICT policy and relations with the Internet community at RNIDS. At the beginning of this year, Serbia adopted a law on information security measures governing protection from security risks in information and communication systems, the liability of legal persons managing and using them, as well as the competent authorities for the implementation of protection, coordination between stakeholders and monitoring the proper application of standard precautions. This gave a legal framework for the future operation of CERTs, bodies that should deal with prevention of security incidents through their removal and through education and raising awareness among citizens, businesses and public services on the importance of ICT security.
Nebojša Jokić, head of MUP-CERT, from the Serbian Interior Ministry, said at the conference that this CERT is much younger than those from neighboring countries, but that in its 20 months of functioning it has established an organization that will be able to respond to future challenges, and that to this end it is conducting IT education of all police employees.
His colleague from Slovenia, Gorazd Božič, director of SI-CERT, ARNES, shared the experience of this body, which marked 20 years of functioning last year. He emphasized that during this time cyber crime had become very advanced, and that professionals working in CERTs must keep pace with technological progress at the same speed as the offenders. One of the major changes he noted is the emergence of malicious software created to be rented to others (CaaS – Crime as a Service) for attacks on various sites on the Internet, which has become a new internet business model. Božič pointed out that the most frequent targets of hacker attacks in Slovenia are banks, with the aim of accessing information that can be misused for the personal gain of those who fall into their systems. But, he said, banks, as well as many other institutions, have become aware of the need to protect themselves from hacking and other attacks online.
Filip Vlašić, specialist in computer security, HR-CERT, CARnet, said that in Croatia CERT has officially existed since 2008, but in fact has been operating since 2010, since when a lot has changed in the security business. He noted that five years ago there weren’t so many different devices to access the Internet or such widespread use of smartphones with so many types and versions of operating systems. Because of this, Vlašić stressed, it is increasingly difficult to conduct information forensics, and that for this reason it is important for there to be bodies such as CERTs.
Dusan Stojičević, member of the executive committee of SEEDIG, and former chairman of the RNIDS, added that RNIDS plans to create its own CERT which would cover the domestic domain space, the domains .rs and .srb. He criticized the said law because it does not define critical infrastructure, and stressed that there has to be constant collaboration between the private sector, which owns most of the infrastructure, and the supervisory authorities.
The third block of DIDS, which was titled “Local” and led by Radomir Lale Marković from TAG Media, presented an overview of the prominent locations on the national Internet domains .rs and .srb. Representatives of 12 local websites, portals and online projects spoke about their experiences and development.
Complete information about the program and participants of DIDS 2016 are available at the addresses dids.rs and dids.srb, and hashtag #dids2016 on Twitter.
The second day of DIDS also saw the Regional Internet forum – RIF 2016, which brought together fifty representatives of national Internet registries of Southeast Europe, representatives of state authorities, the local Internet community and global Internet organizations, as well as legal experts from the region with academic and practical experience. Among the topics of this conference were projects in the field of e-governance, the issue of IDN domain names, copyright and other legal aspects related to the Internet, as well as Internet security from the point of view of education, awareness-raising and legal compliance. Detailed information about the participants and program of RIF 2016 can be found at the addresses rif.rs and rif.srb.