Cyber Security Forum 2016, an international conference on cybersecurity, has opened in Moscow, bringing together Russian and international experts, representatives of government agencies, civil society, forensic analysts and cybersecurity experts. The main objective of the event is to facilitate the sharing of experience and best practices in countering cyber threats, and devise common approaches to raising public awareness of digital safety.
The Coordination Center for TLD RU is a forum partner, and has been engaged in its work. In fact, experts from the Coordination Center have been working with major Russian Internet companies so that Russian domains can operate in an uninterrupted, reliable and stable manner. Taking the floor during the forum’s opening session, Andrey Vorobyev, Coordination Center for TLD RU Director, stressed that this kind of joint effort is a perfect example of the Coordination Center’s commitment to applying the principle of a self-regulated Internet to the domain space. “We are currently working with five Russian companies specializing in Internet security, namely the Kaspersky Lab, Group-IB, Safe Internet League, RU-CERT and ROCIT. We also intend to enter into an agreement with FIN-CERT, a center within the Central Bank of Russia tasked with monitoring and responding to cyberattacks in the financial industry,” he said.
During the forum, the Coordination Center for TLD RU, the Technical Center of Internet and MSK-IX exchange signed a memorandum on the development of the Russian segment of the domain name space, making it one of the highlights of the event. The memorandum was signed by Coordination Center for TLD RU Director, Andrey Vorobyev, Technical Center of Internet Director General Alexei Platonov, and MSK-IX Director General Yelena Voronina. This document is yet another example of companies and organizations in charge of the uninterrupted and stable operation of the Russian Internet infrastructure willing to work together to deliver on this objective.
“The memorandum is all about trust, without which the Internet simply cannot exist. This document outlines development vectors for Russian TLDs until 2020, covering not just existing TLDs, but also those that could appear in the years to come. In 2017, ICANN is expected to launch the second round of the new TLD program,” Andrey Vorobyev said.
After the break, the Coordination Center for TLD RU held an open championship “Learn the Internet – Manage It!” and a roundtable discussion, “Digital sovereignty: Is Russia ready to rely on its own software?” moderated by Mikhail Anisimov, deputy head of the Coordination Center’s press relations department. The participants discussed import substitution in the software industry, regulations regarding national digital security, domestic production of sophisticated software and its distribution.
The Coordination Center for TLD RU also had a stand at the forum where participants could find video clips on Internet infrastructure.
