{"id":17634,"date":"2020-11-26T15:55:41","date_gmt":"2020-11-26T11:55:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/me-en.kaspersky.com\/blog\/internet-governance-forum\/17634\/"},"modified":"2020-11-26T15:55:41","modified_gmt":"2020-11-26T11:55:41","slug":"internet-governance-forum","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/me-en.kaspersky.com\/blog\/internet-governance-forum\/17634\/","title":{"rendered":"The Internet Governance Forum, transparency, and stalkerware"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>As the Internet approaches its fourth decade, it\u2019s worth remembering that in that short amount of time, we\u2019ve seen monumental, global change \u2014 both in the real world and, of course, in the digital one.<\/p>\n<p>With that in mind, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.intgovforum.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">fifteenth Internet Governance Forum<\/a> debates featured more than 200 sessions with focuses on data, the environment, inclusion, and trust. Because of COVID-19 concerns, it took place digitally this year, and this year\u2019s roundtable discussion on Internet security included Eugene Kaspersky.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe class=\"youtube-player\" type=\"text\/html\" width=\"640\" height=\"390\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/TkXQF7zAwu4?version=3&amp;rel=1&amp;fs=1&amp;showsearch=0&amp;showinfo=1&amp;iv_load_policy=1&amp;wmode=transparent\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"true\"><\/iframe><\/span> <\/p>\n<p>In addition to Eugene talking about cybersecurity and transparency, the event included plenty of excellent debates. Some of the Kaspersky team, including Felix Aim\u00e9 from the Global Research and Analysis Team (GReAT), discussed <a href=\"https:\/\/www.intgovforum.org\/multilingual\/content\/igf-2020-pre-event-12-stop-stalkerware-tackling-digital-stalking-helps-victims-of-domestic\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">stalkerware<\/a>, potential ways to address it, and how researcher teams (including ours) can raise awareness about the problem.<\/p>\n<p>To learn more about stalkerware, including what it is and how it works, check out the brilliant <a href=\"http:\/\/www.stopstalkerware.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">Coalition Against Stalkerware<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Moving on from that, we have the hugely thorny issue of trust in the supply chain \u2014 and specifically, tackling the difficult task of ensuring trust in a worldwide supply chain.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe class=\"youtube-player\" type=\"text\/html\" width=\"640\" height=\"390\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/S3ASlDKPcDE?version=3&amp;rel=1&amp;fs=1&amp;showsearch=0&amp;showinfo=1&amp;iv_load_policy=1&amp;wmode=transparent\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"true\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Throughout the event, the dedication of everybody involved \u2014 private entities, governments, and individual citizens \u2014 really stood out. They\u2019re all working tirelessly toward a safer and more open Internet.<\/p>\n<p>We also held our <a href=\"https:\/\/transparency.kaspersky.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">Global Transparency Initiative event<\/a>, examining trust, transparency, and the future \u2014 not to mention the idea that trust can be earned through openness and transparency; that the erosion of trust isn\u2019t a given. Sadly, we\u2019ve seen <a href=\"https:\/\/www.economist.com\/briefing\/2010\/09\/02\/a-virtual-counter-revolution\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">time<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/techonomy.com\/2015\/12\/welcome-to-the-splinternet\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">again<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/2019\/03\/13\/the-splinternet-is-already-here\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">stories<\/a> about the fracturing Internet and what a balkanized Internet would mean for people and businesses around the world. The future doesn\u2019t have to be that way.<\/p>\n<input type=\"hidden\" class=\"category_for_banner\" value=\"kesb-top3\">\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kaspersky was honored to take part in the 15th annual Internet Governance Forum.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":437,"featured_media":17635,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[1897,43,2077,1758,1515],"class_list":{"0":"post-17634","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-news","8":"tag-global-transparency-initiative","9":"tag-privacy","10":"tag-stalkerware","11":"tag-supply-chain","12":"tag-transparency"},"hreflang":[{"hreflang":"en-ae","url":"https:\/\/me-en.kaspersky.com\/blog\/internet-governance-forum\/17634\/"},{"hreflang":"en-in","url":"https:\/\/www.kaspersky.co.in\/blog\/internet-governance-forum\/22156\/"},{"hreflang":"en-us","url":"https:\/\/usa.kaspersky.com\/blog\/internet-governance-forum\/23781\/"},{"hreflang":"en-gb","url":"https:\/\/www.kaspersky.co.uk\/blog\/internet-governance-forum\/21867\/"},{"hreflang":"es-mx","url":"https:\/\/latam.kaspersky.com\/blog\/internet-governance-forum\/20629\/"},{"hreflang":"es","url":"https:\/\/www.kaspersky.es\/blog\/internet-governance-forum\/24305\/"},{"hreflang":"it","url":"https:\/\/www.kaspersky.it\/blog\/internet-governance-forum\/23458\/"},{"hreflang":"tr","url":"https:\/\/www.kaspersky.com.tr\/blog\/internet-governance-forum\/9108\/"},{"hreflang":"x-default","url":"https:\/\/www.kaspersky.com\/blog\/internet-governance-forum\/37837\/"},{"hreflang":"pt-br","url":"https:\/\/www.kaspersky.com.br\/blog\/internet-governance-forum\/16666\/"},{"hreflang":"pl","url":"https:\/\/plblog.kaspersky.com\/internet-governance-forum\/14229\/"},{"hreflang":"de","url":"https:\/\/www.kaspersky.de\/blog\/internet-governance-forum\/25810\/"},{"hreflang":"ja","url":"https:\/\/blog.kaspersky.co.jp\/internet-governance-forum\/29651\/"},{"hreflang":"nl","url":"https:\/\/www.kaspersky.nl\/blog\/internet-governance-forum\/26436\/"},{"hreflang":"en-au","url":"https:\/\/www.kaspersky.com.au\/blog\/internet-governance-forum\/28456\/"},{"hreflang":"en-za","url":"https:\/\/www.kaspersky.co.za\/blog\/internet-governance-forum\/28272\/"}],"acf":[],"banners":"","maintag":{"url":"https:\/\/me-en.kaspersky.com\/blog\/tag\/transparency\/","name":"transparency"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/me-en.kaspersky.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17634","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/me-en.kaspersky.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/me-en.kaspersky.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/me-en.kaspersky.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/437"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/me-en.kaspersky.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17634"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/me-en.kaspersky.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17634\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/me-en.kaspersky.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/17635"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/me-en.kaspersky.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17634"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/me-en.kaspersky.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17634"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/me-en.kaspersky.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17634"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}