IEEE Global Internet Policy Monitor

21 February 2018 — The Indonesian Minister of Communications said that new technology to search internet content and issue alerts for harmful materials has blocked more than seventy thousand websites it has deemed ‘inappropriate.’ 

According to the Internet and Mobile Association of India & Kantar IMRB the number of internet users in India will reach half a billion by June this year, however, it remains a largely male dominated sphere…


14 February 2018 — In addition to China, Vietnam has been named as one of the top five cyber-attack source locations for the first time. Vietnam has attacked businesses across Australia, Singapore, Japan, the United States and the United Kingdom.

Singapore has passed its Cybersecurity Bill into law which seeks to protect the countries eleven critical infrastructure sectors including; water, healthcare, media, Government and aviation…


7 February 2018 — The US-China Business Council has urged the Chinese Government to loosen its cybersecurity rules with the adoption of a narrower definition of ‘national security’ in order to widen internet, cloud and technology access and trade.

The newly established cybersecurity agency in Indonesia is set to recruit a vast number of staff as its looks to set its ambitions high. The agency is still not clear on whether it will be able to prosecute, but it aims to identify the criminals and crimes…


24 January 2018 — The Indian Government has launched a new cybersecurity initiative to spread awareness of cybercrimes and strengthen the cyber resilience of Government departments.

TRAI the Indian Telecom Regulatory Authority have recommended that WI-FI internet connectivity should be allowed on flights in India


31 January 2018China has attempted to gain more control over the internet by announcing this week that local and foreign companies can only use Government approved software to access the global internet.

According to security experts, the technology firm Intel warned the Chinese Government about their security flawed chips before the United States Government, giving Beijing the potential opportunity to exploit them.

TRAI the Indian Telecom Regulatory Authority have recommended that WI-FI internet connectivity should be allowed on flights in India


17 January 2018Japan is becoming a member of the NATO Cooperative Cyber Defence Centre of Excellence in Tallinn, Estonia. The aim is to cooperate on issues such as cyber defence.

After a series of security concerns over India’s national identity database, The Unique Identification Authority of India announced it would add facial recognition and fingerprints into its national identity card software for extra security…


10 January 2018India’s national ID database which contains approximately 1.2 billion citizens data, has been sold by cybercriminals to the Indian Tribune newspaper for a mere $8.

Amid privacy concerns over Aadhaar, the unique 12-digit identity number issued to all Indian residents, the Unique Identification Authority of India has created a virtual ID system in which a randomly generated 16-digit number will be used instead…


3 January 2018Vietnam has recruited 10,000 people to join a military cyber warfare unit, to counter “wrong” views online and critics of the one-party state.

The Chinese Government has shut down more than 13,000 ‘illegal websites’ and 10 million user accounts. China claims their regulations protect national security and stability…


13 December 2017 — All EU member states except Malta, Denmark and the UK have signed up to work together on a set of 17 collaborative defence projects. One of these includes creating cyber raid response teams to deal with emerging threats.

The European Commission has intervened in an ongoing case between the US Government and Microsoft to ensure that the US Department of Justice correctly understands the EU’s data protection laws…


20 December 2017 — The EU has created a new security body named PESCO for its members, excluding Malta, Denmark and the UK, as an alternative to NATO resources. The body will allow member states to collaborate on matters of defence and cybersecurity.

A German Court has ruled that the country’s Foreign Intelligence Agency (BND) does not have the authority to collect and store the metadata of international calls for intelligence purposes…


6 December 2017NATO has begun to draw up cyber warfare principles after announcing that cyber-attacks to bring down enemy networks could be more effective than air strikes.

The European Union Agency for Network and Information Security (ENISA), has held its first industry focused event with stakeholders from across the EU to discuss how businesses can transform their cybersecurity work…


29 November 2017 — Foreign Ministers from across the EU have called for further resources and investment in cybersecurity as part of a recent General Affairs Council meeting.

Google is to be charged with breaching the UK’s Data Protection Act after allegations emerged that the company has collected personal data from millions of iPhone users in the UK, tracking customers online behavior on the Safari browser…


22 November 2017ENISA has called on the EU and national legislators to provide clarity on what is covered under cyber insurance. ENISA is encouraging more companies to take out cyber insurance policies to help recovery from cyberattacks.

Information security leaders in Europe have warned that a massive cybersecurity attack on critical infrastructure across several countries is imminent, arguing that most organisations are ill-prepared for such an ordeal…


15 November 2017Freedom House has published a new report focused on internet access and freedom, finding that only 23% of the world’s population have access to truly free internet.

The UK’s National Cyber Security Centre has now confirmed that Russia has attempted to hack into the UK’s energy, media and telecommunications systems…


8 November 2017Julian King, European Commissioner for the Security Union has announced at the Financial Times’ Cyber Security Summit that cybersecurity needs to encompass “the full range of cybersecurity challenges which are rooted in, or accelerated by technology.”

16 teams of cybersecurity researchers from across the academic sphere in Israel and Germany have combined to create a new cybersecurity accelerator program...