Dear Participants,
It is our pleasure to welcome you to the 2nd Network and Information Security (NIS) Summer School, taking place in Crete, Greece, 14-18 September 2009. This event is jointly organised by the European Network and Information Security Agency (ENISA) and the Institute of Computer Science of the Foundation for Research and Technology - Hellas (FORTH-ICS).
This Summer School has a special "Theme" and a fresh look each year, focusing on cutting-edge topics that guide the selection of the faculty each time. The theme for the 2009 NIS Summer School is "Privacy and Trust in a Networked World".
Why have we chosen this focus area?
Today, accessibility is of paramount importance for taking advantage of all the benefits offered by advances on technologies such as eID cards, wireless ubiquitous connectivity, etc. These technological advances are made to benefit both the economy of Europe and the citizens / users alike. At the same time, questions regarding privacy and security emerge, and Europe finds itself at cross roads. In the case of eID cards, presently ten national eID card schemes are already in use across the EU, and thirteen more are planned. Yet, the privacy features of these cards have been developed, implemented and tested only at national level. Thus, it appears that there is no co-ordinated strategy at European level addressing which -and how- privacy features should be implemented. This is an important obstacle for cross border eID interoperability.
ENISA is dedicated to promoting a culture of security in Europe that will impact positively on the ability of EU Member States to respond to cyber-attacks. It does so by pursuing a strategy of mitigating risks through awareness, studies, reports and Position Papers on current NIS matters. Towards this objective, ENISA and FORTH-ICS, a research institute devoted to advancing the state-of-the-art in ICT, bring together in this Summer School a distinguished faculty from around the world that will identify current trends, threats and opportunities against the background of recent advances on NIS measures and policies. Recognising the multi-dimensional facets of the Privacy and Security theme, an array of lectures will cover a variety of key aspects on policy, legal, academic and research matters. Our audience includes policy makers from EU Member States and EU Institutions, decision makers from industry, and members of the academic and research community.
We would like to thank our keynote speakers and faculty for contributing to a programme of such high quality and we are confident that the participants of the Summer School will both benefit from and enjoy the programme.
Andrea Pirotti Executive Director of ENISA |
Constantine Stephanidis Director of FORTH-ICS |
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