As announced during the World Economic Forum’s annual meeting in Davos, the WEF’s Centre for Cybersecurity has brought out recommended principles for Internet Service Providers (ISPs). They are in a report, Cybercrime Prevention: Principles for Internet Service Providers. The four are:
1. Protect consumers by default from widespread cyberattacks and act collectively with peers to identify and respond to known threats.
2. Take action to raise awareness and understanding of threats and support consumers in protecting themselves and their networks.
3. Work more closely with manufacturers and vendors of hardware, software and infrastructure to increase minimum levels of security.
4. Take action to shore up the security of routing and signalling to reinforce effective defence against attacks.
It comes from a group of ISPs and multilateral bodies that sought to develop new ways to protect and prevent these attacks from reaching consumers. After a year of development and testing, these four actionable principles were identified as successful in preventing malicious activities from getting “down the pipes” to consumers, as set out in the 32-page report.
BT, Deutsche Telekom, Du Telecom, Europol, Global Cyber Alliance, Internet Society, Korea Telecom, Proximus, Saudi Telcom, Singtel, Telstra, ITU endorsed these principles.
Amy Jordan, Delivery Lead, Platform for Shaping the Future of Cybersecurity and Digital Trust, for the WEF, described cybersecurity as becoming a public safety issue. “As more and more devices are connected and physical infrastructure becomes increasingly connected, no one company can do it alone. The community needs to come together, and these principles can accelerate and scale impact.”
In the report, each principle is considered from the perspective of the challenges it is seeking to address, as well as providing demonstrable evidence from service providers of the benefits of implementation. Further, more technical detail on how each principle could be implemented is also provided in related recommendations.
Kevin Brown, Managing Director, BT Security said: “This initiative represents a fantastic example of the World Economic Forum’s ability to convene public and private sector stakeholders to share and implement industry best practice that helps not only the organisations involved, but the users of the internet at large.”
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