ID4me AISBL announces launch of their global and independent Single Sign-On (SSO) protocol.

The 64th meeting of the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) took place in Kobe from 11th to 14th of March 2019. ICANN64 was the Community Forum of 2019, with an attendance of 1,707 participants.

On the start of the 5G spectrum auction today, eco Board Member for Infrastructure & Networks Klaus Landefeld comments: “It is in principle a positive signal Germany as an industry location, and and a good day for Digital Germany, that the starting gun has been fired for future-oriented digital infrastructure and innovation.”

While email is still very much alive and kicking, spam and phishing mails continue to annoy recipients and damage the reputation of email as a medium. This is where self-regulation comes into play. How this can work will be a focal topic of the Certified Senders Alliance's email expert gathering at the CSA Summit in Cologne.

The European Parliament has adopted the EU Cybersecurity Act. Product manufacturers across Europe are now called upon to take appropriate measures to protect their systems against attacks.

In an article for INTUG, Don Holland from the Universal Acceptance Steering Group at ICANN describes the development of new gTLDs and Internationalized Domain Names, the implications for CIOs, and what to do next to ensure ‘universal acceptance’

Without IT security and trustworthiness, sustainable digitalization does not work! dotmagazine looks at technologies, applications, and legislation that promote the increased trustworthiness of digital systems.

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From 26 to 27 September 2019, the 9th Internet Security Days (ISD) will take place near Cologne in Germany. eco – Association of the Internet Industry and heise Events are issuing a Call for Papers for experts who would like to share their insights and experiences at this event. The closing date for submissions is 24 April.

Patrick Koetter, co-author of the eco Association the whitepaper “Legitimate Use of Crypto Mining” and Leader of the eco Competence Groups Email and Anti-Abuse, explains how website owners may be able to benefit from a new revenue stream, as an alternative to online advertising.

eco Association publishes IT Security Study 2019: 90 percent of companies perceive the threat situation as growing and are preparing themselves with emergency plans

Crypto mining could become established in future as an additional option for the financing of websites. To explain how, eco – Association of the Internet Industry has just published a whitepaper “Legitimate Use of Crypto Mining”.