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Security

Internet Security Days 2019: Defend against Cyber Attacks with AI

Artificial Intelligence (AI) finds anomalies autonomously and shows strategies to combat acute cyber attacks, and the combination of artificial and human intelligence improves the security level in companies.

date 2019/08/13

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IoT

Digital Assistants Business Trend: Data Transparency and Good Education as the Key to AI Success

An eco survey reveals that over a quarter of Germans are already using digital voice assistants. Meanwhile, high data protection standards are identified as being the key to the acceptance of AI technologies and services while, going forward, AI will need human intelligence for its own development.

date 2019/07/12

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Cloud Computing

Cloud First: Industry Coalition Provides Best Practice Guidance for Europe’s Public Procurers of Cloud Services

A new handbook, launched in Brussels today and entitled "Buying Cloud Services in Public Sector", is designed to help public purchasers in Europe to shape more effective cloud procurement vehicles.

date 2019/07/03

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Policy & Law

eco Comments on ECJ Ruling on GMail: “Positive Signal for Data Protection”

Last Thursday, the ECJ ruled that the “Gmail” service should not be treated as a telecommunications service under European law, thus foiling the plans of the German Federal Network Agency to subject web services to the provisions of the German Telecommunications Act.

date 2019/06/17

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Security

Study Commisssion Artificial Intelligence

“We must make AI safe, trustworthy and successful”, says eco board member Prof. Norbert Pohlmann.

date 2019/06/04

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Policy & Law

Many Companies Still Uncertain One Year into the GDPR

eco Association welcomes the initiative of the German federal government to protect companies from discretionary warning penalties. DPAs’ period of grace for imposition of heavy fines will soon draw to a close.

date 2019/05/22

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Domains

5th Domain stammtisch.nrw

If you are interested in the world of domains, you are invited to join our stammtisch.nrw in Bonn. Stammtisch.nrw is a relaxed get-together of the domain industry from the Rhineland, which takes place twice a year. You are welcome to participate, even if you are not from North Rhine-Westphalia. At the stammtisch.nrw, we...

date 2019/09/05 placeBonn

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Policy & Law

Strengthen the Privacy Shield to Retain it as an Important Legal Ground

The Privacy Shield is currently the most important legal ground for the exchange of personal data between EU Member States and the USA. The legal significance is particularly high for all companies involved in data transfer and retention. Currently, intensive discussions are taking place in both the USA and the EU on the future of transatlantic data protection. In interview, Oliver Süme, Chair of eco, gives us an insight into the thinking behind the dialogues.

date 2019/04/30

News

Policy & Law

eco on EU Ethics Guidelines for AI: Promoting Societal Discourse on Responsibility for Artificial Intelligence

Commenting on the new guidelines for the ethical use of artificial intelligence presented by the EU Commission, eco Chair Oliver J. Süme welcomes the EU's message concerning the development of trustworthy AI applications. With its own guidelines for handling AI, as well as a Digital Ethics Compendium, the eco Association is helping to promote a whole-society discourse on responsibility for artificial intelligence.

date 2019/04/08

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Jörg Bienert, Präsident Bundesverband KI und Prof. Dr. Norbert Pohlmann, eco Vorstand

Policy & Law

Industry Associations Aim to Drive Germany Forward as an AI Location

eco Association and the German National AI Association announce strategic partnership: High-performance infrastructures, promotion of skilled workers, and ethical use of AI in focus

date 2019/03/28

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