F-Secure co-founds cybersecurity ethics alliance
F-Secure has participated in a kick-off event in Zurich for a research group dedicated to developing value-driven cybersecurity in Europe. The CANVAS consortium is a project created by F-Secure and ten European partners in response to concerns that increasing efforts to secure digital infrastructure and data may come at the expense of European rights and values.
CANVAS (Constructing an Alliance for Value-driven Cyber Security) brings together participants from various scientific traditions and fields to structure and disseminate research regarding the ethical, legal, empirical, and technological issues related to cybersecurity. It aims to create resources that inform policy-makers, experts, and the public on the development of cybersecurity technologies and policies that offer security without sacrificing emerging needs, such as basic access rights.
“Right now, everyone is struggling to secure digital assets,” said Sean Sullivan, Security Advisor, F-Secure. “Doing nothing is not an option given the capabilities of today’s attackers, but at the same time, being too heavy-handed harms innocent people and companies looking to make the most out of new technology. Governments, companies, and the public are coming to the European cybersecurity industry with questions about how to make security both effective and practical for their needs, and CANVAS is going to help us get answers to the people that need them.”
F-Secure, identified as a European cybersecurity leader in the project proposal, will play an integral role in CANVAS by helping the group obtain expert opinions from the cybersecurity industry, and share insights generated by the consortium with other industry experts. F-Secure will also lead an international workshop to discuss the current security challenges facing businesses, and provide expertise on the creation of resources (including a training curriculum and a massive open online course) on behalf of the cybersecurity industry.
The project, which has obtained three years of funding from the European Union and the Swiss State Secretariat for Education, Research and Innovation, begins amidst a flurry of new cybersecurity initiatives in Europe, including the European Commission’s recently announced 1.8 billion euro contractual public-private partnership, as well as new legislation such as the Network and Information Security (NIS) directive.
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