21st Century Learning and Teaching

Das Bundesministerium des Inneren schreibt auf seiner Webseite:

„Betreiber Kritischer Infrastrukturen aus den Bereichen Energie, Informationstechnik und Telekommunikation, Transport und Verkehr, Gesundheit, Wasser, Ernährung sowie Finanz- und Versicherungswesen müssen damit künftig einen Mindeststandard an IT-Sicherheit einhalten und erhebliche IT-Sicherheitsvorfälle an das Bundesamt für Sicherheit in der Informationstechnik (BSI) melden.

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In dem verabschiedeten IT-Sicherheitsgesetz steht außerdem auch, dass Unternehmen mit Bußgeldern rechnen müssen, wenn sie Hackerangriffe nicht melden. Die geplanten Strafen können sich auf bis zu 100.000 Euro belaufen, wenn „die betreffende Störung tatsächlich zu einem Ausfall oder einer Beeinträchtigung der Funktionsfähigkeit der Kritischen Infrastruktur geführt hat“.

C'est un vrai coup de tonnerre. La directive qui constitue le pilier pour tout ce qui touche aux enquêtes judiciaires et à la lutte contre le terrorisme est invalidée : elle comporte une ingérence d'une vaste ampleur et d'une gravité particulière dans les droits fondamentaux au respect de la vie privée. Le système s'écroule.

European Commission Press release Brussels, 23 July 2012 Digital Agenda – Commission consults on a future EU Network and Information Security legislative initiative The European Commission is seeking the views of governments, businesses, citizens about their experiences and EU possible responses to cyber incidents which cause disruption to essential Network and Information Systems (NIS), including the internet.

The Commission has launched this consultation to help it prepare a legislative proposal on network and information security, which will be an important element of the upcoming EU strategy on Cyber security. Feedback received will help the Commission draw up an approach to possible future risk management and security breach reporting requirements that would affect businesses in particular. The consultation runs until 12 October 2012.

Background, read more:

http://europa.eu/rapid/pressReleasesAction.do?reference=IP/12/818&format=HTML&aged=0&language=EN&guiLanguage=en

Université du Luxembourg

Prof. Herwig Hofmann of the Faculty of Law, Economics and Finance has been making international headlines this week thanks to a verdict by the Court of Justice of the European Union in a case against Facebook.

Around the globe news media reported on the CJEU’s verdict, which declared the US’s Safe Harbor agreement invalid. The agreement allows US companies to compile data from European users and move them to the US. The CJEU found, however, that not enough was being done to protect user data there, for example from surveillance by the NSA.

Some 4,000 companies could reportedly be affected by this verdict, which has raised questions over the future of data transfer between the EU and the US.

Learn more / En savoir plus / Mehr erfahren:

http://www.scoop.it/t/securite-pc-et-internet/?tag=Safe+Harbor

https://gustmees.wordpress.com/2013/12/21/privacy-in-the-digital-world-shouldnt-we-talk-about-it/

Google has hired lobbyists in at least three US states to battle proposed restrictions on driving with headsets such as Google Glass.

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