e-commerce and the Insecurity of the Internet
Dr Vinton Cerf, Senior Vice President for Internet Architecture and Technology, WorldCom, USAPlenary presentations - Thursday 2 November 2000
In this keynote, I will explore a variety of security issues and policies. Security, reliability and integrity are important aspects of supporting e-commerce on the net. Policies for privacy protection are also important and represent potential liability areas for ISPs and ASPs who enter into the ecommerce arena. Matters get even more complex when this subject is considered from an international perspective.
Biography: Dr Vinton Cerf is the co-designer of the TCP/IP protocol, the computer communications language that gave birth to the Internet and widely known as the 'Father of the Internet'. In December 1997 Vinton and his partner, Robert E Kahn, were presented the US National Medal of Technology by President Bill Clinton, for founding and developing the worldwide network. Vinton has served as founding President of the Internet Society from 1992 to 1995 and recently completed his term as Chairman of the Board. In addition to his work on behalf of WorldCom and the Internet, Cerf appears on television programmes including NextWave with Leonard Nimoy and on World Business Review with Alexander Haig. He also holds an appointment as distinguished visiting scientist at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory where he is working on the design of an interplanetary Internet.
