25th November 2010, Kuala Lumpur: e WWG presented at the Cyber Security Awards, Conference and Exhibition held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia on the 23rd of November 2010. Salma Abbasi, Chair and CEO of e-WWG, spoke on ‘securing our digital city’ at the conference, which was a global gathering of IT ministers and stakeholders in Cyber Security. Held by the Malaysian Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation, the summit is an indication of the increasing importance given to developing a more secure and more safe digital world..

Salma Abbasi spoke on how we can and must co-ordinate a holistic publicprivate multi stakeholder framework which acts as an ongoing strategy for engagement, as cyber security is more a dynamic process than a one-time execution and implementation step. This is especially true given the real-time evolution of the treats posed to individuals and governments alike.

The next decade will see the evolution of many and various strategies for dealing with cyber threats, and governments must work together in sharing resources, knowledge and skills in helping create a sustainable and viable on and offline world. e-WWG will continue to develop strategies and resources in helping overcome the challenges faced by these systemic issues.

27th November 2010: e-WWG signed a MOU on the 23rd of November with the cyber security arm of the Government of Malaysia, CSM, to jointly develop cyber security capabilities and awareness across OIC countries. The agreement includes the provision of a multi stakeholder forum and framework which will form the bedrock of the Cyber Security Strategy. Salma Abbasi, Chair and CEO of e-WWG, also launched a landmark publication on Child Online Security at the summit of the OIC-CERT, the Organisation of Islamic Conference equivalent to the hugely successful US-CERT.

“With the joint developments of an increasing number of ‘digital natives’ and the rapid take up of mobile internet technologies, we’re finding an ever increasing number of young vulnerable people online without the provision of safeguards.” said Salma Abbasi, Chair and CEO of e-WWG. Adding, “this complex environment requires holistic solutions if we are to create safe and secure environments for our children to play.”

e WWG is excited about the increasing resolve of governments in the Muslim world to help deal with these systemic vulnerabilities, which have proved tragic in some cases in Western Europe and the USA, through the sexual grooming and abuse of children online. Social Networking sites such as facebook.com have been urged to develop a secure and safe online experience for young people only through the provision of a coordinated and integrated public- private strategy developed by organizations such as US-CERT. e-WWG is actively working with partners in creating awareness of these challenges in Islamic countries.