Business is contributing to re-thinking effective privacy frameworks, too. Microsoft's Scott Charney has been developing his thinking on 'End to End Trust' for a couple of years now and returned to the theme at the RSA Conference 2010.
The European Commission (EC) and its partners hosted aconference on “Trust in the Information Society”in Spain 10-11 February where the winds of change became even more apparent.
There is a lot of fluff surrounding Cloud Computing and it starts with the terminology. One dangerous consequence is very poor identification of the new levels of risk that might be created: who makes the decisions and who bears the consequences. But help is at hand.
e-Security awareness cuts both ways. If policy makers take the digital economy seriously, then they need to be aware of the limitations of relying on user education alone to protect the people against cyber crime.