Kick-off of eSecurity Working Group

Creation date: 02 May 2007

The newest eSafety Forum Working Group (WG), eSecurity, held its first meeting 23 April 2007 in Brussels. Over 25 participants attended, representing industry, research institutes and the European Commission, among others. 

The objectives of the eSecurity WG are to investigate eSecurity needs that address the vulnerability of road transport introduced by the misuse of networked and co-operative systems and integrate existing and emerging RTD initiatives. It also aims to provide a communication platform for all major stakeholders in order to support the introduction of eSecurity technologies in parallel to the technical progress and compatible to legal and certification aspects. It is chaired by Christoph Ruland of the University of Siegen and Antonio Kung of TRIALOG.

At the meeting, the WG’s Terms of Reference were reviewed and a presentation of the draft Security Proposal was given. Afternoon discussions focused on the WG’s work, approach, and timetable. To get its activities underway, the WG plans to address two topics, first privacy and data protection followed by vehicle intrusion later in the year.

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