Air Marshal Zahid Mehmood (Retd) Director, Centre for Aerospace & Security Studies, Islamabad Introduction As the moderator of the roundtable, Air Marshal Zahid Mehmood (Retd) laid the groundwork for the discussion by outlining the concept of ‘Global Commons’, explaining the historical and contemporary challenges of governing shared natural resources beyond national jurisdictions -like the oceans,. [...] He referenced various national and international efforts to address cyberspace governance, including the ICANN and W3C standards for data handling and web communication, and the varied success of legal frameworks like the Budapest Convention on Cybercrime. [...] Specifically, in the subdomain of social media, he addressed the challenges of content moderation and the prevention of misinformation, hate speech, and harmful content. [...] He shed light on the long process from that point to the development of a National Cyber Security 10 Cyberspace as a Global Common: Formulation and Applicability of International Law Policy in 2021, as well as the establishment of the National Cyber Crime Investigation Agency (NCCIA) and the Data Privacy Commission, now independent bodies. [...] He remarked that the Cyber Security Policy was specifically brought to the Defence and Production Committee because cyber security is a matter of national defence and advocated that it should not be under the Ministry of IT.
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Table of Contents
- Contents 5
- INTRODUCTION 7
- EXECUTIVE SUMMARY 8
- KEY TAKEAWAYS 10
- PROPOSED WAY FORWARD 11
- SUMMARY OF PROCEEDINGS 12
- Air Marshal Javaid Ahmed Retd 12
- President Centre for Aerospace Security Studies Islamabad 12
- Air Marshal Zahid Mehmood Retd 12
- Director Centre for Aerospace Security Studies Islamabad 12
- Speakers 13
- Jamal Aziz 13
- Executive Director Research Society of International Law RSIL 13
- Pakistan 13
- Khawaja Mohammad Ali 16
- Cyber Security Data Privacy Digital Forensics Expert 16
- Guest Discussants 18
- Dr Zunera Jalil 18
- Professor and Chair Department of Cyber Security Air University 18
- Dr Kashif Kifayat 19
- Professor Department of Cyber Security Air University 19
- Air Marshal Javaid Ahmed Retd 20
- President Centre for Aerospace Security Studies Islamabad 20
- ANNEXURES 21
- Profiles of Speakers 21
- Press Release 23
- Social Media Engagement 26
- ABOUT CASS 30
- VISION 30
- MISSION 30
- CORE AREAS OF RESEARCH 30
