OECD antispam initiatives AntiSPAM Strategies The Way Forward

OECD anti-spam initiatives Anti-SPAM Strategies – The Way Forward for the ASEAN Telecommunications Regulators’ Council (ATRC) 3 -4 May 2005, Cyberjaya, Malaysia www. oecd. org/sti/spam claudia. sarrocco@oecd. org 1

Spam evolution HTML Ascii URLs Links to spam webs Viruses Worms Phishing Mobile phones Spam Over IP? y it x e l mp o C / y t i ver Se 2001 Based on E. Salem (Symanthec) presentation (http: //www. itu. int/osg/spu/spam/background. html) 2006 2005 2

Spam characteristics Fraudulent spam Spam – security threat Anonymous spam No prior consent 3

OECD Spam Task Force: Spam Toolkit n n n To provide member (and non-member) countries policy orientation and support in their decisions regarding spam issues (regulation, technologies, education…); Promote/facilitate cross-border coordination among antispam authorities, and between public and private entities; Raise awareness different stakeholders on the complexity and gravity of the issue, also providing informational and educative materials; 4

Spam Toolkit: content n Eight elements: – – – – Regulation Enforcement Industry driven initiatives Technical solutions Education and awareness Co-operative partnerships against spam Spam metrics Outreach 5

Element 1: regulation n Report on possible approaches to anti-spam regulation: – Basic principles – Cross-border provisions – Spam as a security threat – Sanctions – Players – Additional elements 6

Element 2: enforcement n n n Report on crossborder enforcement Contact list (country profiles) Possibility to extend the applicability of OECD crossborder guidelines on fraud to spam cases 7

Elements 3: Industry solutions n Activities undertaken by private sector entities to counter spam, such as for example ISPs and ISPs associations: – ISPA code of conduct – MAAWG initiative (www. maawg. org) – Etc. Element 4: Technical solutions Study on technical solutions applicable to spam at different levels n 8

Element 5: Education and awareness n n Report on activities on education and awareness in OECD member countries (information and best practices) Education and awareness website (in cooperation with ITU) for all interested countries Element 6: cooperative partnerships n Advantages and examples of cooperation between public and private entities in the spam sector 9

Element 7: spam metrics 2005 -2005 - Messagelabs n Gathering of data and information from different sources, and elaboration of a sort of “basket” from which it will be possible to extrapolate a spam TREND 68. 81% February-April 05 – Comendo (Dk) 10

Element 8: outreach activities n Spam is a global problem the spam Toolkit is not directed only to OECD countries – Cooperation with ITU, APEC, etc, to ensure a larger diffusion of the toolkit and to include non. OECD economies in its elaboration – More attention to private-public dialogue – Report on spam in developing countries (public) – Contact list: open to all interested countries (see template) – OECD Spam Toolkit Website (www. oecd. org/sti/spam) 11

Spam authorities contact list CP=Consumer Protection Agency, Crim=Criminal prosecutor’s office and police; DP=Data Protection Agency, Sec=Securities and Investment Regulators. TC=Telecommunications authority. 12 please fill it in and return to claudia. sarrocco@oecd. org

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