AGENDA
Forum on DNS Abuse
Monday, 25 June 2012
16:30- 17:30
Prague, Czech Republic
Hilton Prague Hotel, Congress I and II Room
Format: Most of the online crimes you hear of abuse the Domain Name System in some way. Whether a scam artist hides his identity by hosting his website behind an orphaned record, or a phisher registers a domain intended to resemble a famous brand, abuse of the DNS involves many ICANN stakeholders. Consumers and businesses can be victims of abuse, legitimate service providers might see criminals and fraudsters use those very services to commit offenses. This Forum is part of a continuing dialogue where the different stakeholders affected by DNS abuse can share information and ideas for responding to such abuse.
Introduction
Moderator: Ondrej Filip, CEO of the .CZ.NIC (Czech Republic)
The moderator will outline the purpose of the Forum and explain the format. The moderator will also provide opening remarks.
Latest Developments in the Fight against DNS Abuse
Panel: Branko Stamenković, Head of Special High Tech Crime Department, Belgrade, (Serbia), Martin Peterka, Head of Security Teams from CZ.NIC-CSIRT and CSIRT.CZ (Czech Republic), Christopher Malone, Special Agent, Arms & Strategic Technology Investigations, U.S. Department of Homeland Security, and Christopher Landi, Section Chief-Special Agent, Cyber-Crime Center, Computer Forensics Section, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).
This session highlights the latest developments in the fight against DNS-related abuse such as phishing, malware and crimeware. The speakers will address the regional challenges faced in Europe and globally in responding to DNS-related abuse.
Questions and Answers (Moderator)
Closing Remarks (Moderator)
The Forum on DNS Abuse has turned into one of the more popular recurring sessions at ICANN international meetings. Join us for informative, up-to-the-minute reports from the global war against DNS abuse.
For Additional Information:
Ondřej Filip, CEO CZ.NIC
Ondřej studied Computer Science at the Faculty of Mathematics and Physics at Charles University and University of Pittsburgh - Joseph M. Katz Graduate School of Business (MBA). During his studies at Charles University he started to work in company IPEX a.s. Later he became Technical director and member of board there. Ondřej has been CEO of the CZ.NIC association since December 2004. Herewith his duties in CZ.NIC Ondřej acts in boards of the association NIX.CZ (Neutral Internet Exchange), associations Euro-IX (European Internet Exchange Association) and DNS OARC (The Domain Name System Operations Analysis and Research Center). He is a member of Multistakeholder Advisory Group, which assist the Secretary General of United Nations in convening the Internet Governance Forum. He was a member of ccNSO council (Country Code Names Supporting Organisation) at ICANN (Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers). In his free time Ondřej likes playing basketball, travelling or programming of open source software. He speaks English fluently and German.
Martin Peterka, Operations Manager, CZ.NIC
Martin Peterka is Assistant Managing Director of the CZ.NIC association. Martin studied Automated Control Systems at the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering - Technical University in Kosice. After his studies he worked in VSŽ Informatika, developing a production control information system. During 1999-2003, he managed the CZ domain administration project in KPNQwest Czechia, the company that secured the CZ domain operation for the CZ.NIC association. Martin has been working for the CZ.NIC association since 2003 and is responsible for every-day flawless operation of the CZ domain names registry, supervises work of customer support operators and helps to solve serious problems of the domain holders, is the association's contact person for domain registrars, and he also participates in further development of the registration system, especially in taking requests of registrars and domain holders into account. Martin spends his time off by bicycling, skiing, and cooking. He is fluent in English.
Mr. Branko Stamenković Head of the Special Public Prosecutor’s Office for High-Tech Crime of Serbia Branko Stamenković, LL.M., is leading Public Prosecutor in Republic of Serbia and region of Western Balkans for High-Tech and Internet related crime cases which represented a corner stone in the field of general and special prevention and combating against such crimes in Serbia, which led to changes of contemporary Serbian criminal legal framework, including very first cases of Internet frauds, IPR infringements and child pornography in Serbia. He is the author of the National Centre for High-Tech Crime Combating project and draft law about Special Authorities for Cyber Crime combating in Serbia which resulted in adoption of the Law on Organization and Jurisdiction of State Authorities for High-Tech Crime Combating by National Assembly of Republic of Serbia in 2006 and foundation of Serbian police Special Service, Special Prosecutors Office and Special Criminal Trial Chamber of Serbia for Cyber Crime related cases in 2007. His background includes studies and trainings in the fields of Information Technologies and Global Networking Criminality together with Contemporary Business and Organization of IT, International Bar Association and Humanitarian Law Fund specialization in the field of International Humanitarian Law, OSCE and NHTCU of Great Britain training for revealing and prosecuting high-tech, electronic and Internet crimes, Council of Europe and Belgrade Fund for Political Excellence training in the field of integration processes in European Union and stability, AML/CFT and Anti-Corruption training by Akademie fur Fortbildung Heidelberg, Berlin, 2007 IVLP U.S. Judicial System, FBI International Counter-proliferation Program for Weapons for Mass Destruction Crime Scene Operations, PROSECO and SEEPAG membership and others. He is also a co-author of “Terrorism and organized crime, challenges for security and stability of Western Balkans” project of U.S. “Rockefeller Foundation” and Serbian counterpart and 2006-2008 expert lecturer for Council of Europe and European Union project “PACO Serbia” in the field of combating economic and cyber-crime in Republic of Serbia. Within same project worked as team member for harmonization of contemporary Serbian laws and CoE Cyber Crime Convention for the purpose of ratification of Convention by Serbian National Assembly. Member of several Government Authorities and Task Forces regarding combating and preventing Cyber Crime and actively involved into EU IPA projects regarding ICT Public Prosecution systems. Council of Europe “Cyber@IPA” project area team leader and expert in the area of Cyber Crime. Council of Europe T-CY Committee national representative and elected member of T-CY Committee Bureau.
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Christopher Landi began his Federal law enforcement career with the U.S. Customs Service in 1995, which has since been merged into the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). He started working cyber crime investigations and performing computer forensics examinations in 2004 for the HSI New York Field Office. He is currently a Supervisory Special Agent with the Homeland Security Investigations Cyber Crimes Center.
Christopher Malone is a Special Agent in the Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS), Homeland Security Investigations (HSI). He is presently assigned to the HSI HQ Cyber Crimes Center (C3), as the National Program Manager of Cyber-Counter Proliferation Investigations (CPI). SA Malone was previously assigned to the HSI Washington Field Office (SAC/DC), as an Agent in the CPI Group where he conducted or participated in numerous counter proliferation investigations against corporate and individual targets in both domestic and transnational criminal investigations.
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