VPNW 2018
Virtual Private Network Workshop, June 8, 2018
Virtual private networks for critical infrastructure
A three-day event will gather representatives from industry, government, and academia to discuss the role that the future VPN architecture can play in support of these critical network environments, as well as future content delivery over critical mobile networks (e.g., emergency networks).
Given the increasing deployment of the Internet of Things (IoT), Big Data analytics, and Artificial intelligence (AI) in critical network environments, driven by their functionality and potential for a strong economic growth across different segments, this workshop will examine role of VPN in critical infrastructure networks. The first day of the workshop is focused on IoT and will feature keynotes by invited speakers as well as presentations and panels. It will explore how VPN addresses some of the key challenges in security, multi-party communication models, stack and application complexity, efficient resource utilization, and scalability faced by emerging IoT applications.
The second day will have a similar format focused on the themes of Big Data and Artificial intelligence (AI). Future VPN architectures based on the software defined networking (SDN) paradigm propose to address ongoing challenges in supporting modern applications, especially in critical network environments, an area that has a growing community of interest both from private and government sector.
On the third day a special session will be held to discuss developments in the use of applications (apps) installed on smartphones and other devices to contact emergency services. Topics addressed in this session:
how existing apps are assisting in the provision of emergency service
how emergency network architecture affects requirements for the app design and delivery
future steps needed to encourage further development and integration of emergency service apps into the broader VPN ecosystem.
We’ll also discuss the best-in-class emerging mobile VPN technologies:
Internet Protocol Security (IPSec)
Secure Socket Layer (SSL)
Internet Key Exchange version 2 (IKEv2)
Mobile IP
purpose-specific mobile VPNs
purpose-specific SSL VPNs.
The workshop agenda will be updated with the complete list of speakers and presentations.
Call for posters/demos: We are soliciting both technical demonstrations and posters that fit within the general theme of the workshop. They can either reflect on-going research progress, demonstrate working prototypes, or showcase realistic applications. Abstracts describing the demos and posters will be distributed with the workshop program. If interested please send an abstract describing your demo/poster and specify if any special arrangements are needed for your demo (connectivity, equipment, space, etc).
Case Study
‘World VPN Week’ Announced To Increase Awareness Of Daily Privacy Threats
DALLAS, April 16, 2019 /PRNewswire/ — Virtual private network service provider, IPVanish, announced the start of the first annual World VPN Week. Launched on April 13, 2019, this 7-day campaign is devoted to raising awareness about the crucial role that a VPN plays in safeguarding internet traffic. VPNs are an essential tool in the pursuit of digital rights because of network encryption and virtual location-changing capabilities. While concealing internet traffic from third parties keeps data safe, providing control over IP addresses gives users a way to avoid locally-enforced censorship.
This initiative also serves to highlight the conditions that have made VPNs necessary in daily online activity. The starting date of World VPN Week is significant, recognizing Australia’s National ‘Get a VPN’ Day on April 13, 2017. That day was inspired by the passage of overbearing data retention laws which have had a ripple effect far beyond the borders of Australia. Data retention practices can also be found in Russia, with further demands imposed on VPN providers to censor Russian citizens from unapproved content.
In China, a place where citizens’ online and in-person behavior is monitored and quantified into social credit scores, privacy is growing extinct. These new social scores still have an unfathomable impact, and yet, by restricting where a person lives or how they’re permitted to travel, they’ve already become key in determining the quality of an individual’s life.
That same cavalier attitude towards privacy is currently enabling a strict adult content age verification system in the United Kingdom. Soon, any individual seeking 18+ content will be required to verify their age with a credit card, passport, or government ID; a massive database primed for severe consequence.
Repressive regimes are far from the only ones infringing upon the digital rights of its citizens. Democratic governments and broadband providers work hand-in-hand to shape internet access as they see fit, most often void of user privacy.
“It’s important to us at IPVanish that we keep not only our immediate customers safe, but that we arm our communities with the knowledge they need to protect themselves,” said Jeremy Palmer, Vice President at IPVanish. “This week will allow us to bring greater visibility to VPN, and why everyone needs to be using one.”
Source: IPVanish
IPVanish is a worldwide online privacy and freedom advocate. Operating the only true Top Tier virtual private network service in the world, IPVanish provides secure access to 40,000+ anonymous IPs, with servers in 75+ locations. IPVanish consistently tests as the fastest service globally, while maintaining industry-best security, reliability, and privacy protection standards. For more information, visit ipvanish.com