Friday, June 26, 2020 12:00 pm
-
12:00 pm
EDT (GMT -04:00)
The Defence and Security Foresight Group (DSF-G) is cohosting a lunch-and-learn webinar with the Waterloo Cybersecurity and Privacy Institute (CPI).
This
event
will
feature
a
panel
discussion
with
—
- Douglas Stebila, CPI, University of Waterloo
- Plinio Morita, CPI, University of Waterloo
- Bessma Momani, DSF-G, University of Waterloo
- Moderated by Florian Kerschbaum, CPI, University of Waterloo
The
panel
will
discuss
the
implications
of
emerging COVID-19
contact-tracing
apps
from
the
perspectives
of
their respective
faculties.
Notably,
they
will
discuss
how Canadian
jurisdictions
are
developing
and
deploying
contact-tracing
apps
without
sufficient
technical
review
by
independent
security
and
privacy
experts.
This
panel
will
highlight
how
such
reviews
should
be
conducted
by
experts
from
the
Canadian
security
and
privacy
ecosystem,
with
a
mandate
to
protect
civil
liberties
and
uphold
the
highest
ethical
and
technical
standards.