Article by Todd Hoskins, Senior Fellow for the Global Help Desk Last month, Microsoft publicly announced its commitment to the Vaccination Equity Initiative. In the last four weeks a new consortium has formed – the Vaccination Equity Consortium (VEC) – with Microsoft, Amazon, Dell, Moderna, GSK, Pfizer, Quest Diagnostics, Easterseals, United Way, Kaiser Permanente, the CDC Foundation, Read More
Category Archives: Health & Security
Community Update: Congratulations, JokkoSanté!
People Centered Internet congratulates community member, Adama Kane, whose health-focused digital payments app, Senegal-based JokkoSanté, won the USAID Inclusive Health Access Prize. “JokkoSanté is a health-focused digital payments app that improves accountability in the local health system in Senegal by tracking medicines and enabling payments for health services,” according to the USAIDannoucement. “The desktop and Read More
People-Centered Internet Announces Six “Areas of Focus” for 2020
Press Release — January 15, 2020 PALO ALTO, CA — People-Centered Internet (PCI) today announces its “Areas of Focus” for 2020. The nonprofit organization dedicated to “working for an Internet that works for people” was cofounded in 2015 by Vint Cerf and Mei Lin Fung. In the coming year, PCI will support projects in six categories: (1) Read More
Community Update: Deborah Kobza announces formation of Cognitive Security ISAO
PCI Community Member Deborah Kobza announced the launch of the Cognitive Security ISAO (Information Sharing and Analysis Association), headquartered at the International Association of Certified ISAOs (IACI – IACI-CERT at the Center for Space Education, NASA/Kennedy Space Center, Florida. The Cognitive Security ISAO’s mission is to “accelerate cognitive security resilience by advancing the capacity and Read More
Disinformation, Cognitive Security, and Influence : CXOTALK with Dr. David Bray
By CXOTALK Fighting disinformation attacks has become a crucial part of information security. In this episode of CxOTalk, three experts – Founder of Bodacea Light Industries Sara-Jayne Terp, Director of Donovan Group US Navy Pablo Breuer, and Executive Director of PCI Coalition Dr. David Bray, explain these dangerous attacks, which are based on influence and Read More
Privacy, Security, and Ethics in an Asymmetric World & Global Citizenship in an Exponential Age
By Dr. David Bray Representing the People-Centered Internet coalition, Executive Director Dr. David Bray participated in a Salzburg Global Seminar on “Privacy, Security, and Ethics in an Asymmetric World” held in Austria. A full report has just been published and is available for download here. David also wrote an op-ed on Laws, Tech, and Narratives for Read More
NATO Co-sponsors Groundbreaking Inaugural Cyber Crisis Simulation Exercise at GLOBSEC Bratislava 2019 Forum
By Organising Transatlantic Steering Committee: Keerthika M. Subramanian, Esq, Nadja EL Fertasi, Kristen M. Laughlin, and David A. Bray, PhD Digital transformation is redefining the geopolitical security landscape at an unprecedented pace. By 2030, the number of sensors and devices connected to the Internet of Things (IoT) is expected to increase from 21 billion in Read More
Towards a Misinformation ISAO
This outstanding presentation was made by CDR Pablo Breuer and Sara Jayne “SJ” Terp to the PCI Community on 31 March 2019. Vint Cerf and the PCI Board extend a big thanks to both SJ and Pablo for the great work they are doing. If you liked this post, you can follow us on Twitter Read More
Responsible Digital Inclusion – How Can We Be Safe and Welcoming to All?
On December 10th, Constellation Research and the People Centered Internet (PCI) brought over 200 people together in San Jose California to talk about a People Centered Digital Future. On the panel on Digital Inclusion, PCI co-founder, Mei Lin opened by inviting everyone into her kitchen, for if we are to be inclusive, conversations like these Read More
The Pacification of Cyberspace
“PCI is dedicated to the proposition that the Internet and its applications can and should be evolved to improve lives further. The context in which Internet operates determines in many ways how it is experienced by its users. In addition to all its values, the Internet has become a medium in which harms can and Read More