Digital Security, Trust & Consumer Protection – Call for Contributions

In our evolving digital world, one thing remains a constant: the fundamental importance of security. With increasing levels of remote working and IoT and AI developments, the attack vectors – both technological and human – are becoming more numerous and potentially more dangerous. As technology advances, new processes, new methods, and new styles of security and new concepts for securely interconnecting resources are becoming more important to ensure that digital assets and the underlying Internet infrastructure are well protected. 

New innovations are emerging daily in data-driven business and end-user applications, and there are heightened expectations of performance and resilience of connectivity. As such, key tasks of digital infrastructure providers include constantly pushing bandwidths to meet growing demand, to accelerate data transport, and to ensure the seamless and secure flow of data.

For the dotmagazine issue on “Digital Security, Trust & Consumer Protection” in September/October 2024, we welcome articles from members, partners and customers of the eco Association/DE-CIX Group that showcase how to serve the data speeds of the digital society and digital economy of today and tomorrow.

Submission date for Part I: 28 August 2024 (to be published on 25 September)

Submission date for Part II: 2 October 2024 (to be published on 30 October)

Contributions can take the form of:

• Opinion articles
• “How-to” articles
• Research-based articles
• Business story articles on a Unique Selling Proposition (USP) (see template)
• Case studies (see template)
• Interviews

Topic areas:

Security

• Security by design, simplifying encryption
• Remote working and accessing corporate assets
• Security awareness
• IoT Security
• Email & DNS security
• Building a zero-trust environment
• Protecting networks
• Data center security
• Robust connectivity for business continuity

The next generation of digital infrastructure

• Wireless connectivity: 5G, satellite connectivity, other wireless innovations
• Innovations in fixed-line connectivity
• Building bridges between networks, enterprises, and organizations

The Edge

• Various solutions and technologies for serving data and content close to the user
• Narrowing the digital divide – bringing digital infrastructure to far-flung regions

Use cases demanding low latency in fields such as:

• Automotive & mobility
• Finance
• Critical processes
• Gaming

Data protection

• Protecting data through authentication & encryption
• Best practices for securing customers’ personal data
• Approaches to dealing with multiple jurisdictions
• Innovative technical solutions

Data mobility

• Gaia-X
• Cloud solutions
• Open-source approaches
• Avoiding vendor lock-in

Domains

• Protecting consumers against fraud
• Phishing, domain spoofing
• Mitigating abuse

You have a related burning topic that doesn’t fit into the categories above? Talk to us! dotmagazine@eco.de

Please note: your contribution should not be too technical – the focus should be more on the strategic level.

• For information on dotmagazine style requirements, please see the Guidelines and Legal Conditions for Contributors to dotmagazine. By submitting a contribution to dotmagazine, you agree to these guidelines and also provide us with the requested author and company form.
• For the purposes of planning, please contact dotmagazine@eco.de before submitting a contribution.
• Given that the goal of the eco Association – as publisher of dotmagazine – is the responsible shaping of the Internet, promoting diversity is in our deepest interest. To boost the profile of women in the Internet industry, we are particularly keen to have the voices of women heard in our industry insights. We therefore especially welcome articles, quotes, and case studies which are (co-)written by, feature, or quote Women in Tech.
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