On 29 June, the second, 2010 edition of the
Technological Conference for Data Protection (DAT) was held in CosmoCaixa
Barcelona. This year the main subject addressed was "The National Security
Framework (ENS) and security measures provided in the Data Protection Law
(LOPD)".
Esther Mitjans, director of the Catalan Data
Protection Authority, opened the event together with Jordi Bosch, Secretary for
Telecommunications and Information Society of the Generalitat Government of
Catalonia. Their presentations focused on the importance of promoting a culture
of information security, this being a strategic tool in guaranteeing the right to
data protection.
General view of Cosmocaixa Auditorium
Esther Mitjans, director of the Catalan Data Protection
Authority and Jordi Bosch, secretary for Telecommunications and Information Society
Subsequently, Pedro Miquel Echenique, president of the Donostia International
Physics Centre Foundation (DIPC) and full professor of condensed matter physics
at the University of the Basque Country gave the opening lecture "Science. Economy.
Creativity". The paper took the form of an introduction to quantum physics, a
discipline that shows how major events have arisen through the smallest of
objects. Knowledge, technology and innovation are basic elements in ensuring a
country's competitiveness. Today's society demands solutions, responses and
foresightedness in dealing with the set of problems related to the new
technologies. In this sense, though considered an additional measure, data
protection is both key and indispensible.
Various experts in the field of data protection
then spoke on the subject of the National Security Framework (ENS) and the data
protection law (LOPD). The ENS regulates security measures in the sphere of
e-administration in local authorities, and the LOPD protects and guarantees the
processing of citizens' personal data by public administrations. A panel of
specialists subsequently discussed "What do the experts think of the ENS?"
exploring the viability of adoption of
the ENS by smaller administrations and the strengths and improvements that
could be applied to that Framework.
Professor Pedro Miguel Echenique
President of Donostia International Physics Centre Foundation
Chair in Physics, Universidad del País Vasco
Prince of Asturias of Scientific Research Prize in 1998
In parallel, consultants from the APDCAT,
CATCert and TB-security offered participants a free advisory service.
Finally, the Conference was brought to a close
with four workshops that considered various aspects of the ENS.
