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ARTHUR’S LEGAL: PUSHING THE CUTTING EDGE TO MAINSTREAM, WHILE CREATING NEW CUTTING EDGES:

#PressHereForFuture

Press Here For Future: What Does Technology, New Regulation & Other Change Mean For Your Organisation & Stakeholders?

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Tech Law Firm By Design. Est. 2001

Since 1 January 2001, Arthur’s Legal started the first quarter by securing our first three stock listed companies in the technology, marketing and data brokerage industries for which we continue to work as legal counsel. During that first year we also started in the high-tech, pharmaceuticals, bio-energy and sustainable markets. Over the years we deepened our focus on structuring and supporting businesses involved in the tech world, including publicly listed, governmental, enterprise, SME, start up or early stage, whether IT, high-tech, data processing, chemicals, pharma, bio, clean, social, internet or other. In each and every case, we connect the left part of the brain with the right part, in our usual compact, 3D, yet no-nonsense style.

As global deal making experts, we have successfully closed more than 6.000 major commercial deals with the Fortune 2,000, sitting on both sides of the negotiation table. Furthermore, we have represented and advised local and international clients on VC, PE, corporate structuring, M&A and IPO transactions totalling billions of Euros.

We accomplished all this with our highly skilled and committed team, working together with you and our partners and supported by our custom-designed business tools. Together we make a powerful team, thank you for joining forces with us.

And, as we continue to journey with you through each and every business cycle, we hope you are fully prepared for 2017 and beyond. Let’s stay connected so, together we could mine the opportunities and deliver the impact you envision and beyond while managing risks where appropriate. We are ready to engage and continue to push the cutting edge to mainstream, while creating new cutting edges.

Please read our many activities below, and check our official webpage on the site of the European Commission: https://ec.europa.eu/digital-agenda/en/arthur-van-der-wees

DIGITAL:

Already for 17 years, Arthur’s Legal has pushed the cutting edge to mainstream adoption and use, and continues to create new cutting edges. Such as for instance cloud computing, cybersecurity, internet of things, big data analytics, robotica, block chain and VR technologies. We both bring expertise, transparency and comfort to the table so our customers and its stakeholders can have impact and succeed in a durable way. On top of that we help companies and organisations innovate, applying those innovation in a real life environment, either physical or virtual, thus help creating new cutting edge technologies, frameworks, standards, state of the art practices and business models. We are ready to engage and do the same for you.

GLOBAL DIGITAL STRATEGY:

Arthur’s Legal is official member of European Committee (EC) Cloud Select Industry Group on enterprise cloud computing & SLA’s (C-SIG SLA), and part of the expert group of five, the ‘Drafting Group’.

The current main results and successes have already been, in collaboration with for instance EC CONNECT, ENISA, EC JUST, Cloud Security Alliance, IBM, Microsoft and Telecom Italia the EC Cloud SLA Standardisation Guidelines (‘Standardization Guidelines’), as well as accepted contributions to the new ISO/IEC 19086. The Drafting Group continues to be one of the main bodies to contribute to cloud services awareness, adoption and standardisation, both on EU as well international level.

Please read the EC Cloud SLA Standardisation Guidelines as well as the new ISO/IEC 19086.

Also, please check our official webpage on the site of the European Commission: https://ec.europa.eu/digital-agenda/en/arthur-van-der-wees

ALLIANCE FOR THE INTERNET OF THINGS (AIOTI):

Arthur’s Legal is Founding Member of AIOTI, Vice-Chair of WG4 (IoT Policies) and rivacy-by-Design Project Leader of WG3 (IoT Standardisation & High Level Architecture) which had been launched by the European Commission and various key IoT players in May 2015. The AIOTI aims to give EU the lead in the Internet of Things (IoT) field creating a dynamic European IoT ecosystem. Mapping the value of IoT: Landscaping IoT architecture, Developing IoT Standard Framework, Providing Gap Analysis recommendations, Enabling (semantic) interoperability, security, privacy & Contributing to trust & uptake. First deliverables are expected later this year. #Smart Industry #Smart Cities #SmartManufacturing #SmartFarming #SmartLiving #Wearables #SmartHealth #SmartEnvironment #SmartDocuments #InternetofHumanity. Combination of IoT & Factories, Cities, Retail, Worksites, Logistics, Vehicles, Home, Offices, Human, Healthcare = EUR 11+ trillion per year in 2025. Arthur’s Legal and its team contribute as it has unique 3D-angle & x-by-design approach, connecting vital topics such as usability, security, data management, (personal) data protection, compliance with technology, infrastructure, architecture and global standardisation thereof, with speciality to connect those components in a global, useful ecosystem much earlier (read: pro-active and preventative) than the traditional policy-making, legal and compliance practice (generally too late).

DATA FOR GOOD

Rightfully, data is mentioned as an major and valuable asset of the Digital Age we live in. But most only focus on monetizing on data, which is actually a bit traditional thinking, and for sure not very beneficial for society, planet and the have-not’s. So, why not use Data for Good? Enter the Global Partnership for Sustainable Development Data: Data4SDGS: http://www.data4sdgs.org/. Help achieve Social Development Goals, with sharing data.

For instance last year, within 72 hours after a request of the government of Mexico, and the city of Mexico City, Arthur’s Legal (member of this UN partnership: https://lnkd.in/gYhFJ79) and its global network was able to obtain satelite pictures of just after the devastating earthquake, high res, and kindly royalty-freed up for the occassion by the owner of that content.Join the Data for Good movement, and challenge the status quo. It is much more rewarding than the current Data for Your Own Benefit state of play. Data to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals, and improving lives, fighting inequality, and promoting environmental sustainability. Just as Arthur’s Legal, join for Good: http://www.data4sdgs.org/

OUR MOST RECENT EVENTS, WHERE ARTHUR’S LEGAL TEAM MEMBERS EITHER GIVE KEY NOTES, MODERATED, PANELLED OR OTHERWISE ACTIVELY CONTRIBUTED:

International Cyber Security Summer School, The Hague, 19 -24 August 2018
http://www.summerschoolcybersecurity.org/

Regie op Gegevens Conference (Dutch Government), Workshops Data Control by Citizens & Organisations, The Hague, 28 June 2018
https://www.digitaleoverheid.nl/beleid/regie-op-gegevens/agenda/conferentie-regie-op-gegevens-28-juni-save-the-date/workshop-eu-perspectief-regie-op-gegevens/
Presentation by Arthur’s Legal: https://rog.pleio.nl/groups/view/57899021/eu-perspectieven

Smart Cities 2018: Introduction about & Roadmap of the Institute for Future of Living, The Hague, 27 June 2018
https://www.smart-circle.org/smartcity/program/

ETSI Security Week 2018: Future-proof IoT Security & Privacy; 5G & IoT Security, 11 – 15 June 2018
http://www.etsi.org/etsi-security-week-2018
Presentations & Wrap Up Conclusions by Arthur’s Legal: https://docbox.etsi.org/Workshop/2018/201806_ETSISECURITYWEEK/IoTSecurity

IoT Week 2018: Security & Assurance in IoT; Healthcare, IoT & Security, Bilbao, 4 – 7 June 2018
https://iotweek.org/speakers-2018/
https://sites.grenadine.co/sites/iot/en/iot-week-2018/participants/3441/Arthur+Van+der+Wees

The Hague Summit for Accountability & Internet Democracy: Shaping an Internet of Values, The Hague, 31 May 2018
https://aidinstitute.org/#summit
https://en.unesco.org/events/hague-summit-accountable-and-democratic-internet

Digital Catapult: IoT & Trust (in collaboration with Alliance for Internet of Things Innovation), London, 14 – 15 May 2018
(link will be provided)

HFTP HITEC Amsterdam: Security & Privacy; Blockchain/DLTs, Data Management & Security, 11 – 13 April 2018
https://www.hftp.org/hitec/amsterdam/

IoT, Trust & Creativity: Trust in invisible agents, Manchester, 22 March 2018
http://futuresessions.org/conversations/

Security & Privacy in IoT: Workshop at the European Commission, Brussels, 20 March 2018
(link will be provided)

Resilience: RSA Conference, San Francisco, 15 – 18 March 2018
https://www.rsaconference.com/events/us18

Cybersecurity Act – Establishing the link between Standardisation and Certification, Brussels, 13 February 2018
About the conference: https://www.cencenelec.eu/News/Events/Pages/EV-2018-001.aspx
Arthur’s Legal presentation: ftp://ftp.cencenelec.eu/EN/News/Events/2018/Cybersecurity_ENISA_CEN_CL_ETSI_Presentations/Arthur-VAN-DER-WEES_AIOTI.pdf

12^th Annual Meeting of the Internet Governance Forum, Geneva, 18 – 21 December 2017
https://www.intgovforum.org/multilingual/
(Video) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aG1Q0M21nYg

Digital Skills and Jobs Coalition Conference, Brussels, 7 December 2017
https://ec.europa.eu/digital-single-market/en/news/digital-opportunities-europe-digital-skills-and-jobs-coalition-conference

Internet of Things, a brave new world for consumers, Brussels, 28 November 2017
http://www.beuc.eu/press-media/news-events/conference-internet-things-brave-new-world-consumers

Validation workshop for Baseline Security Measures for IoT & first IOTsec meeting, The Hague, 20 October 2017
https://www.enisa.europa.eu/events/validation-workshop-for-baseline-security-measures-for-iot-first-iotsec-meeting

Internet of Things Security Conference, The Hague, 18 – 19 October 2017
https://www.europol.europa.eu/events/europol-enisa-iot-security-conference

EBF Cybersecurity Conference, Brussels, 10 October 2017
https://www.ebf.eu/cybersecurityconference/

Cybersecurity workshop organised by ENISA and the Dutch Cyber Security Center, The Hague, 4 October 2017
https://www.enisa.europa.eu/events/5th-ncss-workshop/5th-enisa-national-cybersecurity-strategies-workshop-collaboration

Fintech Vortech, Cybersecurity Week, The Hague, 26 September 2017
https://hollandfintech.com/fintech-vortex-recap-cybersecurity-regtech-track/
(Video) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bYwYjhZqB9c

CloudWATCH Europe 2017, Amsterdam, 20 September 2017
http://www.cloudwatchhub.eu/summit17

IBC2017, Amsterdam, 14 – 18 September 2017

https://show.ibc.org/ibc-conference/conference-programme

Enabling trust and security for IoT, Sophia Antipolis, 12 September 2017
http://www.armour-project.eu/

Digital single market conference on the free movement of data, Tallinn, 17 July 2017
https://www.eu2017.ee/political-meetings/digital-single-market-conference-free-movement-data

Podcast: In this episode Martin Thompson from Free ICT Europe speaks with mr. Arthur van der Wees of Arthur’s Legal on the challenges of developing free and competitive markets around the Internet of Things.
http://wwww.free-ict-europe.eu/News.html / Discussion topics:

Introduction of Arthur, background, his firm and activities
Alliance for Internet of Things Innovation (AIOTI)
IoT developments for Enterprises
IoT and Serviceability / ability to update / upgrade / sustainability
Lifecycle of device data
The interdisciplinary approach to IOT innovation
Market adoption of IOT devices to improve industries and stimulus culture
Standards

Net Futures 2017, Brussels, 28 – 29 June 2017
https://www.netfuturesconference.eu/

IoT Week 2017, Geneva, 6 – 9 June 2017
http://iot-week.eu/iot-week-2017/

K.E.Y. Platform 2017: Trust, Transparency and the Data Commons, Seoul, 27 – 28 April 2017
http://eng.keyplatform.or.kr/keyplatform2017.html

Enabling the Internet of Things, Brussels, 1 February 2017
http://berec.europa.eu/eng/events/berec_events_2017/151-berec-workshop-on-enabling-the-internet-of-things

Computers, Privacy & Data Protection: The Age of Intelligent Machines, Brussels, 25 – 27 January 2017
http://www.cpdpconferences.org

Connected Smart Cities Conference 2017, Brussels, 12 January 2017
http://oascities.org/full-program-connected-smart-cities-conference-2017/

NETAPP, Brussels, 17 October 2016

Towards the Cloud Comfort Zone. The Strategic, Pragmatic & Compliant Apporach

Digital Assembly, European Commission, Bratislava, Slovakia, 29 & 30 September 2016

The Digital Assembly 2016 is co-organised by the European Commission and the Slovak Presidency of the Council of the European Union. Arthur’s Legal will be on stage regarding IoT & ePrivacy. Developments in fields such as IoT and electronic communications raise challenging policy issues. This workshop will address the question how privacy, confidentiality and trust can be supported and stimulated in these sectors. Tune in on the live webstream! (#DA16privacy)

SYNC, Utrecht, 13 October 2016 / http://www.sync-event.nl/programma/dag-2

Most Important Legal Aspects of Public Cloud. http://www.sync-event.nl/sprekers/arthur-van-der-wees

SYNC, Utrecht, 14 October 2016 / http://www.sync-event.nl/programma/dag-3

Security Breach Notification & Personal Data Protection: http://www.sync-event.nl/sprekers/arthur-van-der-wees

Billington Cybersecurity Summit, Washington DC, September 2016

Advanced Cybersecurity Center, Boston, MA, September 2016

Enterprise Cloud Computing, Amsterdam, September 2016

Webinar: Can you Own Digital Data? http://datalandscape.eu/webinars/can-you-own-digital-data

NET FUTURES 2016, European Commission, Brussels, 20 April 2016: Arthur van der Wees, Managing Director of Arthur’s Legal will speak about the Free Flow of Data .http://netfutures2016.eu/

In the DSM strategy the Commission recognised the importance of the data economy. Data technologies and services that can be used for the collection, processing or storage of data (e.g. cloud computing, big data, the Internet of Things), are essential factors of progress in the new era of digitalisation. In the section on “Maximising the growth potential of the Digital Economy” the DSM strategy committed the Commission to proposing a European ‘Free flow of data’ initiative to tackle restrictions on the free movement of data within the EU and unjustified restrictions on the location of data for storage or processing purposes. In addition, it stated that the initiative “(…) will address the emerging issues of ownership, interoperability, usability and access to data in situations such as business-to-business, business to consumer, machine generated and machine-to-machine data. It will encourage access to public data to help drive innovation”. Actors within the nascent European data market need predictability and legal certainty on these emerging issues, not just ‘data ownership’ and the other items listed but also liability arising from the use of data, in order to enter the market and invest in new business models, which is especially vital for European SMEs. Clarity on such emerging issues is also important for all European businesses because they need predictability to assess their current expenditure on research and on product innovation. Existing legal frameworks and current contractual practices may not be sufficient to provide actors in the data value chain with such predictability and legal certainty. Contractual practices may also create obstacles to the free and smooth flow of data or to data access as well as lock-in effects. The European Free Flow of Data Initiative is an important step at EU level to allow businesses, citizens, researchers and consumers to take full advantage of data technologies and services, such as better access to cloud services and better data analytics. A free flow of data will support connectivity between sectors and industries, lowering costs, stimulating research and innovation and unleashing the potential of new economic models.
https://www.flickr.com/photos/132260131@N04/26699956971/

K.E.Y. Platform, Seoul, South Korea:

‘How to respond to uncertainty of the future? How to respond to a new wave of globalization that no one has experienced before? The persistent trends of slow growth as well as the Industry 4.0 to overcome them may demand to break away from the past at once.’ Interesting and challenging questions to help out with, which Arthur’s Legal will do and address next week in Seoul, South Korea at K.E.Y. Platform 2016: htttp://https://lnkd.in/esZVkF5, where we will. in their words ‘present globalization strategies that Korean enterprises need.’

Together with Professor Paul Iske and other experts on innovation, digital economy, smart society & global FSI, Arthur van der Wees, managing director of Arthur’s Legal is confirmed as speaker in Seoul, South Korea, at K.E.Y. Platform 2016, on 28 and 29 April. K.E.Y. Platform is the global conference where one can freely ‘Knock around’ with various ideas and ‘be Educated’ with new knowledge and ‘Yield everything’ to solve the difficult issues together. http://www.keyplatform.or.kr/topicArticleView.html?no=2016032905461975090

Cloud Financial Services Europe Conference, London:

FSI generates & stores more data than any other industry. As transaction-rich & document-heavy industry driven more and more by algorithms, FSI is in the ideal position to transform and revolutionize itself with cloud computing.

More than 250 CIO, CTO, Heads of Innovation, Program Managers, Compliance Officers, Regulators and similar leaders of European financial institutions will meet in London at the Cloud FS Europe, the Conference about Cloud & Financial Services (FSI). 24 and 25 May 2016. Presentation by Arthur van der Wees, Managing Director of Arthur’s Legal & Founder of technology partner Zapplied Platform, on regulatory requirements and implications for cloud compliance and security: http://cloudfseurope.com

Check our Whitepaper on Digital Transformation and IT Procurement in FSI: http://cloudfseurope.com/2016/04/22/fsi-cloud-as-an-enabler/

The summary and main take aways of our contributions at Cloud FS New York last year, including the keynote by Arthur van der Wees can be read in How Cloud is Enabling the Digital Transformation of the Financial Services (here). As Wells Fargo’s CIO states: ‘We do not see cloud as an option; it is just fact, and that is the way it is.’

Startup Fest Europe, Amsterdam (26 May 2016)

Fintech, Trade, Payments & Legal Challenges

Oil & Gas Cyber Security Europe, Amsterdam (27, 28 & 29 June 2016)

Several Presentations (27 & 28 June): Digital Data in IoT Ecosystems

Workshop (29 June 2016 afternoon):

Applied Cybersecurity: From risk assessment and vendor selection to continuous monitoring and optimisation of IT, Cloud & IoT

Big Data meets Fintech: Data collection, data creating, metadata, data classification, personal data, data mining & analytics, open data, data ownerships, data breach, data access and so forth. Does big data analytics exist in the financial services industry, and how can Fintech and other FSI benefit from that, while staying compliant? Arthur’s Legal is live on stage at Big Data meets Fintech, by Holland FinTech & Rabobank, 18 March 2016, Beatrix Theatre, Utrecht. https://lnkd.in/eCCxccw

Cloud Security Alliance Summit CEE, Llubjana, 8 March 2016: Arthur van der Wees, Managing Director of Arthur’s Legal will speak about the Digital Economy, Cloud SLAs & PLA’s: Cybersecurity, Data management, Personal data protection, Experience level agreements & the Human factor.

With the main concerns of cloud customers around the world considering what kind and what mix of cloud services to procure and use, being cybersecurity, personal data protection, compliance, and insufficient knowledge what to expect from cloud service providers, both contractually, certification-wise and ethically, this presentation takes you on a journey through those essential, strategic and tactical topics. The main goal is to drive common understanding of cloud services, offerings, SLAs, SLOs, metrics and measurements with greater transparency and higher maturity so organisations can make a well-informed decision on what cloud services to use, what to expect and what to trust, and to empower cloud security architects and other experts to be able to support those organisations in a even better, practical manner. https://csa-cee-summit.eu/

CloudScape: Together with for instance CERN, NIST, CSA, Microsoft, VMware and Oxford eResearch Centre, Arthur’s Legal is in the Programme Committee of Cloudscape 2016, which will be held on 8-9 March 2016 in Brussels. http://cloudscapeseries.eu/node/46

CloudScape: Data Access, Digital Technologies vs National Security & Law Enforcement: Apple vs FBI. Microsoft vs DoJ. Encryption vs Governmental Backdoor Keys, And so forth. How do data protection rules intersect with rules relating to law enforcement access to data in the cloud? Is the balance shifting following the tragic events in Paris last year? How can be balance digital opportunities and technologies with law enforcement & national security? We will share our views & insights, on stage, together with DoJ, EC Cybercrime & Microsoft. Join us in the dialogue at Cloudscape, 9 March, Brussels: http://www.cloudscapeseries.eu/content/presentations

CloudScape: A European Trusted Cloud ecosystem: The EIT Digital Workshop. Arthur’s Legal is joining and speaking at this workshop which will discuss the next generation European Trusted Cloud ecosystem in order to find ways to create European solutions for European companies and how to comply with European legislation and global standardisation. We organise this workhop together with Telecom Italia, British Telecom and F-Secure Corp. Our modest aim: Hyperconnecting Data & Value Chains into Evidence-Based Trust, By Arthur van der Wees, Managing Director, Arthur’s Legal (http://cloudscapeseries.eu/node/45)

Cloud Financial Services Asia, Hong Kong, 23-24 February, 2016: Cloud FS Asia brings together the Asian and international FS industry to deliver compelling insights into the value propositions for cloud based financial services. C-level managers of parties such as Bank of America, BNY Mellon, ABN AMRO, Bank of China and regulators such as the Privacy Commissioner of Hong Kong will share insights on the transition from legacy to customer service oriented architecture and cloud agility. About 150 bankers, cloud evangelists and regulators are expected, especially CIOs, CISOs, CTOs, Heads of Innovation, Legal & Compliance Officers, Regulators and similar leaders of financial institutions. Arthur’s Legal will be moderating (opening session) and speaking (day two, opening session), for instance together with Stephan Wong, Privacy Commissioner of Hong Kong, Arthur Wong, Head of IT, China Construction Bank, Michael Mudd, Secretary-General, Open Computing Alliance, Esmond Lee, Executive Director, Hong Kong Monetary Authority. We will give insights on the creation of a cohesive legislative environment to penetrate unbanked segments, in order to find and execute the right balance between technology and daily life. Zapplied Platform will be present there as well, advising and helping out these document-rich organisations with intergrated IT/cloud procurement, knowledge management and technology. Together with Arthur’s Legal and our deep insights and expertise on digital strategies, regulation and standardisation, we represent a leading alliance of the global and recognized expertise about banking, digital data, standardisation and regulatory compliance, with the state-of-the-art process and knowledge engineering automation capabilities as well as the global ability to execute. Cloud FS Asia

Digital4EU, Brussels, 25 February 2016: Upon invitation by the European Commission, Arthur van der Wees, Managing Director of Arthur’s Legal will give a plenary presentation on digital data ownership, and join the panel on Digital Society & Economy as well. So, join us #Digital4EU together with EC Vice President DSM Mr. Ansip, and Commissioner for Digital Economy & Society Mr Oettinger, and many more.

https://ec.europa.eu/digital-agenda/en/news/save-date-digital4eu-stakeholder-forum / https://ec.europa.eu/digital-agenda/en/arthur-van-der-wees

Did you miss Digital4EU? Well, you can still watch it! Check at least at 2:39, 3:05, 3:23 and 3:31:

https://scic.ec.europa.eu/streaming/digital4eu-2016-gasp

Bridging the Digital Divide, Brussels: Arthur’s Legal will give a keynote at this Symposium about maximising the potential of the Digital Economy and about the need to invest in Cloud Computing, Big Data Analytics, Internet of Things, AI, Robotica, as well as the Human Factor (including curiosity, awareness & education). Head of Unit of EC DG Connect’s Broadband Unit, Mrs. Anna Krzyzanowska will be giving a keynote as well. https://www.publicpolicyexchange.co.uk/events/GA19-PPE2.

CIO Platform, Amsterdam: Arthur van der Wees, Managing Director of Arthur’s Legal will chair and give a workshop for a group of CIOs from major multinationals such as KLM, Océ and Rabobank, and organisations such as the Dutch Central Bank, and Department of Justice, about IT infrastructure, Data Center, Application & Data transformation, migration and implementation of Cloud Services, SLAs and related hot topics, such as shadow cloud. 1 December 2015.

ETSI M2M 2015, Sophia-Antipolis, France: Arthur van der Wees, Managing Director of Arthur’s Legal will give a presentation on ‘The Cloud Multi-Angle: Connecting value chains into durable IoT ecosystems’, at the three-day event of ETSI and oneM2M on M2M and IoT standardisation, again with presence of the European Commission, W3C and others. 9-11 December 2015. http://www.etsi.org/news-events/events/966-2015-12-etsi-m2m-workshop-2015-featuring-onem2m.

Biographies: http://www.etsi.org/images/files/Events/2015/201512_M2M_oneM2M/BIO_M2M.pdf

Cloud Security Alliance EMEA, Berlin: Arthur van der Wees, Managing Director of Arthur’s Legal co-produces, moderates and speaks during an expert workshop about Cloud SLAs and related EC/H2020 Projects such as SLA Ready, SPECS, A4Cloud and Cloud for Europe. 16-18 November 2015. https://csacongress.org/event/emea-2015/

Connected Future, Eindhoven: Arthur van der Wees, Managing Director of Arthur’s Legal will speak about the Maturity Levels of Cloud Standardisation and IaaS SLA: Cloud Service Level Agreements.

Leaders in Security & Cloud Security Alliance, Brussels: Arthur van der Wees, Managing Director of Arthur’s Legal about Cloud, Cybersecurity, Standardisation, SLAs & PLAs: Service Level Agreements & Privacy Level Agreements.

CloudQuadrants: IaaS Cloud SLAs Compared, Amsterdam: If you would like to know what happens it you compare the top 12 IaaS cloud providers in the Netherlands (being 8 US IaaS CSPs and 4 Dutch CSPs), let us know as together with the independent cloud architects of Weolcan and Cloud Architecture Alliance, our firm organises and hosts a compact conference about the main and mostly quite surprising results of its survey.

Cloud Financial Services US Conference, New York City: More than 250 CIO, CTO, Heads of Innovation, Program Managers, Compliance Officers, Regulators and similar leaders of financial institutions such as Wells Fargo, Bank NY Mellon, Citi, ING, Barclays, Everbank, AIG, Aegon, DLL (Rabobank), NIST and Cloud Security Alliance will meet in New York City at the Cloud FS Americas, the Conference about Cloud & Financial Services (FSI). 21 and 22 July 2015.

Opening Key Note and Closing Statements by Arthur van der Wees, Managing Director of Arthur’s Legal & Founder of technology partner Zapplied Platform. He will also chair this two day conference. In the indepth Cloud Leaders’ Problem Solving Clinic he is speaker together with NIST on the topic of regulatory requirements and implications for cloud compliance and security: http://cloudfsamericas.com/agenda/ (Clinic B on the Agenda). Triple Play by Arthur’s Legal.

The conference offered the ideal opportunity to explore applied innovation in cloud mode and its viability for the major industries such as the FSI. http://CloudFSAmericas.com

The summary and main take aways, including the keynote by Arthur van der Wees can be read in How Cloud is Enabling the Digital Transformation of the Financial Services (here). As Wells Fargo’s CIO states: ‘We do not see cloud as an option; it is just fact, and that is the way it is.’

Expert Workshop at InfoSecurity Europe, in London: This Europe number 1 Information Security event we have been contributing with co-hosting together with CSA a three hour workshop about cybersecurity, data management, personal data protection, SLAs, EC & ISO standardisation and certification. The audience stayed for the full three hours, which may indicate that these are trending topics of great interest, The main takeaways can be read here: http://www.sla-ready.eu/news/takeaways-workshop-eu-privacy-compliance-security

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OTHER RECENT PROJECTS & ACTIVITIES:
SLA Ready: EC has granted the two-year H2020 project regarding cloud computing and Service Level Agreements (SLAs) called ‘SLA Ready’ to the strong consortium: Cloud Security Alliance (EU), Technical University Darmstadt (DE), Trust-IT Services (UK/IT), Numergy (FR) and Arthur’s Legal.

The main goal is to make (potential) business users in the EU aware of the opportunities, risks and rewards of cloud services and related SLAs, and making those services and SLAs usable for all to benefit from. With the Digital Economy as top priority of the new European Commission, this are quite interesting times. Please follow us on Twitter at @SLAReady, as the project will run in 2015 and 2016 with many interesting conferences, seminars and deliverables to come.

Please read SLA Ready in Brief.

Privacy Level Agreement (PLA): Arthur’s Legal is a member of and contributor in the PLA Working Group of CSA, a team of data protection law processional familiar with cloud services (including several national Data Protection Authorities). The current deliverable that the WG has been working on is PLA v2 (to be make publicly available soon), which helps companies and organisations with a comprehensive framework on mandatory privacy laws and regulations in the 28 Member States of the EU, and provides them with a tool to evaluate achieving EU wide data protection. The level of privacy compliance is key; being 100% compliant in all cases is not. It is about being at least compliant on the mandatory laws and regulations.

A powerful self-regulatory tool to help cloud customers better understand and evaluate cloud service providers in the EU is now available herefree of charge.

Ars Technica: Recently Arthur’s Legal was invited as expert by Ars Technica in its expert panel on the Future of Cloud. In the particular live chat the main topic was ‘Taking back privacy in the cloud’. Together with Ars Technica IT Editor, Sean Gallagher as moderator, the Electronic Frontier Foundation, New Jersey Institute of Technology and Arthur’s Legal joined forces to discuss this interesting, and complex topic. Futhermore, Arthur’s Legal is admitted and contributing as expert at for instance Sprout, Dutch Cowboys, De Ondernemer & Tijdschrift IT Management.

Cloud Architects Alliance: Arthur’s Legal is part of the expert panel of the Cloud Architect Alliance conference, and continues to supporting and lecturing several governmental of departments about cloud computing. Main takeaways from this session: #Ethics, assurance, standardisation and certification as key enablers for both CSPs and customers.

Triple Play @ Cloud Expo Europe: This year at the Cloud Expo Europe in London, Arthur’s Legal contributed three times. live on stage (Business Theatre), as always multi-angle-tailored, for both CSPs and other vendors, as well as current or future cloud customers:

1. Arthur’s Legal chaired the panel dialogue with Spanish based CSP Nexica and Canadian based backup expert Asigra about cloud security from a multi-angle, 3D perspective; what are the different implications of private, hybrid and private cloud, for CSPs, ecosystems and customers.2. Arthur’s Legal joined Microsoft and Computer Business Review in the panel dialogue about data and regulatory issues concerning privacy: What do CSPs, ecosystems and customers need to understand.

3. Arthur’s Legal as consortium partner of @SLAReady took the audience on a vibrant journey about Service Level Objective checklists, SLA life cycles, standardisation, perception & facts, Experience Level Agreements, SLAs-for-a-day, USPs and market making, both on EU as well international level.

Main takeaways from this session: #Lack of understanding, possibilities and challenges is the main reason for slow uptake. #Experience of customer more important that most CSPs think. #Service and SLAs as the differentiator.

Cloud Banking Europe in London was another excellent event especially as many banks participated, including the major banks from all over Europe, including its C-level representatives and cloud architects.

Arthur’s Legal joined HP, ABN AMRO and Mason Pinsent on stage in a panel dialogue about hybrid cloud, standardisation efforts of both EC, ISO and CSA, Arthur’s Legal is all collaborating with, as well as SLAs, secSLAs, 3D Data, PLA efforts, privacy-by-design, certification, and upcoming cloud insurance and scalability.

Digital Europe, CloudWatchEU, CSA & EMC: Recently, Arthur’s Legal contributed to the top rated webinar on cloud, data, security, legal, standards, the SLA Life Cycle, and customised SLAs: How to Negotiate a Proper SLA? The typical Arthur’s Legal multi-angle, multi-stakeholder approach is the way to proceed. The recording thereof is available here.

Triple Play at Cloud Expo Europe: This year at the Cloud Expo Europe in London, Arthur’s Legal contributed three times. live on stage (Business Theatre), as always multi-angle-tailored, for both CSPs and other vendors, as well as current or future cloud customers:

2. Arthur’s Legal joined Microsoft and Computer Business Review in the panel dialogue about data and regulatory issues concerning privacy: What do CSPs, ecosystems and customers need to understand.

Other Expert Contributions: So, Arthur’s Legal has already demonstrated in deliverables, action and passion it shares with both vendors and customers regarding the future of cloud.

Arthur’s Legal contributes, co-authors, independently endorses and advocates the view that both SMEs, large corporations and its end-users should be informed on all levels about the possibilities, opportunities, benefits and risks of cloud computing, on an (i) entry/first timer, (ii) medium/higher and (ii) complex/expert level. Arthur’s Legal does so, on all those levels.

More to come: also in the coming months, Arthur’s Legal will be speaking or moderating at, or otherwise feeding and contributing to several other international cloud computing (related) conferences in Europe and other parts of the globe.

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