The M3AAWG5 video series, which has been providing a deep dive into our recently updated values and focus areas, is back this week with an important Q&A featuring Janet Jones, a M3AAWG expert advisor and Co-Chair of the Data & Identity Protection and DEIB Committees. She joins host and Chairperson of M3AAWG’s Board of Directors, Sara Roper.
The interview kicks off with Sara outlining our recently updated organizational values, represented by the symbolic CLARITY acronym. Her opening remarks cover how these values were considered and their implications for the M3AAWG community and its ongoing battle with online abuse.
The Q&A then shifts to a recap of M3AAWG's newly evolved set of priorities, which have been front and center over the past four weeks of this video series. They include:
As Sarah mentions at the outset of this interview, times have changed dramatically in the more than 20 years since M3AAWG’s inception, and “so must we.” Today’s problems facing the cyber community shift on a dime, with their increasing sophistication and depth. This requires the scope of what M3AAWG needs to address to move with it and keep pace.
“Twenty years ago, we were battling email messaging and unsolicited bulk email. Now, we're really focused on all sorts of different ways that communication and content can be abused, such as ransomware, malicious QR codes, or carefully crafted phishing messages,” Sara pointed out.
As both Sara and Janet describe, proactively planning to mitigate and defend against these emerging threats really depends on how we work together and leverage our partners, because M3AAWG cannot tackle everything alone. Over the last twenty years, it has also become clear that working with regulators to support our vision of a world free of online abuse enables us to accomplish more at a much faster rate.
“It's not just about our members, but about our online abuse community worldwide,” Janet added.
As this M3AAWG5 series comes to an end, we look forward to sharing more about the work M3AAWG is doing to live our Values and honor our Priorities.