Christine Runnegar

Christine Runnegar is Director, Security and Privacy Policy, at the Internet Society. She leads the Internet Society’s policy agenda on internet trust, engaging with policy, enforcement, standards and operational communities.

She is actively engaged in global and regional internet policy development with various organisations including the OECD, APEC, Council of Europe, and in the Global Conference on Cyberspace. Ms Runnegar has positively influenced the outcome of leading policy norms on privacy and security for the internet such as the revised OECD Privacy Guidelines, Digital Security Risk Recommendation, and the Internet Policy Making Principles. She also played a key role in the development of the Internet Society’s Collaborative Security framework.

Ms Runnegar leads the Internet Technical Advisory Committee (ITAC)’s contributions to the OECD Working Party on Security and Privacy in the Digital Economy (SPDE). She is a member of ENISA’s Permanent Stakeholders Group. She also co-chairs the W3C Privacy Interest Group (PING), participates in the Internet Architecture Board (IAB) Privacy and Security Program, and works closely with other internet technical experts on privacy, security and identity. Ms Runnegar also represents the Internet Society in the London Action Plan (LAP) and the Messaging, Malware and Mobile Anti-Abuse Working Group (M3AAWG).