Monika Ann-Mari (Anne-Marie) Eklund Löwinder (Amel), born 26 September 1957 in Stockholm,[1] is a Swedish Internet expert.
Biography
editShe is the Chief Information Security Officer at IIS, The Internet Foundation in Sweden.[2] She also serves on the boards of internet-related organisations including the Council of European National Top Level Domain Registries (CENTR) and the Swedish Law and Informatics Research Institute.[2]
Eklund Löwinder has been appointed Trusted Community Representative by the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN). She was one of seven people who controlled the DNSSEC key generation for the internet root zone[3] until 2022, when she was succeeded by Pia Gruvö.
In 2013, Eklund Löwinder was the first Swede to be included in the Internet Hall of Fame.[4] Interviewed in 2014, she said "I have to admit I love the internet. It's a piece of engineering art you have to admire. And to be able to contribute to make this a safer place makes me feel good."[3] Along with Leif Johansson and Peter Löthberg, she was also part of the TU-stiftelsen foundation, which runs the Netnod.[5]
Eklund Löwinder holds a candidate in computer science from Stockholm University.[4]
References
edit- ^ Sveriges befolkning 1990: Eklund Lövinder, Monika Ann-Mari
- ^ a b "Image gallery and biographies". www.iis.se. Retrieved 9 December 2015.
- ^ a b Ball, James (28 February 2014). "Meet the seven people who hold the keys to worldwide internet security". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 17 February 2016.
- ^ a b INTERNET HALL of FAME INNOVATOR Anne-Marie Eklund Löwinder internethalloffame.org
- ^ Kleja, Monica. "Företaget bakom Sveriges internet letar ny vd". Ny Teknik (in Swedish). Retrieved 13 May 2019.
External links
edit- Blog posts by Anne-Marie Eklund-Löwinder (in Swedish)