Thank you very much. Thank you, professor Patterson and Tuan, professor Zaneta. What an honor to be included today. I know that we are running a bit late on times. I will be brief. I really appreciate the opportunity to be here today for such an important event. My...
Digital public technology can help drive sustainable development progress
Less than eight years from the 2030 deadline to realize the United Nations sustainable development goals, authors of this paper published this week by the Brookings Institution suggest that "a holistic approach to broadening digital access while building robust...
U.S., E.U. agree on data-transfer pact
The European Union and the United States have agreed on changes to an important data-transfer agreement. The pact includes stricter rules for companies holding information on Europeans and clearer limits on U.S. surveillance. E.U. member nations are expected...
Chinese tail U.S. carrier but no incidents are reported
U.S. officials say that at least one Chinese military ship tailed the USS John C. Stennis , an aircraft carrier, daily during its recent cruise through the South China Sea. But The Washington Post, in another of its frequent updates on tensions in the sea, said...
China’s intense campaign to boost its international cyberpower
China is pressing ahead with efforts to make it easier for dictatorships like that of Chinese President Xi Jinping to censor information on the Internet under the guise of “cybersovereignty’’. Cybersovereignty is a concept used to try to maintain the power of...
U.S. legislators push to have North Korea listed as sponsor of terrorism
It might surprise readers that this not done long ago: Lawmakers in the U.S. House of Representatives are pushing to have North Korea designated a state sponsor of terrorism, with Iran, Sudan and Syria, eight years after the Communist dictatorship was taken off the...
Firm calls Europe a leader in cybersecurity enforcement
An ABI Research press release says: "Europe is emerging as a global leader in national cybersecurity enforcement. The European Union (EU) and countries connected to the Council of Europe and the European Economic Area, including Norway and Switzerland, have...
NATO members very weak on defending themselves from Russian cyberattacks
The New York Times reports that "there is a widespread recognition that the Western alliance has yet to develop a strategy'' to counter Russia’s increasingly aggressive actions against NATO members in cyberspace. "While there are frequent conferences and...