Initiative

Fight over data privacy may be just starting

(April 4th, 2016) The end of Apple’s fight over the FBI’s demand that the company give the agency access to what’s inside the iPhone of one of the San Bernardino terrorists may be just the start of a larger fight over data privacy as companies strengthen security and...

The BGF-G7 Summit Initiative gets rolling in Tokyo

The BGF-G7 Summit Initiative gets rolling in Tokyo

(April 4th,2016) On March 28th,  Nguyen Anh Tuan,  The Boston Global Forum’s CEO and Editor-in-Chief, met with Japanese dignitaries at a conference in Tokyo that was part of the formal announcement in Japan of the BGF-G7 Summit Initiative, in which the BGF is making a...

The BGF-G7 Summit Initiative cybersecurity program

(April 4th, 2016) The Boston Global Forum has presented to planners of the G7 Summit, set for May 26-27 in Japan, its recommendations for improving cybersecurity and cybercitizenship. The proposals are part of the BGF-G7 Summit initiative.   The Boston Global...

U.S would not recognize Chinese exclusion zone in S. China Sea

(April 4th, 2016) The United States has told China it will not recognize an exclusion zone in the South China Sea and would view such a move as "destabilizing," U.S. Deputy Secretary of Defense Robert Work said. In what might be a sign of a tougher stance, at least...

Brussels blasts show gaps persist in E.U. counter-terrorism

(April 4th, 2016) European Union governments  had vowed deeper cross-border cooperation to battle Islamic terrorism after the November attacks in Paris exposed fatal weaknesses in security coordination,  the Brussels attacks showed that those efforts remain very...

BGF online dialogue looks at ‘white hat hackers’

(April 4th, 2016) In The Boston Global Forum’s latest online dialogue on cybersecurity, Andrew Douglas,  director of Deloitte’s Cyber Risk Services, and Allan M. Cytryn, a BGF adviser and a principal of Risk Matters International, discuss how organizations can use...