204 research outputs found
Cyber Law and Espionage Law as Communicating Vessels
Professor Lubin\u27s contribution is Cyber Law and Espionage Law as Communicating Vessels, pp. 203-225.
Existing legal literature would have us assume that espionage operations and “below-the-threshold” cyber operations are doctrinally distinct. Whereas one is subject to the scant, amorphous, and under-developed legal framework of espionage law, the other is subject to an emerging, ever-evolving body of legal rules, known cumulatively as cyber law. This dichotomy, however, is erroneous and misleading. In practice, espionage and cyber law function as communicating vessels, and so are better conceived as two elements of a complex system, Information Warfare (IW). This paper therefore first draws attention to the similarities between the practices – the fact that the actors, technologies, and targets are interchangeable, as are the knee-jerk legal reactions of the international community. In light of the convergence between peacetime Low-Intensity Cyber Operations (LICOs) and peacetime Espionage Operations (EOs) the two should be subjected to a single regulatory framework, one which recognizes the role intelligence plays in our public world order and which adopts a contextual and consequential method of inquiry. The paper proceeds in the following order: Part 2 provides a descriptive account of the unique symbiotic relationship between espionage and cyber law, and further explains the reasons for this dynamic. Part 3 places the discussion surrounding this relationship within the broader discourse on IW, making the claim that the convergence between EOs and LICOs, as described in Part 2, could further be explained by an even larger convergence across all the various elements of the informational environment. Parts 2 and 3 then serve as the backdrop for Part 4, which details the attempt of the drafters of the Tallinn Manual 2.0 to compartmentalize espionage law and cyber law, and the deficits of their approach. The paper concludes by proposing an alternative holistic understanding of espionage law, grounded in general principles of law, which is more practically transferable to the cyber realmhttps://www.repository.law.indiana.edu/facbooks/1220/thumbnail.jp
Criteria for Evaluating Authentication Systems
User authentication is an important component of information security. It is critical in addressing many concerns that consumers and business have over the risk of identity theft. However, there is no systematic method to measure how good an authentication mechanism is in a given business context. This paper outlines nine criteria businesses can use to assess authentication systems. With these criteria, businesses are better equipped to select authentication systems that meet the needs of both their organization and their customers, and provide better protection against identity theft and other computer crimes
Digital watermarking and novel security devices
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Sudan's infrastructure : a continental perspective
Improvements in infrastructure across Sudan in recent years have contributed 1.7 percentage points to the country's per capita growth. Consistent with trends in other countries, the ICT revolution that swept Africa contributed more than any other sector to growth in Sudan. Raising the infrastructure endowment of all parts of Sudan to that of the region's best performer -- Mauritius -- could boost annual growth by about 3.5 percentage points. Sudan has heavily invested in infrastructure in recent years. Notable achievements include tripling power-generation capacity, liberalizing the ICT sector, and connecting to an undersea fiber-optic cable. Looking ahead, Sudan's most pressing infrastructure challenges lie in the water and transport sectors. In the water sector, the country needs to dramatically improve access to safe sources of water and sanitation while improving utility efficiency. In the transport sector the country needs to vastly expand rural and international connectivity and improve quality across the network. Sudan presently spends about 580 million a year lost to inefficiencies. Even if the inefficiencies were eliminated, however, Sudan would face an infrastructure funding gap of $2.9 billion per year. This gap could be reduced by half by choosing lower-cost water, sanitation, and road-surfacing technologies, and could be bridged by continuing to capture financing from the private sector and abroad.Transport Economics Policy&Planning,Infrastructure Economics,Energy Production and Transportation,E-Business,Banks&Banking Reform
Building a circular economy: The role of information transfer. EPC Discussion Paper 17 November 2021.
The circular economy is a crucial component of a climate-neutral future. One of the main obstacles to building a circular economy is the lack of information transfer across supply chains. Without any or inadequate access to data about the origin, make-up and design of products, it is impossible for producers, consumers and recyclers to adopt more circular, sustainable practices. Aligning the ongoing green transition and digital transformation carries the potential to overcome this barrier.
The EU’s policies for enhancing information transfer across value chains is evolving quickly, as are new technologies. Today, online platforms, databases, apps, sensors, connected machines, QR codes, radio-frequency identification (RFID) and blockchain already make it easier to share data about a product's origin, design, repairability and future life cycle. Digital product passports (DPPs), in particular, show much promise. It is in Europe’s interest to build on the related business cases and opportunities now and create a policy and financial framework that enables the use of these and new digital tools for the benefit of establishing a more circular economy
Music Encoding Conference Proceedings 2021, 19–22 July, 2021 University of Alicante (Spain): Onsite & Online
Este documento incluye los artĂculos y pĂłsters presentados en el Music Encoding Conference 2021 realizado en Alicante entre el 19 y el 22 de julio de 2022.Funded by project Multiscore, MCIN/AEI/10.13039/50110001103
The Central African Republic's infrastructure : a continental perspective
Between 2000 and 2005, infrastructure contributed less than 1 percentage point to the Central African Republic's annual per capita GDP growth, despite substantial spending in the road sector. Raising the country's infrastructure endowment to that of the region's middle-income countries could boost annual growth by about 3.5 percentage points. The CAR has made significant progress in the transport, water, power, and information and communications technology (ICT) sectors. But the high cost of fuel, which raises transportation and energy costs, has been a vexing issue across all infrastructure sectors. The CAR's most pressing infrastructural challenge lies in the transport sector, which relies heavily on neighboring countries and could benefit from improved road conditions and enhanced performance at the port of Douala in Cameroon. In the power sector, the country suffers from a deteriorating infrastructure stock that it can no longer afford to maintain, and an inefficient and unreliable power supply. Additional challenges include a need for improved infrastructure in the water and sanitation and ICT sectors. Addressing the CAR's infrastructure challenges will require sustained expenditure of 134 million per year on infrastructure, with 183 million per year. Improvements in funding, coupled with the prospect of an economic rebound and prudent policies, could lift the country from its fragile state back to and beyond the prosperity standards it once enjoyed.Transport Economics Policy&Planning,Town Water Supply and Sanitation,Energy Production and Transportation,Infrastructure Economics,E-Business
Next Steps for Human-Centered Generative AI: A Technical Perspective
Through iterative, cross-disciplinary discussions, we define and propose
next-steps for Human-centered Generative AI (HGAI) from a technical
perspective. We contribute a roadmap that lays out future directions of
Generative AI spanning three levels: Aligning with human values; Accommodating
humans' expression of intents; and Augmenting humans' abilities in a
collaborative workflow. This roadmap intends to draw interdisciplinary research
teams to a comprehensive list of emergent ideas in HGAI, identifying their
interested topics while maintaining a coherent big picture of the future work
landscape
South Africa’s Pursuit of Sustainable Urban Development: a Reality or Rhetoric?
The attainment of sustainable urban development is one of the biggest challenges that contemporary
governments face across the world. Despite many governments adopting and pursuing sustainable
development goals following their adoption in the past years, there is still a huge gap in the implementation
of the sustainable development principles and the public declarations that these governments ratified. It has
been observed that the implementation and efforts being exerted towards the achievement of the SDGs in
most cities of the developing world do not reflect the promises that were made in the declarations. The aim
of this paper is to assess South Africa’s pursuit of sustainable urban development and make an attempt to
determinine the level of sincerity by the government and be able to conlude whether its a reality or rhetoric.
The paper looks at sustainable urban development practices and how sustainable urban development has
evolved within the South African urban policy context. An analysis of the policies aimed at promoting longterm growth that influences sustainable urban development in the country was conducted. The results
showed that in South Arica, there is widespread adoption and growing interest in sustainable urban
development principles by government. However, with regards to implemenation, particularly at city levels,
sustainable development still needs concerted efforts and commitment to make it reality. In conclusion, the
paper opines that there is need for political, economic, institutional and social commitments to support
innovative strategies to enhance possibilities for sustainable urban development in South African citie
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