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Electronic security - risk mitigation in financial transactions : public policy issues
This paper builds on a previous series of papers (see Claessens, Glaessner, and Klingebiel, 2001, 2002) that identified electronic security as a key component to the delivery of electronic finance benefits. This paper and its technical annexes (available separately at http://www1.worldbank.org/finance/) identify and discuss seven key pillars necessary to fostering a secure electronic environment. Hence, it is intended for those formulating broad policies in the area of electronic security and those working with financial services providers (for example, executives and management). The detailed annexes of this paper are especially relevant for chief information and security officers responsible for establishing layered security. First, this paper provides definitions of electronic finance and electronic security and explains why these issues deserve attention. Next, it presents a picture of the burgeoning global electronic security industry. Then it develops a risk-management framework for understanding the risks and tradeoffs inherent in the electronic security infrastructure. It also provides examples of tradeoffs that may arise with respect to technological innovation, privacy, quality of service, and security in designing an electronic security policy framework. Finally, it outlines issues in seven interrelated areas that often need attention in building an adequate electronic security infrastructure. These are: 1) The legal framework and enforcement. 2) Electronic security of payment systems. 3) Supervision and prevention challenges. 4) The role of private insurance as an essential monitoring mechanism. 5) Certification, standards, and the role of the public and private sectors. 6) Improving the accuracy of information on electronic security incidents and creating better arrangements for sharing this information. 7) Improving overall education on these issues as a key to enhancing prevention.Knowledge Economy,Labor Policies,International Terrorism&Counterterrorism,Payment Systems&Infrastructure,Banks&Banking Reform,Education for the Knowledge Economy,Knowledge Economy,Banks&Banking Reform,International Terrorism&Counterterrorism,Governance Indicators
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A Comprehensive Survey of Voice over IP Security Research
We present a comprehensive survey of Voice over IP security academic research, using a set of 245 publications forming a closed cross-citation set. We classify these papers according to an extended version of the VoIP Security Alliance (VoIPSA) Threat Taxonomy. Our goal is to provide a roadmap for researchers seeking to understand existing capabilities and to identify gaps in addressing the numerous threats and vulnerabilities present in VoIP systems. We discuss the implications of our findings with respect to vulnerabilities reported in a variety of VoIP products. We identify two specific problem areas (denial of service, and service abuse) as requiring significant more attention from the research community. We also find that the overwhelming majority of the surveyed work takes a black box view of VoIP systems that avoids examining their internal structure and implementation. Such an approach may miss the mark in terms of addressing the main sources of vulnerabilities, i.e., implementation bugs and misconfigurations. Finally, we argue for further work on understanding cross-protocol and cross-mechanism vulnerabilities (emergent properties), which are the byproduct of a highly complex system-of-systems and an indication of the issues in future large-scale systems
Telecommunications reform in China
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ACUTA Journal of Telecommunications in Higher Education
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The Strategic Accommodation of Change
Good Advice: Clean Out Your Closets (and More)
Making Decisions to Remove Legacy Cable
ADVERTORIAL: Best Practices for lP Telephony lmplementation
ADVERTORIAL: VolP Security: Myth or Reality?
ln-Room Phones: Nice or Necessary?
Voice and Network Department Convergence
Making Communications Accessible
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International economic law and the digital divide : a new silk road?
PhDThe failure of the trade negotiations at Seattle, and the collapse of the negotiations at Doha
have bought increased attention to the issue of development, aid, and the implementation of
special and differential rights in favour of developing countries. This thesis looks to examine
one aspect of the many issues facing developed and developing countries in the negotiations
that lie ahead, specifically how international economic law can be used in the application of
technological processes to help address the Digital Divide.
At present, there is an emphasis on development and the needs of developing countries, and
that such development needs to be sustainable. Research reviewed in Chapter 2 indicates that
growing information technology levels leads to growth of GDP. Importantly the use of ICT‘s
will foster growth in the trade of electronic goods and services (electronic intangibles). By
making positive attempts to reduce the Digital Divide, DCs and LDCs will be in a better
position to access the necessary ICTs required to help grow GDP and facilitate sustainable
development. The thesis sets out various measures to help reduce the digital divide and
founded in international economic law. Central to the thesis is a new Layering Theory that the
Author argues will assist operators (both incumbents and Independent Service Providers) in
the developing world to gain access to international backbone Internet networks at cost price,
one of the main impediments to reducing the international digital divide. The Layering
Theory sets out a procedure for accurately identifying the relevant market for providers of
Next Generation Networks (NGNs) and services so that those operators who abuse their
dominance by refusing to supply an interconnection service or access to a digital network can
be compelled to interconnect their networks to those smaller domestic or third country
Internet Service Providers (ISP) operators who require access. By gaining
access/interconnection in this way, operators in DCs and LDCs will be in a much better
position to take advantage of cheaper production costs to export electronic intangibles
overseas. Also, the thesis sets out recommendations for reform of international
telecommunications, new provisions on technology transfer to help DCs and LDCs access the
ICTs needed to address the Digital Divide, including provisions on technology transfer found
in the increasing take-up of bilateral and regional trade agreements—and if there is to be free
trade in e-commerce—recommendations for reform of current WTO rules on the
classification of electronic goods and services.
However, the thesis also argues that the digital divide cannot be addressed without
strengthening the human capital base in developing and least developed countries, and that
this cannot happen without such states also giving greater effect to the enforcement of civil
and political, and economic, social and cultural rights ―at home‖. The thesis asks whether it is
possible to define a relationship in IEL between civil and political, and economic social and
cultural rights as a collective for example in the form of the much debated and somewhat
controversial Right to Development (the ―RTD‖ as defined in this thesis) on the one hand,
with economic indicators, such Gross Domestic Product (GDP) and Foreign Direct
Investment (FDI) on the other? And if so, how the RTD can be operationalise
Telecommunication Economics
This book constitutes a collaborative and selected documentation of the scientific outcome of the European COST Action IS0605 Econ@Tel "A Telecommunications Economics COST Network" which run from October 2007 to October 2011. Involving experts from around 20 European countries, the goal of Econ@Tel was to develop a strategic research and training network among key people and organizations in order to enhance Europe's competence in the field of telecommunications economics. Reflecting the organization of the COST Action IS0605 Econ@Tel in working groups the following four major research areas are addressed: - evolution and regulation of communication ecosystems; - social and policy implications of communication technologies; - economics and governance of future networks; - future networks management architectures and mechanisms
ACUTA Journal of Telecommunications in Higher Education
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Network Security: An Achilles Heel for Organizations of All Sizes
Providing Backup in a VolP World
Security Concerns Shift lnward
Cell Phones, Land Lines, and E911
Security Checklists
Higher Ed\u27s Tricky Equation: Directories Help Balance Availability with Security
Disaster Recovery Planning Essentials
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Towards A knowledge-Based Economy - Europe and Central Asia - Internet Development and Governance
The diversity and socio-economic differentiation of the real world prevents the full-scale cultivation of Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) to the benefit of all. Furthermore, the lack of determination and political will in some countries and slowness of responses to new technological opportunities in some others are responsible for the creation of another social divide – a digital one. The above problems were fully acknowledged by the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS). The Summit called for a joint international effort to overcome the digital divide between and within the United Nations Member States under the Digital Solidarity umbrella. This report was prepared as a follow-up to the Summit and represents a brief review of the status and trends in the area of ICT and Internet development in the UNECE region and provides background information on the state of the art in some relevant ICT subsectors in the Member States. The report focuses on the state of the Internet critical resources and, consequently, on the ICT and Internet penetration across countries and social groups. It also looks into existing Internet governance arrangements and makes some recommendations. The report contains three parts and conclusions. The first part, “Towards a Knowledge-based Economy: Progress Assessment”, highlights the situation in the region with regards to the digital divide, both between and within countries, and national strategies and actions aiming at overcoming barriers to accessing the Internet. The second part, “Internet Development: Current State of Critical Internet Resources in the UNECE Region”, concentrates on reviewing the physical Internet backbone, interconnection and connectivity within the Internet in the UNECE Member States. The third part, “Governing the Evolving Internet in the UNECE Region”, focuses on the issues of Internet Governance in the countries of the region, challenges faced by the countries and participation of key stakeholders in ICT and Internet policy formulation and implementation. The final part contains conclusions and recommendations.Internet, governance, knowledge-based economy, Europe, Central Asia, transition economies
Telecommunication Economics
This book constitutes a collaborative and selected documentation of the scientific outcome of the European COST Action IS0605 Econ@Tel "A Telecommunications Economics COST Network" which run from October 2007 to October 2011. Involving experts from around 20 European countries, the goal of Econ@Tel was to develop a strategic research and training network among key people and organizations in order to enhance Europe's competence in the field of telecommunications economics. Reflecting the organization of the COST Action IS0605 Econ@Tel in working groups the following four major research areas are addressed: - evolution and regulation of communication ecosystems; - social and policy implications of communication technologies; - economics and governance of future networks; - future networks management architectures and mechanisms
The global information technology report 2014
Executive summary
When The Global Information Technology Report (GITR) and the Networked Readiness Index (NRI) were created more than 13 years ago, the attention of decision makers was focused on how to develop strategies that would allow them to benefit from what Time Magazine had described as “the new economy”: a new way of organizing and managing economic activity based on the new opportunities that the Internet provided for businesses.
At present, the world is slowly emerging from one of the worst financial and economic crises in decades, and policymakers, business leaders, and civil society are looking into new opportunities that can consolidate growth, generate new employment, and create business opportunities.
Information and communication technologies (ICTs) continue to rank high on the list as one of the key sources of new opportunities to foster innovation and boost economic and social prosperity, for both advanced and emerging economies.
For more than 13 years, the NRI has provided decision makers with a useful conceptual framework to evaluate the impact of ICTs at a global level and to benchmark the ICT readiness and usage of their economies
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