IfG.CC - The Potsdam eGovernment Competence Center

The survey, published as part of the annual White Paper on Information and Communications in Japan, found Internet users in Japan are worried about multiple aspects of being online. However, the government said their worries might be out of proportion with the actual risks they face.

Speaking at the opening ceremony of the conference, Minister of Information and Communication and Chairman of the Central Agency for Information Technology Salem Al-Othaina announced, "This conference is being held at the time when information and communications security has changed from a technical issue of IT to a national security issue that is addressed with the greatest importance by political leaders. The United States and European Union have established special departments for information and communications security and for countering electronic crimes and terror. Many states envisage having such departments in the future.

The Cayman Islands government’s information technology (IT) security continues to be poor and has even “deteriorated” since 2012 the former Auditor General (AG) Alastair Swarbrick said.

In a recently issued report to the Legislative Assembly, he summarised his ongoing concerns with government IT security. This report follows one that he issued back in 2012 to government managers on the same issue.

The auditor general has lifted the lid on a warning made to government some three years ago that it was facing serious risks to its security due to a catalogue problems. One of a number of reports the auditor managed to complete and pass on to legislators ahead of his departure, Alastair Swarbrick’s latest report on the risks to governments IT reveals that problems identified in 2012 have not been addressed and the situation is even worse. Government is not doing enough to protect its systems and information from the risks and threats of cyber-attack, he said.

Following up on the 2012 audit this year on the poor state of IT security, Swarbrick said, “Progress has been too slow in addressing the concerns raised some three years ago and the opportunity for significant damage to government operations and its reputation should mean that significantly more action is needed.”

Across the region, e-government programs have flourished in Bahrain, Kuwait, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and the UAE. Figures from Datamonitor predict that, as authorities in the Middle East turn to e-government solutions, security spending to protect them will also increase.

Goode Intelligence forecasts that for North America, mobile phone-based authentication products and services will generate just over $48 million in 2010 and that the market will grow to $142 million in revenue by 2014; an increase of $94 million and a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 24 percent.

Anyone who has ever shopped online, used internet banking or simply used social networking websites may have noticed a little padlock icon next to the site's URL, or the https:// prefix highlighting that the website is secure. But not all secure websites offer the same protection.

What the 'https' implies is that the http protocol - the foundation for data communication over the internet - is layered over a secure protocol: traditionally the secure sockets layer (SSL), but this has since been superseded by the transport layer security (TLS) protocol.

NDC is designed to provide a multi-tenant high availability data centre for all ministries to host their data as well as disaster recovery solution, with the objective of achieving improved business continuity for their IT systems.

The Lagos State Government has disclosed intentions to deploy an additional 10,000 high-definition closed-circuit television across the state as part of the comprehensive Smart City Programme designed to provide a 24-hour security-driven economy.

This was made known by the Commissioner for Science and Technology, Mr. Hakeem Fahm, while speaking at the annual Ministerial Press Briefing to mark the third anniversary of Governor Akinwunmi Ambode’s administration.

Put together by Teledom Group of Companies and its event management partner, Gamnet Solutions, the one-day summit on ICT intervention in national security emergency, pulled the military, police, customs, immigration, prisons and ICT experts to brainstorm on modern ICT tools that will enhance their day-to-day operations in the course of discharging their duties.

The Oman National Computer Emergency Readiness Team (OCERT) will provide accurate and timely information on current and emerging security and vulnerabilities, key officials of the Information Technology Authority (ITA) said.

The inaugural ceremony was attended by Mohammed bin Nasser al Khusaibi, Secretary General of the National Economy Ministry and Chairman of ITA, Dr. Salim bin Sultan al Ruzaiki, CEO of ITA, members of the board, officials of the Government's institutions and the private establishments.

The meeting, presided over by Mohammed bin Nasser Al Khusaibi, the ITA Chairman, also approved proposals to establish a ‘Contact Centre’ and prepare an Oman eGovernment Architecture Framework (OeGAF) to serve as a guide to the development, deployment and operations of information systems at government offices.

Bei der Eröffnung des zweitägigen Internet-Kongresses Domain pulse, der heuer in Wien tagt, haben Bundeskanzler Alfred Gusenbauer und die für E-Government zuständige Staatssekretärin Heidrun Silhavy ein klares Bekenntnis zur Stärkung der Sicherheit im Internet abgelegt. Konkret soll noch vor der EURO ein CERT (Computer Emergency Response Team) zum Schutz der Internet – Infrastruktur eingerichtet werden.

With the prospect of the cybercrime bill becoming a law, the Commission on Information and Communications Technology (CICT) has been slowly putting up a cybersecurity coordination center in its main office in UP Diliman.

The CICT has been lobbying for the passage of the cybercrime bill, which has been sitting in Congress for at least five years.