IfG.CC -
Institute for eGovernment

A data centre is, usually, a cool room housing servers that stores and transmits information on websites and internal enterprise applications. These data centres can be captive, held by enterprises, or independent data centres (IDCs). Often captives become IDCs catering to other enterprises as well. Some IDCs lease their space to host service providers, who manage websites for a third party.

A lot has changed in the world of information management since the yet-to-be-deployed EU data rules were initially announced

In 2012, new EU rules were announced designed to make businesses more responsible for the management of an individual’s personal data, with stricter requirements for protection and penalties around data breaches, thereby offering individuals greater control. The rules were also designed to commit EU member states to a set of consistent, legally-enforced regulations and rigid definitions, which companies outside the EU would also have to abide by.

ECOTEC Research and Consulting, in association with the Tavistock Institute, carried out the research on behalf of the Commission's eGovernment unit.

Constitutional support for data safety is the foundation stone for a strong e-governance ecosystem in Estonia.

For Estonia, a European country with a population nearly 1,000 times less than India, the pursuit to establish a national digital identity programme was not any easier. When the nation rolled out its identity programme 15 years ago, similar to India’s Aadhaar project, political debates around the cost of the project and its mandatory nature had erupted. The government believed that the first step to have a strong ecosystem of digital services and e-governance was digital identity. However, that’s just one side of the coin. The push to electronic governance was backed by a data protection legislation.

The new Secured Trans-European Services for Telematics between Administrations (s-TESTA) network will replace the TESTA network that EU governments have been gradually building since 1996. s-TESTA will be an intranet backbone for the EU central government and the governments of its members.

"The key conclusion of this paper is that the cloud's economies of scale and flexibility are both a friend and a foe from a security point of view. The massive concentrations of resources and data present a more attractive target to attackers, but cloud-based defenses can be more robust, scalable and cost-effective."

The European Union's security agency today released a comprehensive report designed to teach public and private secret organisations and policy makers how to tap the benefits of cloud computing without falling foul of the security risks.

Cloud Computing: Benefits, Risks and Recommendations for Information Security is the first of its kind from the European Network and Information Security Agency.

Die Europäische Kommission hat die Gründung einer europäischen Agentur für Netz- und Informationssicherheit vorgeschlagen. Die Agentur soll als Fachzentrum dienen, bei dem sowohl die Mitgliedstaaten als auch die EU-Organe Rat in Fragen der Netzsicherheit einholen können.

The opening ceremony was attended by Salem Khamis Al Shair Founder and Chairman of Al Shair Group, Abdul Karim Al Raessi Director of Strategy and Planning in Abu Dhabi Systems and Information Centre, and H.E. Dr. Eng. Ali Mohamed Al Khouri, Director General of Emirates Identity Authority.