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Wednesday, October 11, 2017

WTDC 2017

Growing concern for cybersecurity reflected in regulatory debates

Although the representatives of the various countries that made up the Plenary on Regulation and Development showed their interest in cybersecurity, it was Shola Taylor, Secretary General of the Commonwealth Telecommunication Organization, who emphasized the need to establish frameworks, guidelines and rules to ensure that new technologies can benefit countries. The fact that in the Commonwealth - a community of 52 nations with 2.4 million citizens - 60% of its population is less than 30 years old, makes it unique in the world and therefore they have the challenge of deploying cybersecurity strategies capable of facilitating measures in other countries. He explained that the Commonwealth e-governance model was adopted in 2014 and that with the support of Great Britain progress was made in Fiji, Mozambique, Malawi, Rwanda and Uganda. In addition, with the support of Holland, they arrived at Senegal and carried out activities in Nigeria, Bangladesh and Pakistan. And soon they will arrive in Trinidad and Tobago and Jamaica. "We help our members adopt broadband and cybersecurity connectivity policies and SMEs to protect themselves from cyber attacks because these companies generate 40% of our countries' GDP", Taylor concluded.

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