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Theater Shaping With Allies and Partners: Herman Finley 19 March 2012 Information Technology (IT) and Cyber Security
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Agenda IT and Asia-Pacific Key categories of IT Implications of IT trends Potential outcomes Dealing with those outcomes
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Main Points IT is the foundation of future well-being IT integrates, cross-cuts and enhances other technologies Cyber-security is foundation for use of IT In dealing with Allies and Partners, IT is all about connection, collaboration and context
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What Does IT Do For Us? E+C=E Educate: creates awareness and understanding Connect: creates shared awareness and potential for collective action Empower: enables collective action and paradigm shifts
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Big Bags of Toys
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Internet Usage in Asia Asian Nations with over 50% of Population Using the Internet Country or Region Internet Usage % of Population Rank in World Australia80.111 Korea77.313 US76.316 Japan75.519 Singapore72.425 Hong Kong69.232 Taiwan65.939 Malaysia65.740 Niue62.644 Selected Other Asian Nations Country or Region Internet Usage % of Population China38.4 Vietnam33.7 Indonesia22.4 Mongolia11.3 India10.2 Laos8.1 Myanmar0.2 ASIA Total26.2 WORLD Total32.7 Data Derived from Internetworldstats.com at http://www.internetworldstats.com/top25.htm
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Asia’s IT Landscape Whole-of-society leaders – US, Korea, Japan, Australia, Singapore Bi-level societies – PRC, India, Indonesia Emerging players – Malaysia, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Thailand, Philippines Marginal adopters – Burma, Laos, Cambodia, Bangladesh
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Implications of Trends More Faster Denser Agile Integrated Mass customization
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Functional Implications Economic Military Social Political
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Good Stuff Positive Outcomes Massive increase in ability to collect, manipulate/build and propagate knowledge Deep and wide connectedness Enhanced productivity – Major industry and entrepreneurial levels Wider availability for educational programs: “Cell Phone University” Increased agility of knowledge
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Dark Side Negative Outcomes Political Instability “Know-Do” Gap Cyber Activities – Cyber psychosis – Cyber pollution – Cyber attacks – Cyber crime
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Cyber Crime is Big... $388Billion Bigger than…the global black market in marijuana, cocaine and heroin combined ($288bn) and approaching the value of all global drug trafficking ($411bn 431million adults in 24 countries experienced cybercrime in the last year More than a million became victims every day Norton Cybercrime Report 2011 http://www.symantec.com/content/en/us/home_homeoffice/html/cybercrimereport/
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Cyber Attacks “Stuxnet is the new face of 21st-century warfare: invisible, anonymous, and devastating. “ Vanity Fair, March, 2011 on-line edition www.vanityfair.com/culture/features/2011/04/stuxnet-201104 “…the United States reserves the right, under the laws of armed conflict, to respond to serious cyber attacks with a proportional and justified military response at the time and place of our choosing” William Lynn, former US Deputy Secretary of Defense
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Where Can You Help?
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Main Points IT is the foundation of future well-being IT integrates, cross-cuts and enhances other technologies Cyber-security is foundation for use of IT In dealing with Allies and Partners, IT is all about connection, collaboration and context
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Theater Shaping With Allies and Partners: Herman Finley 19 March 2012 Information Technology (IT) and Cyber Security
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