Re: [GKD-DOTCOM] Cyber-Security and E-commerce

2004-10-04 Thread Cornelio Hopmann
Dear Mr. Sharkovski, I do understand perfectly your frustration, yet don't share your opinion - or perception - that there are just some powerful anonymous groups out there, which intentionally try to harm Macedonia by putting it on a black list. Why should they? (And by the way, this IMHO

Re: [GKD-DOTCOM] Cyber-Security and E-commerce

2004-10-04 Thread Olu Olatidoye
Dear Colleagues, I am sure there are several ongoing projects addressing the issue of Information Technology in the institutions of learning in the so-called developing countries. Of course Africa as a continent can still use more of such work force training. The issue is not that of allowing a

Re: [GKD-DOTCOM] Cyber-Security and E-commerce

2004-10-04 Thread Barry Coetzee
Dear GKD Members, Everything (in developing economies) MUST comply with sustainable and appropriate. In economies where the total number of e-commerce transactions are in the 1000's there is no point in installing or using any technology that costs more than a couple of thousand US$. It would

[GKD-DOTCOM] Cyber-Security, Policy and Cyber-Terrorism

2004-10-04 Thread Global Knowledge Dev. Moderator
Preventing cyber-terrorism demands an effective international legal infrastructure and strong national and cross-border law enforcement mechanisms. To build the infrastructure, countries must be able and willing to negotiate viable settlements. Yet, as criminal and terrorist organizations adeptly