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Users should rebel and demand vendors compensate them for security foul-ups, said pugnacisous Professor Klaus Brunnstein of the University of Hamburg

 

Brunnstein told delegates to an IT security conference in London on Wednesday that attempting to protect against IT risks - such as hacking attacks - by increasing the complexity of systems is futile. 'That would be like trying to expel the devil with Beelzebub,' he said.

 

The present wave of IT security incidents is caused by inherently insecure assumptions, including overly complex systems. The interoperation of these systems with other insecure technologies magnifies the problem, the applied informatics academic argued.

 

He said more secure technologies will only be developed after a fundamental rethink involving building security into applications rather than adding it as an afterthought.

The aim of the new kit is to improve decision-making with regard to the integration of ICT in education.

Information and communication technology has been used to improve the quality of teaching and learning and to reach those who have been otherwise excluded from education. Innovative use of ICTs can truly realize the promise of Education for All. However, examples worldwide have shown that when not implemented correctly, ICT hardware, software, and training can waste scarce resources.

 Shell International Limited and the International Institute for Management Development (IMD), one of the most respected business schools worldwide, announced expansion of a unique, long term partnership to develop future business leaders in global markets including India. The expanded partnership extends support and promotion of an existing Master in Business Administration (MBA) alumni scholarship programme to include students from Africa, Asia, Eastern Europe, and Latin America.

Appropriate economic and social policies are needed at the national level in Bangladesh to capture global opportunities in trade, capital flows and migration, and to protect people against the vulnerabilities that globalisation creates. For example, the government can manage trade and capital flows more carefully, invest in human capital and in more flexible sets of workers' skills, foster small enterprises -- these will contribute to job-creating growth; manage new technology, and provide safety nets.
At both the national and global level, the governance challenge is to reduce the threats of financial volatility which have become increasingly common and all their human costs. The costs of governance failures in this arena are larger than generally perceived.