[bestbits] What the G7 must do for internet growth and security

[Carolina Rossini]

In 2014, researchers from the World Economic Forum and McKinsey & Company
projected that as much as $21 trillion in global economic value creation
<http://www.mckinsey.com/business-functions/business-technology/our-insights/the-rising-strategic-risks-of-cyberattacks>
would
depend on the robustness of cyber-security over five to seven years. That’s
as big as the entire U.S. economy.

To discuss the future of the Internet and its risks, IT ministers from the
G7 countries and the EU gathered for the first time in 20 years. The
information and communications technology (ICT) summit in Takamatsu, Japan,
was held against a background of major cyber-security dangers including
threats to critical infrastructure and mobile devices as well as attacks
that are rapidly growing in number while using new means to conceal
themselves.


Keep reading at

https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2016/05/what-the-g7-must-do-for-internet-growth-and-security

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*Carolina Rossini *
*Vice President, International Policy*
*Public Knowledge*
*http://www.publicknowledge.org/ <http://www.publicknowledge.org/>*
+ 1 6176979389 | skype: carolrossini | @carolinarossini
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