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Video Q&A: Accelerating Africa’s Digital Transformation Through ICTs
Africa has the lowest number of Internet connections — many countries still have less than 20 percent broadband penetration rate, which is compounded by lack of access to reliable and affordable electricity. Beyond infrastructure, the need for improving access to training and education, healthcare, financial inclusion, food security, and other…
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Uncovering the Great Risk in Security and Privacy of Health Data in Latin America and Beyond
What is one of the greatest risks in the connected healthcare ecosystem? Here’s a hint: it’s not the hackers. Listen to our eye-opening conversation with a cutting-edge cybersecurity forensic technologist, Andrés Velázquez, Founder and President of Mattica, based in Mexico, who highlights common global challenges and inherent obstacles in the…
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Technology’s Essential Ingredient: Measurement Standardization
Why Is Standardized Measurement Important? There are currently nearly 1,200 IEEE standards and more than 900 projects under development that impact our everyday life across the world. And behind these critical technical standards is an ongoing effort to ensure a uniform, fundamental, and consistent measurement system needed for them to…
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Securing Greater Public Trust in Health through Risk Mitigation – A North America Perspective
How you manage and quantify risk will determine how fast you can minimize impact and reassure public trust in the connected healthcare system. Can connected healthcare be a risky business for you, the patient, and every stakeholder involved? Listen to our discussion with T.R. Kane, Cybersecurity, Privacy & Forensics Partner,…
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Video Q&A: Protecting Data Privacy in the Use of ICTs in Indonesia
The COVID-19 pandemic emphasized the need for data governance in order to enable universal connectivity and data sharing for efficient public services. In Indonesia, for example, many users lack confidence in the use of cell phones or ICTs (Information and Communication Technologies) because the data they generate are owned by…
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Designing a More Sustainable Future Through Technology and Standards
During the past several months, IEEE has been taking part in The World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) Forum. The WSIS Forum serves as a platform for a global discussion of Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) and how they can be a means to achieving the Sustainable Development Goals,…
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Cracking the Cybersecurity Code to Accelerate Innovation – A View from Australia
Can cracking code on cybersecurity in the connected healthcare ecosystem accelerate innovation in the world of mobilized care? We are taking a different perspective from the land down under with Ashish Mahajan, Non-Executive Director of IoTSec Australia Inc, and Chair of the IEEE SA IoT Ecosystem Security Industry Connections Program.…
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Video Q&A: Bridging Digital Divide in Mexico Through Collaborative Regulation
Mexico has seen steady growth in internet connectivity since its constitutional reform in 2013. Today, about 70 percent of Mexicans have access to wired or wireless internet. Yet only 47 percent of the rural population has internet access, compared to 76 percent of the urban population who are online. The…
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Threat Modeling and Frameworks for Cybersecurity in Connected Healthcare Ecosystems
In healthcare, is IoMT the Internet of Medical Things or the “Internet of Many Threats”? We are now in a whole new norm with globally connected healthcare bracing for increasing cyber data breaches. Listen to the premiere episode of Season 2 featuring Florence Hudson, Executive Director of Northeast Big Data…
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Video Q&A: Connecting Rural India Through Technology Standards
In India, government-funded programs such as the National Optical Fiber Network (NOFN) have helped more than half of the rural areas gain access to reliable network infrastructure. As India works to speed up internet coverage in the rest of the nation, however, the digital infrastructure remains under-utilized by end users.…