A New Era Of Security Through Global Development 3nd International Security Conference Thessaloniki, Greece 27 & 28 January 2012, Speech about technology readiness and security, in Session 5: “Back to the Future: Regional Security through Local Technology Investment”. http://conference2012.strategyinternational.org/

1. “TECHNOLOGY‐READINESS &
T R &
INNOVATION IN THE FIELD OF
BUSINESS AND SECURITY: THE
FIELD OF NETWORK CENTRIC
COMMUNICATIONS”
Elias Aravantinos
ExelixisNet.com
Thessaloniki 28/1/2012

2. Agenda
• About ExelixisNet.com
About ExelixisNet com
• Technology readiness
• Indexes presentation
I d i
• Methodology example
• E‐security readiness proposal
• Role of indexes
Role of indexes
• Summary

3. • Was found in New York City, in 2007
• Collaboration with European Institute of Law
Collaboration with European Institute of Law,
Science and Technology
• Telecom and New Media Consulting Boutique
• 4G‐Readiness International Index
• Affiliated partner at CITI (Columbia Inst. For
)
Tele‐Information)
• Social Media Monitoring Service for Cosmote

4. “Technology Readiness” is a concept coined as analogous
Technology Readiness is a concept coined as analogous
to e‐ readiness
The “state of play” of a country’s technological status and
the ability of its consumers, businesses and governments to
use in the future the technology to their benefit
E readiness study: Over 100 separate criteria, both
E‐readiness study: Over 100 separate criteria, both
qualitative and quantitative, are evaluated for each country
by the Economist Intelligence Unit’s team of analysts.
These criteria are scored on their relative presence in
a country’s economic, political or social landscape.
t ’ i liti l i ll d
Networked readiness: The capacity of countries to fully
p y y
benefit from new technologies in their competitive
strategies
Other Indexes: E‐Government, Networked, E‐Participation
Other Indexes: E Government Networked E Participation

5. • Dynamic index y‐o‐y
• Countries are improving ‐> Impact to quality of life and the
Digital economy, e‐services
g y,
Source: INSEAD

6. Our study
Our study
• “4G‐Readiness Index”
• The “state of play” of a country s
The state of play of a country’s
mobile wireless status and the
ability of its consumers,
y
businesses and governments to
use in the future the mobile
wireless to their benefit
i l t th i b fit
• 4G: Next Generation of Mobile
Data Networks – f ll
D N k full coverage in
i
100Mbps

8. Methodology – Weights %
Methodology Weights %
• Connectivity and
20 technology infrastructure
technology infrastructure
20 • Business environment
• Social and Cultural
l d l l
15 environment
10 • Legal environment
20 • Consumer trends
Consumer trends
• Government policy
15
and vision
d

9. Differences/ Results for 2010
Networked readiness
E-readiness Greece #64
Greece #28 Spain #32
Italy #24 Spain #25
#24, Italy #33
l
9

10. Modifying with national investment’s
f bl
profitability

11. What is missing? E security
What is missing? E‐security
• Due to the rise of cyber‐
attacks
• Share expertise
• Serious measurements
Of E‐security
Of E it
• E‐Security readiness index
as input to other studies
p
• Difficult effort organized
per nation or group of
countries
countries

12. E‐security readiness proposal for
public networks
• Potential metrics
– Number of received threats
– Recovery time
– System s upgrade frequency
System’s upgrade frequency
– Standard e‐security solutions
used
– A
Assess access plan to critical
l t iti l
resources
– Online e‐gov transactions
security and solution
security and solution
– Backup disaster plan

13. Role of national
indexes
– Decision tools
– Competition among
countries
– Useful for policy makers
Useful for policy‐makers
– Efficient Modifications
drive into new results
– Countries’ services
evaluation
–AAnnual snapshot of
l h f
services and achieved
effort

14. Summary
• National indexes are smart and innovative
decision tools
• Time consuming process, research oriented
defining winners and losers
• B h
Benchmarking identifies weaknesses and drives
ki id ifi k dd i
improvement
• Security of public networks directly related to
Security of public networks directly related to
military networks
• E‐security readiness needs to be formed from a
trusted institution
• Initiative: NATO countries could lead, creating
an e‐security shield‐index
an e security shield index

15. QUESTIONS?
Elias Aravantinos
Managing Director, ExelixisNet
www.exelixisnet.com
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earavantinos@exelixisnet.com
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