The Future of the Global Internet Economy
London, UK - 7 July 2007, 9:27 GMT - The Internet is increasingly
critical to our economies and societies -- with far reaching implications
for all policy domains. Only now is the world beginning to grasp the Internet's
potential as a powerful driver of innovation, sustainable economic growth
and social well-being. It is timely for leaders in governments, corporates,
NGOs and technology experts to forge broad understanding and principles
that will guide the next decade of the Internet economy.
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We look forward to your further thoughts, observations and views. Thank
you.
Best wishes
For and on behalf of DK Matai, Chairman, Asymmetric Threats Contingency
Alliance (ATCA)
ATCA: The Asymmetric Threats Contingency
Alliance is a philanthropic expert initiative founded in 2001
to resolve complex global challenges through collective Socratic
dialogue and joint executive action to build a wisdom based global
economy. Adhering to the doctrine of non-violence, ATCA addresses
asymmetric threats and social opportunities arising from climate
chaos and the environment; radical poverty and microfinance; geo-politics
and energy; organised crime & extremism; advanced technologies
-- bio, info, nano, robo & AI; demographic skews and resource
shortages; pandemics; financial systems and systemic risk; as
well as transhumanism and ethics. Present membership of ATCA is
by invitation only and has over 5,000 distinguished members from
over 100 countries: including several from the House of Lords,
House of Commons, EU Parliament, US Congress & Senate, G10's
Senior Government officials and over 1,500 CEOs from financial
institutions, scientific corporates and voluntary organisations
as well as over 750 Professors from academic centres of excellence
worldwide.
The views presented by individual contributors are not necessarily
representative of the views of ATCA, which is neutral. Please
do not forward or use the material circulated without permission
and full attribution.
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Low Probability High Impact and
Black Swan Events
London, UK - 12 June 2007, 14:22 GMT
Dear ATCA Colleagues
[Please note that the views presented by individual contributors
are not necessarily representative of the views of ATCA, which is neutral.
ATCA conducts collective Socratic dialogue on global opportunities and
threats.]
Considerations for Future Scenarios -- The Opportunity and Risk
of Asymmetric Globalisation
We are all being hurled closer to each other as the world integrates
faster than ever before. The propensity for fast global integration
creates both huge opportunities and its inevitable flip-side, huge risks.
In the future, we should be concerned about Low Probability High Impact
and Black Swan events which can change the present trajectory of nation
states and large economic entities, many with turnovers in excess of
the GDP of most nations. Welcome to Asymmetric Globalisation in which
friends and adversaries are no longer similar looking as they react
to on- and off-the-radar forces giving rise to Low Probability High
Impact and Black Swan Events. This also means that more risk is increasingly
transferred into the markets away from Sovereign states, increasing
their volatility.
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As a special consideration, please note that some Low Probability High
Impact and Black Swan events may actually become High Probability High
Impact Events as time goes by owing to the five drivers converging and
colliding.
The ATCA think-piece, based on major research, was put together by DK
Matai and the mi2g Intelligence Unit. ATCA reviewers of the article
include: Aileen Armour-Biggs, Douglas Byblow, Professor Nigel M de S
Cameron, Hervé de Carmoy, Fred Cohen, Jean-Yves Gresser, Hamid
Hakimzadeh, Gerald Harris, Rear Admiral John Hilton, Chris Histed, Alexander
Hoare, Prof Sai-Felicia Krishna-Hensel, Prof Jean-Pierre Lehmann, Andrew
Leung, George Littlejohn, Thierry Malleret, Dr Harald Malmgren, Nicholas
Mellor, Miguel Mendonca, Prof Jim Norton, John Petersen, John Pickering,
Richard Thomas Gerber, Commodore Patrick Tyrrell, Michael Wade, Sir
Harold Walker, Ian Walker and Martin Wolf.
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We look forward to your further thoughts, observations and views. Thank
you.
Best wishes
For and on behalf of DK Matai, Chairman, Asymmetric Threats Contingency
Alliance (ATCA)
ATCA: The Asymmetric Threats Contingency
Alliance is a philanthropic expert initiative founded in 2001
to resolve complex global challenges through collective Socratic
dialogue and joint executive action to build a wisdom based global
economy. Adhering to the doctrine of non-violence, ATCA addresses
asymmetric threats and social opportunities arising from climate
chaos and the environment; radical poverty and microfinance; geo-politics
and energy; organised crime & extremism; advanced technologies
-- bio, info, nano, robo & AI; demographic skews and resource
shortages; pandemics; financial systems and systemic risk; as
well as transhumanism and ethics. Present membership of ATCA is
by invitation only and has over 5,000 distinguished members from
over 100 countries: including several from the House of Lords,
House of Commons, EU Parliament, US Congress & Senate, G10's
Senior Government officials and over 1,500 CEOs from financial
institutions, scientific corporates and voluntary organisations
as well as over 750 Professors from academic centres of excellence
worldwide.
The views presented by individual contributors are not necessarily
representative of the views of ATCA, which is neutral. Please
do not forward or use the material circulated without permission
and full attribution.
Intelligence Unit | mi2g | tel +44 (0) 20 7712 1782 fax +44
(0) 20 7712 1501 | internet www.mi2g.net
mi2g: Winner of the Queen's Award for Enterprise in the category
of Innovation
Spam, DDoS & Phishing rocket as organised crime
takes hold
London, UK - 30 July 2004, 16:00 GMT - The total amount of spam distributed
across the globe has touched nearly three trillion messages in 2004 as it
sits at 2,981 billion worldwide to date according to the latest data available
from the mi2g Intelligence Unit, the world leader in digital risk. The global
economic damage from spam in 2004 to date is estimated to lie between $107bn
and $131bn. The economic damage from spam is projected to cross $200bn worldwide
for the whole year. The total amount of spam in 2003 was around 1.6 trillion
messages. The high rise in the volume of spam in 2004 is attributed to malware
proliferation and the use of hijacked computers as file servers, proxies for
criminal activities and mail relays.
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Big Three malware cause heavy productivity losses in
Q1 2004
Poor business processes and auditing holes exacerbate damage
London, UK - 16 March 2004, 15:00 GMT - The Big Three malware families
of 2004, ie, all variants of Bagle, MyDoom and NetSky combined, have caused
the loss or misallocation of 72 million Equivalent Person Days (EPDs) worldwide
over the last two months across corporations, government organisations and
homes according to the mi2g intelligence Unit, the world leader in digital
risk. As an average for the last 60 days, the daily sustained loss is 1.2
million EPDs worldwide, the highest ever.
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