The Telecommunications Services of Trinidad and Tobago recently experienced a cyberattack resulting in the theft of personal data for over a million customers. But in the aftermath, the company has been bungling its handling of the incident. In this article, we highlight early takeaways.
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Thanks to the growing prominence of Artificial intelligence (AI), .ai, the country code top-level domain (ccTLD) for Anguilla has experienced an exponential increase in the take-up of .ai domains. However, Caribbean countries have not been aggressive in increasing the take-up and use of their ccTLDs, though there are numerous opportunities to be had. With longstanding players in the global Internet Governance space, Lance Hinds and Carlton Samuels, we discuss: the benefits of using ccTLDs; why some countries enjoy a large number of active ccTLDs; reasons why Caribbean countries have not sought to foster greater use of their ccTLDs; and ways in which Caribbean countries can increase the attractiveness and consequently the value of their ccTLDs.
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A roundup of the latest ICT/technology news from across the Caribbean region for the period Monday 30 October to Sunday 5 November 2023.
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Hurricanes and tropical storms get considerable attention in the Caribbean, but the region is also subject to frequent earthquakes. In this article, we revisit disaster planning and resiliency and outline key steps organisations ought to implement to improve their robustness and speed up their recovery should a disaster strike.
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As CARICOM Member States move closer to a Single Market and Economy (CSME), the role of the private sector will become increasingly important to manifest all the benefits anticipated from this massive regional transformation. With Dr Patrick Antoine, the Chief Executive Officer and Technical Director of the CARICOM Private Sector Organisation (CPSO), we discuss the CPSO and CSME, including: How businesses, especially small and micro businesses, benefit from the work of the CPSO; What is the Twenty-Five by 2025 Initiative, and can the stated target be achieved by 2025; How he sees ICT facilitating the realisation of the Twenty-Five by 2025 target; And why haven’t Caribbean organisations more fully integrated technology into our operations.
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