Roundup: for the week ending 12 November 2023
A roundup of the latest ICT/technology news from across the Caribbean region for the period Monday 6 November to Sunday 12 November 2023.
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Author: Michele Marius
3 early takeaways from the TSTT cyberattack
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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ICTP 277: Capitalising on Caribbean country code top-level domains with Carlton Samuels and Lance Hinds
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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Roundup: for the week ending 5 November 2023
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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7 critical steps for robust disaster planning and resiliency
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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