MWC Barcelona: Anam Technologies has been selected by Telenor to deliver a groupwide A2P SMS initiative to improve service quality and revenues by fully securing the SMS infrastructure. This will be achieved through a combination of Anam’s patented SMS Firewall technology and comprehensive security analysis services. It is the first such global approach to ensuring A2P revenue and service quality by a global operator and will allow Telenor to offer a single point of A2P access for Telenor’s 200M subscribers eliminating the ‘grey-market’ and reducing Spam SMS.
"This nation asks for action, and action now," - Franklin D. Roosevelt.
SERIES: NATIONAL ECONOMIC EMERGENCY (NEE)
SHORT TERM MEASURES TO BE TAKEN IMMEDIATELY
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
1. Change the Naira immediately to get all mallamnomists in the Black Market out of busines (Matt. 21:12-13, Mark 11:15-19, LK 19:45;
2. Redenominate the Naira immediately with the highest denomination now N50xx;
3. Introduce coins once more into the economy and make refusal illegal;
4. Nigerians and not the court should reject the dollar as a legal tender in domestic trade;
5. Outlaw the black market with prison terms between 14 and 21 years;
6. I'm calling on the President again to declare a state of emergency on the economy sector
7. Give a State of the Nation Address without further delay and introduce AUSTERITY MEASURES IMMEDIATELY!
8. There should be salary harmonization - all citizens in all sectors starting from: ENTRY LEVEL, MID LEVEL AND SENIOR LEVEL - every person working in whatever sector be it oil, bank, INGOs must be on the same salary scales as above;
9. ALL including expatriates MUST henceforth receive their salaries in Naira.
JOHN ODEY ADUMA, PUBLISHER AND BRITISH CHEVENING SCHOLAR, UNITED KINGDOM
The wrangling between the FBI and Apple has galvanized the computer security industry. At the RSA Conference 2016 in San Francisco, Tripwire has revealed the results of a survey of 198 security professionals attending the conference, which shows that 82 percent of respondents said it is either very likely or certain that cybercriminals would abuse the government’s capability to access encrypted data if technology companies are required to provide it.
Fifty-three percent of respondents said technology firms should comply with a warrant or subpoena from law enforcement. If the government should force tech companies to give them access to encrypted data, 88 percent believe it will reduce security and privacy.
SAN FRANCISCO: Apple and the FBI have been engaged in a legal battle over the federal government’s right to require built-in smartphone encryption software that could aid law enforcement investigations. This debate has moved to Capitol Hill as pressure grows for Congress to pass updated laws clarifying technology companies’ responsibility to provide access to customers’ encrypted data.
Alexandria, Va.: Registration and housing are now open for the security industry’s most influential event, the ASIS International 62nd Annual Seminar and Exhibits (ASIS 2016), which takes place Sept. 12-15 at the Orange County Convention Center in Orlando, Fl., USA. Developed by and for security professionals worldwide, this event delivers four intense days of high quality, peer-led education, powerful networking, and an expansive exhibit hall featuring the latest, most innovative security solutions. ASIS International (ASIS) is the leading organization for security management professionals worldwide that crosses industry sectors.
To expose official corruption in Nigeria, re-orientate the psyche of Nigerians and usher in the Nigerian renaissance
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