A report from IBM outlines new risks to people, cargo, global financial and information flows and transportation. While the study underscores the complexity and vulnerability of these systems, it also provides recommendations for protecting them.
Based on research and interviews with more than 200 former and current government officials and policy experts, "Global Movement Management: Strengthening Commerce, Security and Resiliency in Today's Networked World," offers proposals for strengthening global economic security and resiliency.
"Our findings indicate that a better understanding of emerging risks makes it possible to improve security and resilience without harming commercial interests," said W. Scott Gould, Vice President Public Sector Strategy, IBM Global Business Services. "More than ever, governments and businesses need to work together to strengthen critical economic flows -- immigration, cybersecurity, travel, transportation, cargo -- against the risks they face in a world characterised by globalisation, technology change, and mutual interdependence."
The report addresses how risk has changed in the 21st century, noting that technology and globalisation now allow individuals and individual events to create disruptions and damage on a scale never before seen. As a result, organisations face having to dramatically change their level of information sharing and public and private collaboration.
Available on www.ibm.com, the report is authored by IBM strategy consultants W. Scott Gould, Vice President, Public Sector Strategy, Daniel B. Prieto, Vice President, Homeland Security, and Jonah J. Czerwinski, Managing Consultant, Homeland Security.