Enrique Amestoy, Activist and former advisor to the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Uruguay. Photo: Ismael Francisco / Cubadebate
With the certainty that no free software, capable of being audited 100%, we can not think of technological sovereignty, Enrique Amestoy explained his criteria in the dedicated panel cybersecurity issues, which in session this morning as part of the International Conference “New scenarios of political communication in the digital environment”.
all Windows are potential victims of espionage and unknowingly they can they are being a tool of cyber espionage, said the Uruguayan expert, while tabled another topic to be considered by our nations, this vastly more complicated, and is to also access free hardware.
Gone are the times of the “war of lead”. At present not only needed soldiers, ships or aircraft; but cyberattacks function as a civilized tool used by governments to attack others and hence the importance that we must give as States and as citizens to cybersecurity.
In this regard, Enrique Amestoy said ” computer espionage is an act of terrorism and cyber attacks on IT assets in the region are a threat to the sovereignty of our nations “.
In his view, the way forward will necessarily that promote cooperation between our countries, creating regional data center, using fiber sovereign and above all, the education of our citizens.
“If we have free hardware, free software and everyone educated on what’s important which is the technological sovereignty and cybersecurity, I think we’d be on the right track, “the Uruguayan expert.
(With information from Ventana Policy)
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