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Global Sustainability Standards

january - april 2011
Editor's Note

We’re All in This Together

A playwright once waggishly titled a play, "Stop the World — I want to get off!" Problem is, there's nowhere else to go.
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Editorial

Six Lives and Counting

The "Green Revolution" of the last century promised a way to end hunger even as global populations continued to increase. Today, that promise seems less convincing, providing a cautionary tale about the ability of technology to obviate the need for more painful measures.
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Feature Article

Cyber Security and the Vulnerability of Networks: Why we Need to Rethink our Cyber Defenses Now

While network effects provide great benefits, they can also lead to great risks. The Internet is increasingly becoming the unique host for essential services, as government, finance, energy management, supply chains, telephony and much more abandon traditional channels and migrate to the Web. Now, the rapid adoption of the cloud computing model points towards a future of rapidly growing concentrations ...
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Standards Blog

U.K. Comes Out for Royalty-Free Standards for Government Procurement

Earlier this year, the European Commission bowed to industry pressure and abandoned an aggressive definition of "open standards." Now the action is turning to the EU's member states.
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The Alexandria Project

Prologue

A new introduction to my now-completed technology cybersecurity thriller provides an example of what the physical structure of a cyber secure future would look like.
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Consider This

#66: Here We Go Again: How to Tell a Bubble When You See One

The symptoms of an investment bubble are as obvious as the disease. Heaven forbid we should ever wise up.
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