9. Alexandria Bombing
Although 2011 started tragically, I feel it will be a year of
eagerly anticipated change, where Egyptians will stand against
sectarianism and unite as one, Father RafaeilSarwat of the Mar-Mina
church told Ahram Online. The Coptic priest was commenting on the
now widespread call by Muslim intellectuals and activists upon
Egyptian Muslims at large to flock to Coptic churches across the
country to attend Coptic Christmas Eve mass, to show solidarity
with the nation's Coptic minority, but also to serve as "human
shields" against possible attacks by Islamist militants
10. 10
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Egypt is safer than most of its peers, with no deadly terrorist
attacks in over 2 years
Safety and security in Egypt
No terrorist attacks have occurred the past 2 years
11. Terrorist attacks in 2004-2006 concentrated mainly on
tourist areas on the Sinai Peninsula
12. Before 2004, no terrorist attacks involving foreigners
occurred in almost 6 years
13. There are no reports of business discontinuity of any
multinational operating in Egypt due to terrorist attacks
Morocco
Egypt
US
UK
France
784
Philippines
3,062
Afghanistan
3,731
India
Incidents of terrorism from January 2005 to June 2008
Source: Worldwide Incidents Tracking System (WITS), US Department
of State
14. 11
4.8
GDP
US$ billion
BPO services can contribute over 10% of overall GDP growth between
2007-2017
Exports of
goods and
services
5.5%
5.3%
45%
7.1%
5.5%
45%
BPO services can contribute over 23% of export growth between
2007-2017
BPO services can create 1.5 million jobs
US$ billion
BPO LIKELY TO HAVE A MAJOR IMPACT ON THE EGYPTIAN ECONOMY AND
CREATE 1.5 MILLION JOBS BY 2017
Contribution of offshore BPO industries
CAGR (2007-2017)
100%=1701
100%=2102
100% =125
4%
BPO
1%
2007
2012E
2017E
CAGR (2007-2017)
100%=34
100%=473
100%=683
88%
96%
99%
12%
4%
1%
2007
2012E
2017E
1.550
Additional employment (direct and indirect)
000 people
2002-2007
2007-2012E
2017
1Assuming 6.0% growth in GDP
2Assuming 5.0% growth in GDP
3 Assuming exports grow at GDP growth rates + BPO industry
contribution
Source: World Bank report, The Economist ; Mckinsey
analysis
15. Basic Security agencies in Egypt
General Intelligence Services
National Security Investigation
Military Intelligence Service
National Security Agency
16. Defeating the bad guys
The use of converted shekhNagehIbrahimFatwa to be spread around and
on the WEB
Empower intellectual religious source of education AL AZHAR
The use of intellectuals to build group discussions in the internet
and in special clubs and social network
17. Nageh Ibrahim
Aug 2, 2010 ... Dr. Nageh Ibrahim, the ideological theorist of the
Islamic Group in Egypt and a member of its Shura Council, said the
revisions have been
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18. Recent Developments in the Area of Cyber Security in
Egypt
Ministry of Communication and Information Technology
19. Legislative Developments
Egypt issued a number of relevant regulations to build and develop
the legal and regulatory infrastructure for ICT industry in
Egypt.
The Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) Law in 2002 (Law no.
82/2002).
The Telecommunications Act issued in 2003 (Law no. 10/2003).
The e-signature law issued in 2004 (Law no. 15/2004).
A draft CyberSecurity law has been prepared by a working group of
legal and technical of experts formed by a ministerial decree from
the Minister of Communications and Information Technology. The
draft law is expected to be forwarded to the legislative bodies in
the near future.
In addition, Egypt has strengthened its legal framework for
combating child pornography and child exploitation on-line by
adopting a special article on that topic in its comprehensive Child
Act (Law no. 126/2008).
20. Infrastructure Developments
Public Key Infrastructure (PKI): Egypt has adopted a strict
hierarchal architecture for implementing PKI, the technology
required to perform qualified e-signature in Egypt. Currently,
several governmental and private entities, including leading
private banks and Egypt Post, are establishing PKI-enabled
infrastructure. PKI is also becoming central to the efforts of
protecting the digital identity for individuals and for
organizations, thus enabling advanced e-business, e-government and
e-commerce activities.
Root (Certificate Authority) CA: Egypt has started establishing a
Root CA trust center, which is up and running since September 2009.
This trust center is established according to the latest
international security specifications. The Root CA trust centre is
going to be the very heart of the national PKI efforts, and will be
central for digital identity management efforts. In addition, three
companies have been licensed to issue electronic signatures
certificates and are currently linked to and operating under the
umbrella of the Root CA.
Gov-CA: The Ministry of Finance has established a governmental
entity responsible for issuing governmental electronic signatures
certificates to ensure the full protection and confidentiality for
their transactions, in cooperation with the Ministry of State for
Administrative development.
21. Operational Framework for Cyber Security
A national Computer Emergency Response Team (EG-CERT) has been
established within the Egyptian Telecommunication Regulatory
Authority (NTRA) on April 2009. EG-CERT currently has 16 full-time
professionals and operates on a 24/7 basis.
EG-CERT provides support in protecting national critical
information infrastructure, especially in the ICT sector and in the
financial sector.
EG-CERT has provided expertise in investigating several incidents,
including the well-known PHISH PHRY case (uncovered in Oct 2009)
that involved a phishing ring of 100 individuals from Egypt and the
USA.
The NTRA sponsors a comprehensive national program for training
cyber security professionals. During the past 18 months, the
program provided internationally recognized certification for over
170 professionals from 38 organizations from the ICT sector, the
banking/financial sector, and the academic sector.
22. International Cooperation
EG-CERT has signed cooperation agreements with the US-CERT, the
South Korean Information Security Agency (KISA), and Cyber Security
Malaysia. It is currently applying for membership in the Forum of
Incident Response and Security Teams (FIRST).
Egypt has participated in the ITUs High Level Experts Group on
Cyber Security (HLEG) that forwarded its recommendations to the
Secretary General of the ITU late in 2008. Currently, Egypt chairs
the ITUs Council Working Group for Child Online Protection.
Egypt is an observer of the OECDs Committee for Information,
Computer and Communications Policy (ICCP), including the working
party on Information
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Security and Privacy (WPISP). We also participated in the OECD
ministerial meeting held in South Korea (June 2008).
Egypt is a member of the International Multilateral Partnership
Against Cyber-Threats (IMPACT), that was initiated by Malaysia in
2008. IMPACT has effectively become the physical home of the ITUs
Global Security Agenda GCA.
23. Developing Partnerships between American and Egyptian IT
Firms:Building Business in the Middle East and Africa
ITEC and NVTC
24. 21
Information Technology Export Community, ITEC
ITEC core consists of 34 members/companies.
ITEC is serving 3726 Egyptian companies. ITEC focus on IT export
and international business collaboration.
ITEC core members have over
LE 6.2 BN business volume , of which 50% is in international
markets.
Total employment of core members around 15,000 IT
professionals.