AIT Ambassador Breakfast VIP Facility Security & Offline Storage
AIT BREAKFAST FOR UN AMBASSADORS - 27th NOVEMBER 2001

Bob F. Jalang'o
CHAIRMAN/CO-SPONSOR

On Nov. 27, 2001, Ambassador Yukio Satoh, Japanese Mission to the United Nations, Hosted the fourth UN Ambassadors Breakfast Meeting that took place in 2001.

Ambassador Bob F. Jalang'o, Kenya Mission to the United Nations and Chairman of the UN ECOSOC Working Group on Informatics, and Mike Lackey, President AIT, Cosponsored the meeting.

The Breakfast Theme centered on "Using Practical Information Technologies Applications in the Pursuit of VIP and Facility Security, and Information Storage Solutions."

Additional attendees included Ambassadors June Clark (Barbados), Kamalesh Sharma (India), Phakiso Mochochoko (Lesotho), Gediminas Serksnys (Lithuania), Carlos Dos Santos (Mozambique), and Janusz Stanczyk (Poland). Private Sector participants included Mike Lackey, President, AIT, Carol Lackey, VP AIT, David Goldstein, Sr VP ADT, Art Stromstedt, VP ADT, Anne Oribello, Information Security, Brown University, Edith Lederer, UN Desk, AP UN Bureau, Bill Varner, UN Correspondent, Bloomberg News, and Ellen Pearlman, Editor-in-Chief, CIO Insight.




Breakfast Participants - left side - David Goldstein(ADT), Art Stromstedt (ADT), Bill Varner (Bloomberg News), Ambassador Kamalesh Sharma (India), Ambassador Gediminas Serksnys (Lithuania), - right side - Ambassador June Clark (Barbados), Ambassador Yukio Satoh (Japan), Ambassador Bob F. Jalang'o (Kenya), Mike Lackey (AIT), Ambassador Janusz Stanczyk (Poland), Ambassador Shamshad Ahmed (Pakistan), Ambassador Phakiso Mochochoko (Lesotho)



Breakfast Participants - left side - Art Stromstedt (ADT), Bill Varner (Bloomberg News), Ambassador Kamalesh Sharma (India), Ambassador Gediminas Serksnys (Lithuania), Ellen Pearlman (CIO Insight Magazine), - right side - Anne Oribello (Brown University), Ambassador June Clark (Barbados), Ambassador Bob F. Jalang'o (Kenya), Mike Lackey (AIT), Ambassador Janusz Stanczyk (Poland), Ambassador Shamshad Ahmed (Pakistan)



Breakfast Attendees (left to right): Anne Oribello, InfoSec Off, Brown University, Ambassador Bob F. Jalang'o, Kenya to the UN, Ambassador Carlos Dos Santos, Mozambique to UN, Art Stromstedt, VP, ADT, Mike Lackey, President, AIT, Ambassador June Clark, Barbados to UN, Dave Goldstein, SVP, ADT.



Cosponsors Carol Lackey, AIT, and Ambassador Bob F. Jalang'o at the conclusion of the informative Working Breakfast.

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Meeting Purpose and Overview:

  1. The purpose of breakfast meetings is to engage the United Nations diplomatic community, at as high level as possible, in the crucial task of investigating the impact of information and communication technologies on various economic and social agendas of interest to the international community.


  2. Underlying the value of the meetings is the belief that the digital divide needs to be addressed by all States Members of the UN, and it is therefore proper for Ambassadors to reflect on that belief so that they can keep pace with the information and communication technologies revolution sweeping the world. In this way, the Ambassadors can better participate in the global debate on the subject.


  3. The meeting noted that the tragic events of September 11 in New York and Washington have heightened the alertness and awareness of personal, physical and information systems security. The meeting then reviewed practical applications for:-

    1. VIP and Facility Security
    2. Off-site Storage Facilities

    in order to accelerate sustainable economic and social development.


  4. On Personal Security - ADT Security suggests a simple portable wireless device costing approximately US$120, or a "911 cell serve" attached to the mobile phone. In case of threat or attack, a push button would immediately alert the control center.


  5. On Physical Security (Access In and out)


    1. Solutions may vary from simple door alarm systems to CCTV cameras with monitors, tapes, and access ID cards for employees and visitors.

    2. A small business facility system suggested by ADT would cost US$200 plus a monthly maintenance fee of US $30.


  6. On access to computer systems:-


    1. Mandatory passwords on all workstations.

    2. Monitoring of laptops on a regular basis to check on downloaded data.


  7. Back-ups of data files:-


    1. Offsite Internet file storage facility at low cost of US$5-$10 per month.

    2. Missions would require high-speed data lines for transfer of, say, 25Mb of data.

    3. Simplest way is to back up (daily) all critical files on diskettes or tapes, and store in fire proof safes in the office; or offsite at any commercial bank at a small fee.

    4. Missions may consider installing zip drives, a cost of US$100, to provide data storage of 250Mb each.