DCO Calls for Urgent Discussions with Member States, Digital Experts to Address Recent Global IT Outage’s Implications
2024年7月23日 - 10:28PM
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To capture lessons learned and plan way
forward
The Digital Cooperation Organization’s (DCO) General Secretariat
said in a statement that it will hold urgent discussions with its
Member States and digital economy experts to address the
implications of the global IT outage that disrupted vital
operations around the world, affecting critical business sectors
like aviation, banking, broadcast media, software providers, and
more.
The DCO General Secretariat states that “the high level of
impact the world witnessed as a result of the unfortunate outage is
alarming and indicates the dire need for a more effective and agile
international digital cooperation.” The incident raised questions
on continuity and sustainability in a world rapidly moving towards
being highly dependent on digital channels and platforms. It is
very crucial that the international community develops proper
policies and protocols to mitigate the risks of such incidents and
ensure the continuity of essential operations.
To this end, the DCO General Secretariat has called for an
urgent deliberation for its Member States and digital economy
experts to capture the lessons learned from this incident, assess
its impact on national digital transformation plans in Member
States, and plan practical steps to ensure that relevant
stakeholders across sectors are aligned and ready to deal with such
mishaps.
About the Digital Cooperation Organization (DCO)
The Digital Cooperation Organization is the world's first
standalone international intergovernmental organization focusing on
the acceleration of the growth of an inclusive and sustainable
digital economy. It is a global multilateral organization founded
in November 2020 that aims to enable digital prosperity for
all.
The 16 DCO Member States include the Kingdom of Bahrain, the
People's Republic of Bangladesh, the Republic of Cyprus, the
Republic of Djibouti, the Republic of The Gambia, the Republic of
Ghana, the Hellenic Republic (Greece), the Hashemite Kingdom of
Jordan, the State of Kuwait, the Kingdom of Morocco, the Federal
Republic of Nigeria, the Sultanate of Oman, the Islamic Republic of
Pakistan, the State of Qatar, the Republic of Rwanda, and the
Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - collectively representing nearly $3.5
trillion in GDP and a market of nearly 800 million people, more
than 70% of whom are under the age of 35.
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Media contact: Ahmed Bayouni Media@dco.org