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March 2017

MARCH 2017

 

EDITORIAL



Recourse to reform
After a four-year Parliament extension, we demand elections in 2017




LEADERS



Dashing our hopes for reform
It’s time to break the silence on the CMA






Protect us from the modern plague
Lebanon remains overwhelmingly vulnerable to cyberwarfare






Rare opportunity
People now have the right to request information from government entities




COVER STORY



The battle between good and evil goes virtual
Online threats continue to proliferate






Cyber(in)securities
Fresh thinking needed to secure the banking system






Securing the entrepreneurship system
Protecting the startups from the get-go










The public sector’s vulnerability to a cyberattack
A Q&A with OMSAR’s IT security expert, Ihab Chaaban






Cyberthreats in the GCC and the Middle East
Building legislative defense shields








BANKING & FINANCE





HOSPITALITY AND TOURISM



A grand hotel plots a new course
Phonicia Beirut’s GM talks upcoming plan and her vision for 2017




LAST WORD



Lebanon’s national budget
A strategic instrument for adequate policymaking