 We're here at the ITU studio in Geneva, and I'm very pleased to be joined by Stuart Carlo, who's chief research officer for ABI research Stuart, thank you very much indeed for being with us today. My pleasure Stuart, can you tell us a little bit about ABI research and and some of your findings? We're a global market intelligence company founded in 1990 and we are tasked with charting what the most influential factors of today are but also looking at what the connected world of the future looks like so Some of the things that we're seeing as being important for the future technology markets are hyperconnectivity the pillars of cloud and and really the interconnectedness of things that otherwise weren't connected whether they'd be critical infrastructure or the Even services that we wouldn't have heard of today that are be merging due to cloud service opportunities Now ITU is going to be focusing heavily on cyber security, which is very much a topic on the agenda at ITU telecom world 2013 in Bangkok and I believe you're you're involved with with that pavilion That's correct. As a market intelligence company. We look at trying to chart What's going to be most influential in forming the future as part of that obviously we see cyber security as a cornerstone of pretty much everybody's experience of the connected world of the future and Given the focus that we see from ITU telecom world We thought it was important for us to invest as part of become a partner of that event But also to help highlight our work with a global cyber security index in partnership with the ITU And what is the global cyber security index in essence? It's a measure of readiness of countries ability to combat or Resist cyber attacks whether it be from cyber terrorism or cyber g-head or even just plain old hacking We measure countries across five different pillars capacity building technical measures organizational measures legal measures and also cooperation and Inter working with other nations or the the private sector and we tear those countries in three different tiers and The overall goal is to try and provide firstly a sound bedrock whereupon a country can understand what it's It's shortcomings are but also where it's been successful and then provide a springboard for future Enhancements throughout that country whether it be in partnership with the ITU or private bodies in order to improve their cyber security levels And what are the major trends that you've been seeing? I think the biggest thing that we've seen as an organization is that obviously awareness is raised Significantly, but we are beginning to see a world that's becoming ever more connected Legacy infrastructure is now being connected to the World Wide Web into the cloud and therefore we see an enhanced need for Cyber security not only to be an afterthought when you're connecting things to the to the essentially the cloud But to come a central ten of the approach to how you can facilitate Bringing infrastructure into the new world and can you tell us a little bit about how you'll be involved with the ITU? cybersecurity pavilion at ITU telecom world 2013 We have a booth at the show where we're going to be looking to showcase some of the work we're doing alongside the GCI and the ITU We're also going to be involved in some of the panel sessions for the the conference itself and hopefully our biggest Benefit of attending is going to be networking with some of the most important influences In the industry as our large set to help build some some consensus around our ongoing efforts there Stuart Carla, thank you very much indeed. Thank you