strategic data as national security concern --- I would say that the pros include defending national sovereignty and therefore the capacities to prevent and prosecute attacks or crimes. As cons, the protectionism could hamper the development of internet as a global and humankind endeavor. The rivalry between global players such as USA and China, is anyway well advanced and difficult to stop. The question is then how other countries (more less peripheral or semi peripheral) should behave in this new kind of cold war. Should they follow the path traced in the past, confronting “West” against “East”? Is really control over national data possible for countries that don´t control or possess enough IT resources and are dependant from global players?

Source author: Eduardo Ruiz Mazon eruizm@sre.gob.mx