Mauritian Public Key Infrastructure Ecosystem Launched

By Government Information Service | Prime Minister’s Office 
 

June 22, 2012: The Mauritian Public Key Infrastructure (PKI) Ecosystem, which aims at creating the right environment to engage e-Commerce and e-Business in a secure and trusted environment, was launched at the Hennessy Park Hotel, in Ebène Cyber-city.

 

On that occasion, the first certification authority to operate in Mauritius, eMudhra Consumer Services Ltd, received its recognition certificate, and the Information and Communications Technologies Authority (ICTA), which is also the Controller of Certification Authorities (CCA), launched an Information Guide on the Mauritian PKI Ecosystem.

PKI is a cyber security infrastructure put in place to prove the identities of people, websites, computer programmes and applications on the Internet as well to secure online transactions through the use of Digital Certificates.  The Information Guide gives an insight about the PKI to the public in general and contains salient features of the legislations related to the PKI.

In his opening address, the Minister of Information and Communication Technology, Mr Tassarajen Pillay Chedumbrum, said that the development taking place today is a stepping stone in making e-Government applications more interactive on a secured environment.  He announced the launching of a paperless Government project using the PKI.  This, said the Minister, will then spill over to other applications that are currently running under the Government Online Centre.  He also encouraged Ministries, departments, public bodies as well as private institutions to make use of the facilities developed around the conducive environment created for the development of the Mauritian PKI.

For his part, the High Commissioner of India to Mauritius, Mr. T.P. Seetharam, congratulated all parties concerned for the implementation of the PKI following the signature of a Memorandum of Understanding with the CCA of India three years back.  India stays committed to be a productive partner with Mauritius in various fields and continue to work together to the mutual advantage of both countries, he added.

About PKI

Mauritius has its own PKI since 6 December 2010.  In a PKI, a CA issues Digital Certificates to end users.  A Digital Certificate on the Internet is similar to an ID card in the real world. The CA verifies the identity of the end user and publishes certificates on an on-line repository where people can verify each other’s certificate. The CCA as the apex trust agency for the Mauritian PKI, in turn, must approve the methods used by the CA to verify the identity of a subscriber before granting or renewing a subscription for a certificate.

In May 2012, the technical infrastructure required for the issuance of the digital Licence/Recognition/Approval was installed at the premises of the ICTA.  In the same month, the CCA of Mauritius issued a recognition certificate to the first foreign CA who can now start its operation in Mauritius.

It is recalled that to enable a secure electronic transactions operating environment, the Electronic Transactions Act was amended and the Electronic Transactions (Certification Authorities) Regulations 2010 came into effect on 1 December 2010 providing for the licensing framework as well as the regulation of Certification Authorities (CA) activities in Mauritius.

Learn to Leverage Social Media to Enhance Your Career (Podcast)

By Jennifer Curry | From CFA Institute

 

Miriam Salpeter, author of Social Networking for Career Success, explains the importance of social media as a channel to enhance your professional reputation and to become known as a thought leader in your field. She offers practical advice and instruction on how to leverage specific functionality that can help you brand and differentiate yourself.

Listen to the podcast HERE. 

 

This presentation was recorded at the 65th CFA Institute Annual Conference. 
 
About the Speaker

Miriam Salpeter is owner and founder of Keppie Careers, a coaching and consulting firm helping job seekers and entrepreneurs leverage social media and other tools to achieve their goals. She has appeared on CNN, and major media outlets, including The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times and others have quoted her advice. 

In addition to her own blog, Miriam writes for U.S. News & World Report’s On Careers column and for Salary.com. Her book, Social Networking for Career Success, is available via Amazon or your favorite bookseller. In fall, 2012, her second book, 100 Conversations for Career Success (co-authored with Laura Labovich) will be on store shelves. 

CNN named Miriam to their list of “top 10 job tweeters you should be following.” Monster.com included her in their “11 for 2011 — Career Experts Who Can Help Your Job Search” and respected online resource, Quintessential Careers, called her a “Top 15 Career Mastermind.”

In addition to coaching job seekers and small business owners, Miriam is an in-demand writer and speaker regarding job search and social media, and she transforms resumes and creates online social media profiles (websites) for clients.

A vice president for a Wall Street firm prior to earning a master’s degree from Columbia University, Miriam headed the Career Action Center at the Rollins School of Public Health of Emory University before launching her own business. She has been empowering job seekers and small business owners for over 14 years.

Miriam coaches job seekers and entrepreneurs about using best practices to land great opportunities by offering clarity, confidence and know-how. Clients can save time, money and sanity by working with her. She believes everyone controls his or her own future and her job is to provide the road map to success.

3 Tips for Overcoming Your First Failure

BY Martin Zwilling | FROM Young Entrepreneur 

People who are afraid of failing shouldn't become entrepreneurs. 

The reason? In a certain sense, entrepreneurship is all about pushing your limits and taking risks. So a degree of failure should be expected -- and, in my opinion, worn like a badge of honor. It would stand for bravery -- or at least mark the psychological feat of overcoming your fears.

It would also send the message that even though you've failed, you've likely learned a valuable lesson. According to investors I know, young entrepreneurs who have failed at least once are more likely to get funding from them, compared to entrepreneurs with a perfect track record. Investors know that founders often learn more from a failure than they do from a success, so don’t be so quick to delete a failure from your bio.

I'm not, however, suggesting that you fail on purpose. I'm also not suggesting that amassing multiple failures is a good idea either. But if it happens, a failure shouldn't be shunned. You should embrace it, grow from it and use the experience to move to the next idea.

Here are three tips on how to turn failure into an advantage:

1. Accept responsibility, don't spread the blame. It’s easy to blame partners, investors, customers and the economy. But if you blame someone else, you'll never learn from your mistakes. Remember, you volunteered to be an entrepreneur, not a victim.


2. Capitalize on the good amid the bad. In every bad deal, there are always some good people. Many entrepreneurs have taken on one of these as a new partner, and gone on to make millions of dollars. The good investors will fund you again, and the good customers will gladly accept your next offering.
   
3. Study and profit from your mistakes. Mistakes can offer priceless lessons, so learn from them, rather than run from them. Making mistakes and becoming smarter is the job of an entrepreneur, while not making mistakes is the job of an employee.

Failure is not usually a single event, but a collection of mistakes and circumstances that add up to test the patience of founders. Failure, combined with a strong sense of business ethics, can motivate and produce innovation, while failure due to a lack of ethics can lead to desperation. Certain types of failures -- like failures of integrity and ethics -- are harder to recover from.

In the end, resilience and agility are really the only sustainable edge in business. So when you experience your first failure, just give up your ego, let it go and get back to work smarter on your next success.

This story originally appeared on Young Entrepreneur

Motivating Employees to Work As Hard As You

Getting a startup off the ground is just the beginning. Growing a business is the next step. In Season 2 of Project Grow, Entrepreneur Magazine talk to entrepreneurs at New York's In Good Company coworking space as they meet the challenges.

As a startup entrepreneur, I'm In The Kitchen's Amy Yazdian felt she had little leverage to demand perfection from her staff. For new business owners, it can be tough to motivate workers when you can't offer big-time salaries or other corporate perks. Hear how Yazdian learned to get employees fired up, plus expert tips.

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