The report delivers an excellent overview of key high impact global risks, and highlights the “illegal economy” and “cyber security” as areas that must be addressed. The interconnectedness of cyber theft, cyber espionage, cyber war, and cyber terrorism is explained.

The information and “risk landscape” diagrams in the report provide a wealth of information of interest to security professionals. Recent world events in Africa and the Middle East give full credence to the findings on cyber security.

The full World Economic Forum report can be viewed at: http://riskreport.weforum.org/global-risks-2011.pdf

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