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Amina Harun talks on a cell phone 26 July 2005 while selling watermelons at the largest fresh fruit and vegetable market in Nairobi, Kenya.
Cell phone companies that set up shop in Africa over a decade ago now include poor farmers, fishermen, and the unemployed as subscribers. Some researchers even attach cell phones to elephants to help track their movements.

Host-Nation
Cybersecurity in
Future Stability
Operations
Maj. Michael Kolton, U.S. Army

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yberspace is now fundamental to the governance, economic growth, and social lives
of populations within developed and developing countries. In addition, cyberspace capabilities
have proven indispensable for relief efforts in disaster
and conflict zones. Meanwhile, adversaries have also
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evolved in their sophistication and now increasingly
threaten cyber capabilities.
Because nonmilitary organizations retain significant
experience in cybersecurity and critical infrastructure
protection, the best practices they have developed provide a framework for future Army doctrine. This article
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