Business Chief USA October 2020

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Iran (10), despite the former having
a population density almost 50% lower
than the latter. This is a perfect example
of the report’s ability to correct
potentially damaging preconceptions.
“Iran is very technically savvy but it is
more reliant on client-oriented internet
(mobile phone networks, etc), whereas
Canada has a lot more in the way of
wired infrastructure and servers.”
NICER’s information about entire
countries enables each to identify its
own ‘neighbourhood’ and measure
its progress relative to others, but
what about specific industries? The
report also includes a graph measuring
each sector’s vulnerable assets,
revealing that highly essential services
– telecoms, financial services, retail
and pharma – are amongst the most
exposed, including some of the largest
organisations on the FTSE 100,
Fortune 500 and Nikkei Index. “These
companies have the resources to be
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