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The strategy of the European Union is to establish Europe as “the largets knowledge base economy” by 2010 (Lisbon Strategy). This is supported by several programs, esp. also addressing developments of Information and Communication Technologies with some emphasis on security.

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Gritzalis, D., Brunnstein, K., Berleur, J. (2007). Roles of ICT in the Information Society. In: Shrum, W., Benson, K.R., Bijker, W.E., Brunnstein, K. (eds) Past, Present and Future of Research in the Information Society. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-47650-6_6

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