An understanding of these changes is vital since old mental models of management based on separation, fragmentation and rigid control are far less effective in the digital world than in the analogue world that is fast becoming a thing of the past. The challenge for Barbados lies in restructuring its operations to organise, produce, deliver, manage, and evaluate its effectiveness in the face of digital convergence and all it presently implies. Traditional or ineffective organisational and management models have to change, policy fragmentation has to be diminished and people have to be empowered to think creatively if Barbados is to reap any real benefits from the revolution in digital ICTs that is sweeping the rest of the world. The implications of digital convergence must be fully appreciated. Policy makers have to design digital information and communications policy frameworks that embrace the notion of convergence. This action will help to ensure that the full benefits of the technologies can be realized. Security Security is a critical element in an effective digital communications and information infrastructure. Secure frameworks that support privacy and safe communication and that contain elements of disaster planning and service continuity, are essential as threats to national security and stability increase. In this regard, Barbados must undertake a National ICT security audit to establish its ICT security status and to provide a sound base on which an ICT security plan can be formulated. It is imperative that a national ICT task force be created to monitor security issues in the ICT field and especially to ensure an early response to threats to the national ICT system. Additionally, the country must design and implement ICT security protocols to which all sectors of the economy should adhere. 21