Resilient systems: on how we have to use digital technology to strengthen the resilience of our society and economy
conference paper
Our society and economy are heavily dependent on digital technologies. Whether it is digital payment systems, digital control of operational technology for water management, or digital monitoring of health data – there are hardly any systems today that do not rely on digital technology at least to some extent, directly or indirectly. Our wellbeing, economic competitiveness, safety and security depend on it. While digital sovereignty is not the main focus of this paper, it is important to understand that digital resilience will be more difficult to achieve in a world where we can no longer rely on international partnerships that were taken for granted for decades. Therefore, digital resilience and digital sovereignty are inexorably linked. Understanding where and how our non-EU digital technology dependencies might impact our societal and economic systems from a strategic point of view, is crucial if we want to make informed choices about the usage of these technologies – whether that is at a national government level, at the level of individual businesses and organisations, or as citizens (Stolwijk et al., 2024)
TNO Identifier
1016053
Publisher
TNO Vector
Collation
14 p.
Place of publication
Den Haag