Trend

Increased need for cybersecurity

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About This Trend

As digitalization of government functions continues, there is an increasing need for cybersecurity solutions tailored to the public sector.Digital trustdescribes the relationship between users (those who give trust, like consumers and residents) and providers (those who guarantee to uphold protection, like businesses and governments). Digital technologies and digitalization have been characterized as increasingly volatile, uncertain, complex, and ambiguous (in short, "VUCA"), and a 2022 globalsurveyby Statista found that only 14 percent of respondents trusted digital services from the government sector.

Trend Updates

Feb. 26, 2024 — Seismic shift in everyday usage

  • More people than ever are using this technology and it is now more evident that it will be part of the ongoing landscape...

Feb. 26, 2023 — Federal Regulations spike Demand

  • Because of continued interest in this technology and a favorable environment for growth...

Feb. 26, 2021 — Pandemic recalibrates supply

  • People are unable to create and devote time to innovating this critical technology now

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