Public pressure - Role of the media --- Vlada: Thanks. It is indeed a very complex and technical issue and there is no simple solution. If we fail to define security standards and enforce their implementation, many people will oppose further digitization. An example was the tracking Covid app, that was hardly used by citizen. Even in a country like Denmark that widely trusts digitization, this App was a failure. Trust is key. Pressure on governments to cooperate and take appropriate measures to protect the society and the CI, and pressure on TechCompanies and producers of softwares, smart devices etc. can only come from well informed consumer. Here we shall mention the role of the media. Scientific journalists have an important role to play in bringing complex topics to the general IT user.

Source author: Florence Tinguely Mattli florence.tinguely-mattli@eda.admin.ch