Strategic Intelligence: Digital Sovereignty

Digital sovereignty is imperative for national security. With increased geopolitical fragmentation, fears are growing about excessive dependence on foreign technologies, most notably frontier AI models from the US or China. Access to this technology can be revoked without warning, prices raised abruptly, and the code may be unauditable or even contain malicious components.

Key Highlights

• A nation’s ability to protect its citizens’ data hinges not only on secure cloud systems but also on its ability to control much of the supporting digital infrastructure. This includes energy, fiber optic networks, artificial intelligence (AI), post-quantum security, and semiconductors.
• US restrictions on the sale of critical technologies to China have only strengthened China’s resolve to achieve self-sufficiency. Meanwhile, even as the EU recognizes it could face similar constraints, it is struggling to reduce its dependency on US technologies.

Scope

• This report provides an overview of digital sovereignty and the key technologies required to acheive it.

Reasons to Buy

• This report breaks down the key technologies imperative for delivering digital sovereignty agendas, including AI, energy infrastructure, semiconductors, post-quantum security, and fiber-optic networks. It also discusses key global developments towards achieving digital sovereignty ambitions.