Category: Europe

BritCard: The real obstacle for UK digital ID is a national trust deficit

We’ve been hearing whispers about a national digital ID from the UK Government for years, and now it has a name: ‘BritCard’.  On the surface, the pitch sounds tempting: a simple way to access services, prove who you are, and make…

Russia is stalking satellites used by NATO members

Germany’s Defence Minister, Boris Pistorius, has warned that Russia’s spy satellites are stalking commercial satellites used by the militaries of NATO members. The warning raises the spectre of a new conflict frontier in space. The provocative ma…

Urgent digital migration could save UK services billions

Migrating the UK’s critical national infrastructure (CNI) from ageing analogue networks to modern digital services could generate a net economic benefit of over £3 billion by 2040.  A study – conducted by Assembly Research and released today by BT…