Enhancing the privacy and security of digital systems
Our programme helps countries address requirements needed to achieve secure, private, and trustworthy digital public infrastructure (DPI), enabling residents to access public and private services such as healthcare, education, finance, and social protection. The initiative is funded by the Gates Foundation.
Building on existing efforts of the partnership, this iteration of research increased in scope beyond digital identity, and now also includes secure and privacy-preserving data exchange, credentialling, and electronic signature mechanisms for paperless and cashless digital economic growth.
Key challenge areas:
- Uncovering and mitigating of risks and threats facing digital infrastructure systems
- Developing trust mechanisms to allow digital ID technologies to facilitate cross-border trade and interoperability
- Improvement of methods that enable secure and private sharing of data with user consent and safeguards
- Increasing knowledge, skills, and suitability of tools to facilitate the design, development, and assessment of trustworthy identity systems
- Supporting countries to understand, evaluate and mitigate cyber risks in digital systems