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Trends in Security Information
The HSD Trendmonitor is designed to provide access to relevant content on various subjects in the safety and security domain, to identify relevant developments and to connect knowledge and organisations. The safety and security domain encompasses a vast number of subjects. Four relevant taxonomies (type of threat or opportunity, victim, source of threat and domain of application) have been constructed in order to visualize all of these subjects. The taxonomies and related category descriptions have been carefully composed according to other taxonomies, European and international standards and our own expertise.
In order to identify safety and security related trends, relevant reports and HSD news articles are continuously scanned, analysed and classified by hand according to the four taxonomies. This results in a wide array of observations, which we call ‘Trend Snippets’. Multiple Trend Snippets combined can provide insights into safety and security trends. The size of the circles shows the relative weight of the topic, the filters can be used to further select the most relevant content for you. If you have an addition, question or remark, drop us a line at info@securitydelta.nl.
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European Commission working to put in place the building blocks of a truly Digital Single Market
As our towns and cities become increasingly connected, the quantity of data we produce in our daily lives continues to grow: smart meters in our homes and offices provide data on energy consumption and generation; data from public and private transport can help design better roads and networks; weather and environmental data provides precious information about our interaction with the world around us. All this data is generated by the increasing number of digital services and applications, which in turn are enriched and improved by access to this additional data. All of this is already happening, and it is only likely to increase in the years to come. This is why over the last four years, the European Commission has worked to put in place the building blocks of a truly Digital Single Market that supports the development of new technologies and applications and at the same time ensures legal certainty and the necessary protections for consumers and businesses alike. We have proposed 30 legislative proposals. Most of them have already become law and cover everything from updated telecoms and audio-visual sector rules to new legislation on the use and protection of data. Key digital technologies and skills will also be the focus of our work going forward: for the first time ever, the Commission has proposed a dedicated funding stream for digital as part of the next EU budget period from 2021. The Digital Europe Programme will invest over €9bn in artificial intelligence, supercomputing, cybersecurity, digital skills and the modernisation and digitalisation of the public sector.