Encouraging digital security innovation
Global Forum on Digital Security for Prosperity
This document summarises discussions held at the second annual event of the OECD Global
Forum on Digital Security for Prosperity. The event, held on 14-15 November 2019 in
London, brought together 160 experts and 30 speakers from government, business, civil
society, the technical community and academia to discuss how to encourage digital
security innovation. Participants explored the roles that different stakeholders can
play in stimulating digital security innovation, including how governments can support
it for example by implementing tax incentives, acting as an early customer for innovative
products, and enacting flexible and outcome-based regulation. A digital security innovation
ecosystem is the most important component of a strategic approach, as it brings together
different stakeholder groups in a dedicated location. Participants discussed how different
ecosystems can learn from one another through international co-operation and considered
how governments can encourage digital security by design in innovation more generally.
Published on November 20, 2020
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