Security

• [New] Quantum computers pose an impending threat to secure communications, and continued U.S. dominance in quantum information science helps mitigate the risks.
• [New] National Security Strategy declared that the return of great power competition with Russia and China is the greatest threat to U.S. national security.
• [New] The National Security Agency and Microsoft are advocating for the Zero Trust security model as a more efficient way for enterprises to defend against today's increasingly sophisticated threats.
• [New] The U.S. government must take the necessary next steps to secure justice for Khashoggi, hold the Saudi government accountable, and ensure that other would-be human rights abusers know there will be no more impunity for attacks on journalists and press freedom.
• [New] Washington has seen a solidifying consensus about the security and economic risks posed by Chinese tech equipment manufacturers and internet platforms.
• [New] The completion of Nord Stream 2 will eventually mean the end of the transit of Russian gas through Ukraine, which will undermine the national security of my country.
• [New] Another key element of the Biden administration's strategy will be making greater use of assets such as satellites in developing national security policy and assessing foreign capabilities, including in space.
• [New] Stoke has the right idea about ultra-low-cost access to space, and similar to the first manned flight, will change the world of transportation and national security forever.
• [New] The erosion of arms control regimes, the return of great power competition and fears of a new global arms race - amplified by technological innovations - pose a fundamental challenge to stability and security in the 21st century.
• [New] Treasury seems to be taking Waldron's warning about Beijing's food security concerns to heart and looking at making wine from Chinese grapes after experimenting with a red grape/rice wine blend a few years ago.
• [New] The existence of consistent global specifications reduces the risk of security and convenience issues as organizations rapidly respond to fundamental shifts in payment patterns.
• [New] Effective development of the future digital ID architecture and ecosystem will provide more safe and secure financial transactions for all UK citizens, understanding the technology solutions, customer needs and usability issues.
• [New] To prosper in a world of digital ecosystems, companies will need to change not only the ways they interact, but they also must alter the security procedures they put in place to guard their systems, data, and digital infrastructure they hand over to the companies that manage public clouds.
• [New] Yields on 10-year Treasury securities rise from 1% in early 2021 to almost 1-1/2 percent in early 2022, and continue rising gradually to reach almost 2% by the end of the scenario period.
• [New] Africans and their partners could borrow from the Quadrilateral Security Dialogue to promote a dialogue between the United States, African governments, and other external stakeholders on strategic threats.
• [New] Climate change could be an area of partnership with countries such as Russia and China.
• [New] While groundwater depletion is becoming a global threat to food security, and the extent of current and projected groundwater depletion are well documented, the potential impacts on food production remain poorly quantified.
• [New] While the world is still learning to manage heightened security risks and the increasing incidence of cyberattacks, a new challenge has emerged as hackers target the mass scale rollout of the COVID-19 vaccine itself.
• [New] Given the billions of dollars the United States has devoted to improving homeland security since 9/11, a resurgent al Qaeda is unlikely to pose the level of threat that we once feared it might be.
• [New] The United States could encourage the multilateralization of other dimensions of maritime security with Asian and European states in the wider Indo-Pacific to ensure that China will have to actively decide to transgress existing shared norms.
• [New] One of the most important aspects of the Secure SLC Standard, and a common issue identified in recent compromises, is maintaining good software security, even as software is updated and security threats continue to evolve.
• [New] Deglobalisation will adversely affect developing countries like Bangladesh to secure a sustained growth trajectory because of heightened risk of future trade and strategic conflicts that would usher in a new climate of deeper uncertainty.

Last updated: 02 March 2021