Digital governance in national security threat management
Digital governance in national security threat management

Summary/Abstract: Digital public policy and national security threat management are shifting at a pace that is hardly ever synchronized. Both areas of expertise require different sets of incentives to move in one direction, nonetheless for implementing successful digital transformation strategies it is required to adapt to a common responsible approach of the toolkit that new technology offers in national security threat prevention. This study is set to outline that digital governance in an intelligence service that also assumes a digital presence is mainly represented by the framework of responsibility where role definition and decision-making are put into action. Therefore, digital governance in a national security structure means it is invested with powers by the law but also can delegate specific executive authority given the plethora of scenarios that can occur in order to efficiently prevent incidents that can potentially disrupt the status quo. Hence, it will firstly be outlined what security stands for today in a syncretic analysis that binds the principles of good governance and human rights using the filter of innovation in technology. Secondly, the paper will navigate through digital strategy, digital policy and digital standards in order to build the importance of the role of managing security disruptions that are considered possible threats to national security. A digital maturity may have been reached in national security organizationally-wise, but threats developed in the processes of future technologies must be the subject of the discussion to strengthen the wellbeing of our society.

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