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GCRI · Digital Public Infrastructure

Innovation and practical technology

Technology relevant to digital public infrastructure and cyber and digital resilience: what it can do, the constraints it faces and its consequences for people and institutions.

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Innovation and practical technology on the record.

Digital Public Infrastructure
  1. 01FieldsDigital public infrastructure, Cyber and digital resilience
  2. 02STEM methods6 canonical methods applied
  3. 03Topics8 subject pages
  4. 04Counterparts5 platforms in shared fields
  5. 05PublisherThe Global Centre for Risk and Innovation
02Approach

Evaluate before adopting.

  1. 01

    Need

    Which problem does the technology address, and for whom?

  2. 02

    Evidence

    What has been demonstrated, under what conditions, and what remains untested?

  3. 03

    Constraints

    Cost, skills, infrastructure, data and governance requirements.

  4. 04

    Consequences

    Effects on safety, rights, equity and the environment.

03Technologies under assessment

What could change DPI practice, and what it still has to show.

TechnologyWhat it could changeWhat remains to be shown
Verifiable credentialsPrivacy-preserving identityAdoption and governance
Interoperable fast paymentsLower-cost transfersFraud and resilience
Open-source DPI componentsLess vendor lock-inMaintenance and support
04Build and test

From idea to tested capability.

Promising work can be built in Foundry and tested under controlled conditions through Universe. No technology is described as proven before it has been tested and reviewed.

06Questions

Questions and answers.

Does the platform endorse products?
No. It evaluates technologies and publishes what it finds, with limits. It does not endorse, certify or recommend products or vendors.
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