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Briefing
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- U.K. Digital Strategy 2017 – U.K. Department for Culture, Media & Sport releases U.K. Digital Strategy 2017, outlining plans to keep U.K. at forefront of digital revolution after exit from European Union
- Seven Pillars for Digital Transformation – Include digital infrastructure, skills, business policy, productivity, cybersecurity, public services, and data
- Digital Infrastructure – Invest over £1 billion ($1.2 billion) to accelerate development of next generation digital technologies, including full fiber and 5G, as well as free Wi-Fi for trains and public places
- Digital Skills – Work with partners to identify job vacancies and fill labor gaps, providing free training for those without digital skills
- Regulation – Encourage innovation-friendly regulations that enable new technologies to be adopted, drafting operational framework for each one of them
- Cybersecurity – Run after-school program for talented students to enter into cyber training, plus make Internet safer for children, introducing controls banning access to pornographic materials
- Public Services – Develop single cross-government platform services, building on ‘Government-as-a-Platform’ concept, as well as allow police officers to use biometric applications to match fingerprint and DNA from crime scenes
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