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Develop minimization, encryption, governance, redress, and deletion frameworks because compromised biometrics cannot be reset like passwords.
society-governance
asia
india
protecting
biometric
databases
irreversible
compromise
develop
minimization
encryption
governance
redress
frameworks
use
responsible
managing
ensuring
open
Brazil, South America
Develop low-burden reporting, threat-sharing, insurance, legal, and recovery systems so small firms disclose attacks without fear of ruinous consequences.
technology-computing
south-america
brazil
reporting
small
improving
cyber
incident
businesses
develop
low-burden
threat-sharing
insurance
climate-environment
global-unspecified
society-governance
systems
economics-resources
Develop systems that preserve chain of custody, privacy, authenticity, and access in jurisdictions with uneven digital capacity and public trust.
technology-computing
asia
india
digital
secure
evidence
collection
local
police
courts
develop
systems
preserve
society-governance
public
across
trust
global-unspecified
open
European Union, Europe
Create verification, dependency management, secure update, open-source support, and contracting standards for software bought by public institutions.
technology-computing
europe
european-union
software
public
reducing
supply-chain
vulnerabilities
procurement
create
verification
dependency
management
society-governance
institutions
designing
systems
global-unspecified
open
Mexico, North America
Develop detection, remediation, legal accountability, secure-device access, and emergency support systems for targeted civil-society actors.
society-governance
north-america
mexico
protecting
activists
commercial
spyware
develop
detection
remediation
legal
accountability
secure-device
systems
technology-computing
global-unspecified
intergenerational
whether
open
United States, North America
Create accessible cybersecurity, segmentation, monitoring, emergency operations, and workforce tools for water utilities with aging operational technology.
technology-computing
north-america
united-states
cybersecurity
water
securing
municipal
systems
cyber-physical
attacks
create
accessible
segmentation
climate-environment
global-unspecified
society-governance
monitoring
urban
Develop technical and legal systems that enable multi-country research collaboration without exposing patients to reidentification or discriminatory misuse.
health-biology
research
privacy-preserving
health-data
sharing
rare
disease
develop
technical
legal
systems
society-governance
philosophy-ethics
global-unspecified
mathematics-logic
technology-computing
whether
economics-resources
Create stronger identity verification, telecom accountability, transaction limits, dispute resolution, and consumer protection against number hijacking.
society-governance
africa
nigeria
preventing
sim-swap
fraud
mobile-first
economies
create
stronger
identity
verification
telecom
land
systems
social-civic-problems
technology-computing
mobile
Build authentication, redundancy, anomaly detection, and governance systems that prevent manipulation or denial of critical Earth-observation data.
society-governance
data
securing
satellite
disaster-response
agencies
build
authentication
redundancy
anomaly
detection
systems
technology-computing
global-unspecified
whether
philosophy-ethics
governance
mathematics-logic
Develop managed security, offline backups, rapid recovery, and incident-response systems suitable for schools with limited IT budgets and staff.
social-civic-problems
asia
india
schools
protecting
low-resource
ransomware
develop
managed
security
offline
backups
rapid
systems
technology-computing
low
society-governance
resource
Create practical inventories, cryptographic transition plans, testing frameworks, and procurement standards for government systems vulnerable to future quantum attacks.
society-governance
post-quantum
migration
public
digital
infrastructure
create
practical
inventories
cryptographic
transition
systems
technology-computing
quantum
standards
climate-environment
Create affordable security monitoring, backup, staff training, and recovery systems for hospitals without dedicated cybersecurity teams.
technology-computing
cybersecurity
hospitals
detecting
cyberattacks
small
service
disruption
create
affordable
security
monitoring
systems
health-biology
economics-resources
society-governance
global-unspecified
whether
open
Central African Republic, Africa
Develop approaches for safeguarding wildlife, rangers, local communities, and habitats where conflict undermines governance and fuels extraction.
society-governance
africa
central-african-republic
biodiversity
protecting
conflict-affected
conservation
landscapes
develop
approaches
safeguarding
wildlife
rangers
economics-resources
communities
ecosystems
local
climate-environment
Develop standards, sensing, urban design, and public awareness interventions to reduce disruption of insects, birds, turtles, and nocturnal ecosystems.
mathematics-logic
measuring
ecological
impacts
night-time
artificial
lighting
develop
standards
sensing
urban
public
global-unspecified
climate-environment
society-governance
reduce
social-civic-problems
heat
open
South Africa, Africa
Develop lawful anti-poaching technologies and intelligence systems that protect wildlife without militarizing conservation or harming local communities.
society-governance
africa
south-africa
preventing
poaching
enabled
cheap
drones
encrypted
coordination
develop
lawful
anti-poaching
systems
communities
economics-resources
technology-computing
public
Develop mapping, protection, restoration, anchoring, wastewater, and fisheries management systems for seagrass ecosystems.
climate-environment
africa
tanzania
seagrass
restoring
meadows
under
coastal
development
pressure
develop
mapping
protection
systems
society-governance
economics-resources
climate
migration
Build long-term evidence and mitigation systems for impacts of wind, solar, transmission, hydropower, and battery-mineral extraction on ecosystems.
climate-environment
biodiversity
monitoring
effects
renewable-energy
expansion
build
long-term
evidence
mitigation
systems
society-governance
long
term
real
time
mathematics-logic
open
Brazil, South America
Develop enforceable systems that ensure indigenous peoples and local communities share in benefits from commercial use of biological resources and knowledge.
mathematics-logic
south-america
brazil
creating
fair
benefit-sharing
bioprospecting
develop
enforceable
systems
ensure
indigenous
peoples
society-governance
communities
economics-resources
public
technology-computing
Develop land-use, early-warning, crop protection, compensation, corridor, and livelihood systems that reduce conflict in shared landscapes.
economics-resources
africa
kenya
conflict
reducing
human-elephant
harming
communities
wildlife
develop
land-use
early-warning
crop
systems
society-governance
climate-environment
global-unspecified
african
open
Pacific Ocean, Global
Establish credible baseline science, governance, monitoring, liability, and precautionary thresholds before commercial extraction irreversibly alters deep-sea ecosystems.
society-governance
pacific-ocean
biodiversity
deep-sea
preventing
damage
mining
establish
credible
baseline
science
governance
monitoring
enabling
technologies
continuous
climate-environment
