The amount of information as well as the pace at which it is gathered, analysed and distributed is continuously growing and accelerating. The crucial factor behind this development has been mankind’s ability to store unimaginable amounts of information in relatively little space and to combine enormous masses of computing power to process it.

To get from the first mainframe in big corporations and banks to the modern worldwide mesh of interconnected devices took only around 70 years – which is like the blink of an eye in the broad span of human history. With the introduction of the network we now know as the Internet, we entered the digital age, and we find ourselves right in the middle of a digital transition now.

Our digital life is no longer only about sending and receiving information around the globe in near real time. It is no longer about the continuous generation, analysis and consumption of information at every imaginable location. The critical factor in the huge multidimensional flow of information, driven by personal, economic and political interests is trust.