{"id":1792,"date":"2021-03-01T14:42:00","date_gmt":"2021-03-01T13:42:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/innovatrics.com\/trustreport\/?p=1792"},"modified":"2022-11-08T09:44:25","modified_gmt":"2022-11-08T08:44:25","slug":"how-have-digital-landscapes-transformed-in-the-covid-era","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/innovatrics.com\/trustreport\/how-have-digital-landscapes-transformed-in-the-covid-era\/","title":{"rendered":"How have digital landscapes transformed in the Covid era? Catch up with opinions from professionals in the field."},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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This year\u2019s first-ever Trust Report Conference<\/a> \u2013 which became a completely virtual event \u2013 and opened up discussions about how the pandemic has changed society and the way we do business. While many have adapted quickly and benefitted from the pandemic\u2019s various spin-offs, others haven\u2019t been as successful in adapting to new consumer behaviours. <\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

We asked conference speakers, attendees and professionals in the field three questions \u2013 on the changing landscapes of digital identity, customer interaction, and who\u2019s actually in charge of transforming trust in the digital space. Read a selection of their responses, both in the form of short anonymous answers and longer ones from the Trust Report Conference attendees and speakers.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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1.\u201cHow do you think the pandemic has changed the way people think about digital identity?\u201d <\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Andy Smith, SITA<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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\u201cObviously, there\u2019s been a lot of discussion and concern over how to ensure we can travel safely, mainly based around the proviso that we have tests which we consider valid and legitimate. However, we\u2019ve seen lots of bad examples of testsbeing manipulated, photoshopped, or in another way fraudulently obtained, so the whole idea of binding identity to test results and then having them processed has definitely increased concerns.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Every year, SITA launches an air-transport IT survey and the 2020 report was carried out at the height of the pandemic in September and October last year. Even then, 64% of airports had made an investment in rolling out self-boarding gates, using both biometrics and ID. We\u2019ve noticed that the pandemic has accelerated the adoption of biometric and self-service technologies and enabled touchless technology<\/strong> as well.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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\u201cThe pandemic has transformed many things in terms of digital identity. First, we were forced to go virtual in terms of work, and for this very reason a lot more people became willing to reveal their identities on digital platforms. To be able to work, socialise, or even get medical support, you had to share your identity online, otherwise others wouldn\u2019t know who is behind the voice. People therefore began to share their identity more willingly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The adverse part of this phenomena is the increase of cyber crime. For example, more people went online to do internet banking and more people fell victim to cyber crime, but still, it\u2019s generally understood that we have to have our online identity known in order to exist in the \u2018new normal\u2019<\/strong>. People must therefore be more careful with passwords, company security, VPN, firewalls they use, etc., and each organisation has to make a deliberate effort to ensure that their own security, particularly where the identities of their patients or customers are kept, is secure.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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\u201cOne of the results of the pandemic is that we have finally arrived in the digital-first world<\/strong>. Previously, people were talking about the offline world and the online world, and now we have reached a point where everything is online by default. And therefore, we now only have one identity which applies to both of these spaces.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Do you think that the pandemic has changed the way people think about digital identity?<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Figure 1: Answers collected during the Trust Report Conference in February 2021. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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2.\u201cHow has the pandemic forced you to change the way you reach out to customers?\u201d<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Blair Crawford, Daltrey<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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\u201cOur business just launched to the world in March 2020, which for many countries was the month they went into lockdown, but actually, it was an amazing time to start engaging with the market from behind computer screens. I think that for an early-stage business it was a very beneficial move in many ways because we got to speak to a really wide and diverse array of people very quickly<\/strong>, very cost efficiently, and very cost effectively.

\u201cSo, yes, it did change the way we\u2019ve traditionally done business, but I suppose we have to work with what we are given. We certainly benefitted from the situation in terms of how quickly we could speak to people about the advantages of a digital ID. It aligned quite well with what we were doing.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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\u201cI have spent all my life working on digital-first or digital-only businesses, so in that sense, the pandemic has only been an acceleration for TransferWise<\/strong>. We were providing digital financial services before and we\u2019re still doing that. If people have no option of going to an offline provider, that\u2019s acceleration. So it really has only reenforced everything we\u2019ve been doing so far.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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\u201cWorking with the border management systems for over 25 years now, we understand how deeply impacted the countries are and, naturally, we want to help them and get people travelling again safely and securely.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cVery early in 2020, we were approached by several nations to help them close their borders safely, and now we\u2019re helping governments reopen borders. In both instances we must do that safely, securely, and give confidence to all stakeholders:to the airports, airlines, the government, and just as importantly \u2013 the passengers, whom we want to give the confidence to travel again.
 
\u201cTo be able to do that, we had to adapt our portfolio and our systems in certain ways<\/strong>, such as incorporating the health declaration capability. We\u2019re working with some health scheme providers to look at how we can bridge the gap between the health requirements (such as the Covid-19 tests which are still required when we travel) and the border management \u2013 airline and airport security processes.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Has the pandemic changed the way you reach out to your customers? <\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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3.\u201cWho do you think should lead the effort of rebuilding trust in the digital space: tech companies, regulators, or should it be a joint effort?\u201d<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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\u201cI think from a tech company point of view, we can always operate fast as we\u2019re agile. We can respond to new technologies and market demands very, very quickly. Regulators, by their nature, are slow. But we can\u2019t do one without the other. We must get stakeholders such as airlines, airports, government regulators and tech providers working together collaboratively to deliver a safe and secure environment<\/strong>. Tech companies can certainly lead the way in showing the art of the possible, but we need to be very aware that regulators have many of the demands and that process is not just about opening borders, but the risks inherent in that.

\u201cWe always recommend that regulators should suggest the outcomes that they want to achieve. Then let technology deliver those, so regulators shouldn\u2019t necessarily get involved in how they should deliver them. Let competition create an innovation to drive these outcomes; and to deliver outcomes that are not valid just in the next twelve months, but for the next three, five, or ten years.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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\u201cIf you\u2019re operating in a customer space, you have to be able to assure them that you can secure their operationsthat have moved online<\/strong>. And yes, there might be some attacks, but if anything goes wrong, you need to be transparentand let them understand what has gone wrong, what are the effects, and what you can do to help them avert or resolvethem. You must try to protect the customers and build your own trust with them. The tech companies have to do a lot more.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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\u201cI think if we talk about trust, it\u2019s first and foremost a human quality and it is about relationships between people. We must remain being human centric, but of course, technology now plays a part. Companies like Daltrey absolutely play a role because we can help facilitate that digital relationship.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cHowever, there is also a place for regulation and standardisation. I think that it\u2019s important that everybodyunderstands the rules of the game in terms of how our technology should be operating, and how it all interoperateswith each other<\/strong> \u2013 for instance encryption, cryptography and the treatment of personal information. I think that it\u2019s very important to start with the human relationship; let\u2019s not forget about that, and then let\u2019s use the tools to facilitate this world that we live in.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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\u201cI think the best way to define trust in the digital world is through a combination of different actors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We do need governments and regulators to think from one perspective, as they can stand for the broadest interests<\/strong>. However, it would be incredibly foolish to forget about the other players. I think one of the things that characterises the digital world is that everything happens much faster and at a much bigger scale. That\u2019s a key thing that the regulatorsmust think about, because typically, regulation has been a little bit behind the times \u2013 also for good reasons. But the biggest change is that everything is much faster and if regulation doesn\u2019t adapt, it means that it becomes a stumbling block along the way.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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