Thoroughly understanding the nuances of either geopolitics or technology is itself a full-time pursuit. To add an effort to understand how each one affects the other makes the task more daunting.

Even as diplomatic, tech, business, and civil society leaders strive to ensure that technology protects freedom, deciding the priority battlegrounds of effort can be overwhelming for non-experts. That’s why the Global Tech Security Commission has identified a number of specific, high-leverage areas that, if acted upon by the Global Trusted Tech Network in the next one to five years, can dramatically accelerate the innovation and adoption of trusted technology. The initiatives outlined below are a start to this process.