title: Intelligence and data resilience: A small state perspective on digitalisation and national defence towards the 2030s
abstract: Due to the increased reliance of governments on digital data, it is probably safe to suggest that, without it, there would be no state left to defend. Because, without data, there might not even be a continuity of government, and consequently no state, in a time of crisis. Hence, this paper looks at critical national digital data as a key feature of national security. This paper shows why and how the protection of digitalised critical national data is important for a country’s defence at differe