The upcoming Munich Security Conference (13-15 February) is happening against a backdrop of transatlantic uncertainty. Washington and Brussels are redefining how they work together on defense, technology, and global risks. Under pressure, Europe is stepping up its resilience in its critical infrastructure, energy systems, port systems and digital infrastructure.
Analysts warn that weakening intelligence ties leave both sides vulnerable. However, one fact stands out for us: the necessity of cooperation in a low-trust world.
Trust in a time of insecurity
Security depends on collaboration - across borders, with partners in the security ecosystem, public and private. Allies need to exchange intelligence, and governments need to work with industry. However, cyber threats, public scrutiny and now geopolitical rivalry raise the bar for sharing sensitive data.
Partner data is a strategic asset to the core process of security organizations, from the strategic Command & Control (C2) capability, down to the development of common operational pictures and the necessary intelligence fusion underneath.
It is here that trust technologies, such as Roseman Labs, enter the wider picture. We challenge the assumption that data must be revealed or shared to be useful. Through new techniques, in our case Multi-Party Computation (MPC), organizations can perform joint analyses on encrypted data. This allows insights to be shared without giving up control over the underlying information.
Why does this matter?
In the context of the Munich Security Conference, the implications are significant. Collaboration on maritime security and border protection require intel fusion to identify risks or coordinate responses. Our approach to collective intelligence offers a way to coordinate without centralizing sensitive datasets.
The same logic applies to the cyber domain and other hybrid threats. Security agencies and private operators frequently detect fragments of malicious activity that only make sense when viewed together. Yet sharing early indicators can expose vulnerabilities or proprietary information. Technologies that allow joint threat analysis without data disclosure align closely with the conference’s emphasis on resilience through cooperation.
More broadly, these approaches reflect a shift in how to think about security. If trust cannot always be assumed, it must be engineered through systems that reduce the need for blind confidence in counterparties.
Where is the strategic advantage?
For implementers, this does not eliminate the organizational challenges. Decisions about governance, accountability, ethics and power remain. However, some of the most meaningful advances in security will come not from assertions of strength, but from technical architectures that make cooperation safer.
In 2026, strategic advantage will not simply come from controlling the most data. International resilience will require leaders to come together with new tools to protect their citizens against threats. As nations reckon with economic and political instability, reducing uncertainty will drive security. Closing these blind spots will ultimately require advanced technical measures to collaborate quickly and securely.
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