5 articles
Digital Jersey is an organiser within, rather than a synonym for, the island’s technology sector. The wider ecosystem combines suppliers, regulated businesses, public bodies, educators and infrastructure providers, with finance setting much of its agenda.
Qubes OS puts sensitive tasks and risky activity in isolated virtual-machine compartments on one desktop. It can reduce the fallout from a compromise, but its added complexity, hardware demands and workflow friction make it a specialist choice.
Confidential computing can protect data while it is processed in third-party infrastructure, but it is worthwhile only when the cloud host or another privileged layer must not be able to inspect a workload’s live secrets.
Microsoft will make passkeys the default sign-in method in Entra ID from 1 September 2026 and retire Microsoft-provided SMS and voice delivery on 1 February 2027. The key risk is strand-through: recovery and helpdesk flows that still assume telecom MFA.
Jersey’s Telecommunications Security Framework has moved from consultation to enforceable obligations, with security duties in the 2002 law, a 2026 Security Measures Order and a Code of Practice. For operators and enterprise buyers, the issue is now assurance, procurement and resilience planning.
