Global Societal Surveillance Market Research 2021: COVID-19 has Dramatically Reinforced the Notion that Surveilling Citizens Provides a Net ...

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January 27, 2021 04:28 ET

Global Societal Surveillance Market Research 2021: COVID-19 has
Dramatically Reinforced the Notion that Surveilling Citizens Provides a Net
Benefit to Society
Dublin, Jan. 27, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The "Global Societal Surveillance Market by Technology,
Solution, Applications, and Services 2021 - 2026" report has been added to ResearchAndMarkets.com's offering.

This research evaluates the companies, strategies, technologies and solutions involved in this emerging
surveillance society market. It provides analysis and forecasting for key technologies and solutions including
digital identity, tracking, mobile payments, blockchain technology, social credit systems, social distancing
solutions, digital twins, augmented and virtual reality.

Based on several key drivers, there is a major cultural shift underway towards a surveillance society, which
entails primarily observation, tracking, and analysis of human behaviors. Rapidly becoming a social norm in
some parts of the world, surveillance gained substantial societal support due to the need to surveil certain
individuals that may be foreign state-actor supported terrorists, or in some cases, domestic enemies of the state.

However, other factors, such as state control over civilian behavior have taken the fore with the rise of social
credit monitoring and the advent of COVID-19, which have dramatically reinforced the notion that surveilling
citizens provides a net benefit to society. Recent concerns and threats stemming from the pandemic have added
a new dimension of safety and security to protect human lives. The new expectation will have a longer-term
impact of routine behavior and processes. In addition to physical threats associated with pandemics, bad actors
also seize the opportunity to engage in various threats against cyber infrastructure.

By way of example, a recent initiative known as the Vaccination Credential Initiative (VCI), was formed by leading
technology companies such as Microsoft, Oracle, Salesforce, and others for purposes of tracking COVID-19
vaccinations. More specifically, the VCI's stated purpose is to empower individuals with digital access to their
vaccination records based on open, interoperable standards so they can achieve two things: (1) protect and
improve their health, and (2) demonstrate their health status to safely return to travel, work, school and life while
protecting their data privacy.

When viewed as a whole as positive, the notion is that societal surveillance provides greater benefits than losses
in terms of overall personal privacy. These benefits may include the ability to mitigate the impact of pandemics.
On the other hand, the downside of civil surveillance is considered trading safety for liberty. Especially in the
United States, the freedom to act anonymously is considered by many to be a core right of democracy in terms
of civil liberties identified in the Bill of Rights.

The post-pandemic era provides ample justification for persistent citizen identification and continuous tracking and
tracing of location and social interactions. All of the key technologies used are evaluated throughout this research,
which includes radio communications with devices, optical analysis via video and still pictures, and even via
advanced biometrics such as unique biological signatures and presence as may be detected by ubiquitous
sensors with reads transmitted via IoT and evaluated via AI-enabled analytics.

Many of the technologies used for machine-related monitoring and analysis, such as computer vision for
autonomous vehicles, shall be augmented for use in the social distancing solutions market in terms of
identification, tracking, and tracing human behaviors. For example, real-world physical access is anticipated to be
impacted in a big way due to the pandemic. Accordingly, the publisher sees a keen need for physical access
controls, transforming how citizens travel, use public places, and interact with other people. These social
distancing market technologies will provide the basis for solutions that enable tracking/identifying people for
access to airports, parks, sporting venues, and other public places.

The ability to identify, track, and correlate digital and physical identity is of paramount importance to the societal
surveillance market. By way of example, digital currencies such as Bitcoin provide for a certain level of
anonymity in terms of financial transactions. However, the underlying technology in support of crypto-currencies,
blockchain technology, is being adopted by China as it looks to unveil a digital-only version of its currency, which

would provide unprecedented governmental oversight and control over transactions. This fits with their drive
towards a social credit society in which every citizens' actions are observed and considered.

There is an emerging market for surveilling society, which includes observation, tracking, and data analytics to
gather and analyze data. This market also involves the use of additional technologies such as the combination of
digital twin technology, augmented and virtual reality to provide an improved means of observing and interacting
with citizens. Additionally, governments may leverage the ability to observe citizen behaviors by tracking digital
payments in an increasingly cashless global society.

This market also includes the ability to score citizens as part of an overall social credit system that goes beyond
"acceptable" and "unacceptable" individual behaviors to focus on government mandates such as compliance with
public safety rulings associated with virus outbreaks.

Select Research Findings:

      The ability to identify, track, and correlate digital and physical identity is of paramount importance to the
      societal surveillance market
      The combination of AI and big data analytics will be leveraged to identify correlations, trends, and predictive
      capabilities for government
      Blockchain will be adopted by certain sovereign nations as a means to provide a view into citizen behaviors
      and even control transactions
      The signal highest ROI solution for 5G by far is anytime, anywhere video and the biggest application is
      placement within smart cities for surveillance
      The role of human-machine trust and the ability for governments to gain visibility, control and mitigation is
      evolving with AI, IoT, and cybersecurity threats
      What started in China as a social credit system will evolve and expand to other nations as governments
      see the need to observe, track, and intervene with respect to citizenry

Target Audience:

      Network operators
      AI and big data companies
      Video and surveillance companies
      Digital ID management companies
      Governmental agencies and NGOs

Key Topics Covered:

Asset Tracking Market by Technology, Infrastructure, Connection Type, Mobility, Location Determination,
Solution Type, and Industry Verticals

1. Executive Summary

2. Asset Tracking Market Segmentation

3. Introduction

4. Asset Tracking Solutions

5. Asset Tracking in Industry Verticals

6. Company Analysis

7. Asset Tracking Market Forecasts 2021 - 2026

8. Conclusions and Recommendations

9. Appendix: Slap-and-Track Asset Tracking Solutions Market 2021 - 2026

Blockchain Technology Market by Service Type, Applications, Solutions, Industry Verticals

1. Executive Summary

2. Introduction

3. Blockchain Ecosystem and Marketplace

4. Blockchain Market Outlook and Forecasts 2021 - 2026

5. Blockchain Vendors

6 Conclusions and Recommendations

Human and Machine Trust/Threat Detection and Damage Mitigation Market by Technology, Solution, Deployment
Model, Use Case, Application, Sector (Consumer, Enterprise, Industrial, Government), Industry Vertical, and
Region

1. Executive Summary

2. Introduction

3. Technology and Application Analysis

4. Company Analysis

5. Market Analysis and Forecast 2021 - 2026

6. Conclusions and Recommendations

Social Credit Market by Physical and Cyber Infrastructure (Sensors, Cameras, Biometrics, Computer Vision),
Software (Machine Learning, Data Analytics, APIs), Use Cases, Applications, Industry Verticals, and Regions

1. Executive Summary

2. Introduction

3. Social Credit System Technologies and Applications

4. Company Analysis

5. Social Credit Systems Market Analysis and Forecasts

6. Conclusions and Recommendations

7. Appendix: Social Credit Market Supporting Technologies

Social Distancing Solutions Market by Technology, Gear, and Applications in Industry Verticals

1.0 Executive Summary

2.0 Introduction

3.0 Technology and Application Analysis

4.0 Social Distancing Solutions Company Analysis

5.0 Social Distancing Market Analysis and Forecasts

6.0 Conclusions and Recommendations

7.0 Appendix

Digital Twins Market by Technology, Solution, Application, and Industry Vertical

1. Executive Summary

2. Introduction

3. Digital Twins Company Assessment

4. Digital Twins Market Analysis and Forecasts

5. Conclusions and Recommendations

Artificial Intelligence in Information and Communications Technology: AI and Cognitive Computing in
Communications, Applications, Content, and Commerce

1. Executive Summary

2. Introduction

3. AI Intellectual Property Leadership by Country and Company

4. AI in ICT Market Analysis and Forecasts 2021 - 2026

5. AI in Select Industry Verticals

6. AI in Major Market Segments

7. Important Corporate AI M&A

8. AI in ICT Use Cases

9. AI in ICT Vendor Analysis

10. Summary and Recommendations

11. Appendix: Key AI in ICT Patents

Big Data Market by Leading Companies, Solutions, Use Cases, Business Cases, Infrastructure, Technology
Integration, Industry Verticals, Region and Countries

1. Executive Summary

2. Introduction

3. Big Data Challenges and Opportunities

4. Big Data Technologies and Business Cases

5. Key Sectors for Big Data

6. Big Data Value Chain

7. Big Data Analytics

8. Standardization and Regulatory Issues

9. Key Big Data Companies and Solutions

10. Overall Big Data Market Analysis and Forecasts 2021 - 2026

11. Big Data Market Segment Analysis and Forecasts 2021 - 2026

12. Appendix: Big Data Support 0f Streaming IoT Data

Next Generation Mobile Payments by Implantable Technology

1. Executive Summary

2. Introduction

3. Mobile Payment Technologies and Solutions

4. Mobile Payments Ecosystem

5. Regional Mobile Payment Market Analysis and Forecasts 2021 - 2026

6. Conclusions and Recommendations

Augmented and Mixed Reality Market by Technology, Infrastructure, Devices, Solutions, Apps and Services in
Industry Verticals

1. Executive Summary

2. Introduction

3. Augmented Reality Ecosystem

4. Augmented and Mixed Reality Market Drivers and Opportunities

5. Company Analysis

6. Market Analysis and Forecast

7. Conclusions and Recommendations

Virtual Reality Market by Segment (Consumer, Enterprise, Industrial, Government), Equipment (Hardware,
Software, Components) Applications and Solutions

1. Executive Summary

2. Virtual Reality Market Segmentation

3. Introduction

4. Virtual Reality Ecosystem Analysis

5. VR Company Analysis

6. Virtual Reality Market Analysis and Forecasts 2021 - 2026

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