THE GLOBAL TRUSTED TECH STANDARD
The world’s first unified benchmark for trusted technology.
The xGTT Standard evaluates the trustworthiness of companies across Critical and Emerging Technology sectors. It gives government and business leaders an evidence-based signal for procurement, partnerships, and capital allocation.
An initiative of the Krach Institute for Tech Diplomacy at Purdue, governed by an international Board of Governors and grounded in the Trusted Tech Doctrine.
15
CET sectors in scope
21
Democratic jurisdictions
25
17 scored, 8 red-line
90%
Verifiable from public sources alone
0–100
Trusted Tech Score range
OUR METHODOLOGY
How We Evaluate Companies
LAYER 01
Red-line Gate
Eight disqualifying conditions drawn from sanctions lists, export-control registers, forced-labour enforcement, and official cyber attributions. Any one is binary and immediate.
LAYER 02
Jurisdiction Flags
Where allied democracies regulate the same risk differently, a jurisdiction-conditioned flag attaches a disclosure to the score card. It never lowers the score.
LAYER 03
Trusted Tech Score
Seventeen criteria across four weighted pillars produce a comparative 0–100 score. Higher scores indicate greater trustworthiness.
Technology Governance
35%
Legal & Regulatory
25%
Transparency
25%
Security & Responsibility
15%
THE FOUNDATION
The Trusted Tech Doctrine.
Authored in 2024 by the Global Tech Security Commission as a blueprint for how governments, industry, civil society, and individuals can collaborate to advance freedom through trusted technology.
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Technology must advance freedom to be trusted.
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Technology must protect human rights to be trusted.
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Technology must respect privacy to be trusted.
04
Technology must be subject to the rule of law to be trusted.
05
Technology must safeguard intellectual property to be trusted.
06
Technology must be subject to human direction and control to be trusted.
07
Technology must be transparent to be trusted.
08
Technology must be rooted in scientific values to be trusted.
09
Technology must respect the environment to be trusted.
10
Technology must respect national sovereignty to be trusted.
ENDORSEMENTS
Backed by leaders in government, industry, and civil society.
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"The Global Trusted Tech Standard represents a strong step forward for our free and open societies. In cultivating decentralised, secure ecosystems, the standard aligns with the Taiwan Model, which employs civic technology and radical transparency to build collective trust. For Taiwan, digital security is more than a defensive barrier. It is an essential democratic practice. Embracing the standard advances global resilience and safeguards our shared digital commons against authoritarians, as well as proves that democracy delivers a safer, more collaborative future for all."
Audrey Tang
Cyber Ambassador-at-Large, Taiwan; Chair, xGTT Board of Governors; one of TIME’s Most Influential People in AI
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"In today’s fragmented geopolitical landscape, democratic nations must align on the development and adoption of disruptive technologies to safeguard Western leadership. The Global Trusted Tech Standard, launched by the Krach Institute, serves as a platform to unite free nations around shared principles of trust, transparency, and security. By fostering collaboration among governments, industry, and innovators, it empowers the private sectors of allied democracies to work together and thrive, ensuring that technological progress reinforces the stability of the free world."
Roberto Baldoni
Founder and Former Director General, National Cybersecurity Agency of Italy; Member, xGTT Board of Governors
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“At Jigsaw, we’ve learned that a secure internet requires not just new technology, but a new framework for trusted collaboration. The Global Trusted Tech Standard is that mechanism for enabling trusted partners to innovate together at speed and scale.”
Yasmin Green
CEO, Jigsaw (Google’s tech incubator); Member, xGTT Board of Governors
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"In an era of strategic competition, technology leadership and trust go hand in hand. The Global Trusted Tech Standard helps governments and businesses identify trusted partners to build, scale, and deploy the technologies that will define the future."
Ylli Bajraktari
President, Special Competitive Studies Project (SCSP)
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“SEMI, the global trade association representing the semiconductor industry, recognizes the unprecedented pace of technological advancement shaping our sector. Ensuring these innovations are developed and deployed securely is essential to sustaining trust, resilience, and global collaboration. SEMI strongly endorses the Krach Institute’s Global Trusted Tech Standard as an important framework to help align technology development with democratic values and responsible practices. This initiative represents a meaningful step forward in fostering trusted, cross-border collaboration across the global technology ecosystem.”
Joe Stockunas
President, SEMI Americas
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"Africa deserves a seat at the table in the race to build a trusted global technology ecosystem. Our continent’s innovators, entrepreneurs, and young talent are ready to compete, but they need a framework that is designed to equitably reward transparency, accountability, and democratic values. The Global Trusted Tech Standard can provide that by anchoring trust at the center of technological progress, empowering African nations to shape markets, strengthen institutions, and ensure that the digital future works for all people."
Obiageli Ezekwesili
Former VP, World Bank; Former Minister of Education and Minerals, Nigeria
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"Ukraine understands better than most how technology shapes security, economic growth, and the defense of freedom itself. Even as Ukrainians courageously defend our nation, we are working with our democratic allies to build a trusted technology ecosystem for the next generation. The Ukrainian Trusted Tech Caucus is proud to endorse the Global Trusted Tech Standard and commends the Krach Institute for Tech Diplomacy at Purdue for its leadership in accelerating the innovation and adoption of trusted technology.”"
Pavlo Frolov
Co-Chair, Trusted Tech Caucus, Ukrainian Parliament
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“Romania brings significant advantages to the trusted technology ecosystem: a highly skilled engineering workforce, world-class cybersecurity talent, and some of Europe's most significant critical mineral reserves. The adoption of the Global Trusted Tech Standard can help Romanian companies turn these assets into lasting economic partnerships with our democratic allies, ensuring Romania doesn't just benefit from the new technological order but helps build it.”
Diana Stoica
Member, Trusted Tech Caucus, Romanian Parliament
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“Israel has always been committed to breakthroughs that serve humanity. The Global Trusted Tech Standard offers an important tool to help all democracies innovate and deploy technologies consistent with our values.”
Gila Gamliel
Minister of Innovation, Science and Technology, Israel
THE GLOBAL TRUSTED TECH STANDARD
Have your company evaluated against the xGTT Standard.
Evaluations are conducted by the Krach Institute for Tech Diplomacy at Purdue. Typical turnaround is four to six weeks.
OUR PURPOSE
In today’s Tech Era, the trustworthiness of companies in the Critical and Emerging Technology sectors is essential to the advancement of freedom.
The development of the Global Trusted Tech (xGTT) Standard is rooted in the values of the Trusted Tech Doctrine, which embodies the belief in the primacy of trust as the foundation of peaceful relationships.
The Trusted Tech Doctrine was authored in 2024 by the Global Tech Security Commission to establish a blueprint for how governments, industry, civil society, and individuals can collaborate to advance freedom through trusted technology.
Chartered with bipartisan Congressional support and backed by international partners, the Commission brought together 38 Commissioners and more than 200 experts from government, industry, academia, and civil society spanning critical and emerging technologies, national security strategy, and global technology policy.
DEFINITION
Trusted technology is technology whose design, development, and supply chains are rooted in democratic principles that advance freedom and innovation, and whose adoption fosters accountable, contestable, and governable interdependence among trusted partners rather than coercive or unaccountable dependency.
— Global Tech Security Commision
THE TRUSTED TECH DOCTRINE
Ten principles comprising the foundation of technological trustworthiness.
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Technology must advance freedom to be trusted.
The primary use of technology must be the advancement of human freedom. It must be developed in the service of the common good with low expectation of harm.
02
Technology must protect human rights to be trusted.
The development and use of technology must be respectful of the inherent dignity and equality of all individuals and ensure non-discrimination, fair labor practices, and freedom of expression and religion.
03
Technology must respect privacy to be trusted.
Robust measures must be in place to safeguard personal, corporate and government data and national security, providing timely notice and consent.
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Technology must be subject to the rule of law to be trusted.
The innovation, deployment, and use of technology must be bound by the legal protection of individual freedom and human dignity, providing people legal recourse if they are harmed.
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Technology must safeguard intellectual property to be trusted.
Creators and innovators should be able to reap the benefits of their work and have confidence that their intellectual property will not be stolen.
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Technology must be subject to human direction and control to be trusted.
Without human oversight, technology could be unpredictable, harmful, or misaligned with ethics and the law.
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Technology must be transparent to be trusted.
Transparency helps users understand how their data is used and how decisions are made by algorithms. Meaningful information, including governance policies, should be publicly available and easily accessible.
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Technology must be rooted in scientific values to be trusted.
Innovators must utilize recognized scientific processes, including freedom of inquiry, openness, honesty, objectivity, replicability, and dependable methods for observing, acquiring, storing, managing, and sharing data.
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Technology must respect the environment to be trusted.
Responsible environmental stewardship, recognizing the importance of sustainable practices and the preservation of natural resources, is critical in technological development.
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Technology must respect national sovereignty to be trusted.
Advancing freedom requires technological accommodation of both sovereign borders and individual liberties, empowering citizens, companies, and governments to maintain ownership of their sensitive information and control over their national destiny.
CET SECTORS COVERED
Technology sectors covered by the Standard.
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Artificial Intelligence
Machine learning, foundation models, generative AI, autonomous decision-making, and AI safety and assurance.
02
Quantum Technologies
Quantum computing, quantum sensing, and quantum communications and networking.
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Semiconductors & Microelectronics
Chip design and fabrication, advanced packaging, and electronic design automation.
04
Biotechnologies
Synthetic biology, genomics, biomanufacturing, and bioprocessing.
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Advanced Computing
High-performance computing, edge computing, advanced cloud infrastructure, and AI-optimized architectures.
06
Autonomous Systems & Robotics
Unmanned aerial, ground, maritime, and space vehicles, and autonomous command and control.
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Space Technologies
Launch systems, satellite communications, in-space servicing, and space situational awareness.
08
Advanced Communications
5G/6G wireless, optical links, satellite communications, and software-defined networking.
09
Cybersecurity & Data Security
Communications security, privacy-enhancing technologies, and digital identity infrastructure.
10
Advanced Manufacturing & Materials
Additive manufacturing, materials by design, nanomanufacturing, and novel material properties.
11
Clean Energy & Electric Grids
Renewables, nuclear and fusion energy, advanced batteries, and carbon management.
12
Directed Energies
High-energy lasers, high-power microwaves, and particle beams.
13
Hypersonics
Propulsion, aerodynamics, and detection and defense against hypersonic threats.
14
Positioning, Navigation & Timing
GPS-resilient and GPS-alternative systems and anti-jamming technologies.
15
Human-Machine Interfaces
Augmented and virtual reality, human-machine teaming, and brain-computer interfaces.
LEADERSHIP & GOVERNANCE
xGTT Board of Governors
Nineteen leaders from government, industry, academia, and civil society across nine countries and four continents. The Board approves all changes to the framework’s criteria, weights, and classification bands.
BOARD CHAIR
Audrey Tang
Taiwan’s Cyber Ambassador-at-Large; Author of Plurality: The Future of Collaborative Technology and Democracy
Roberto Baldoni
Founder and First General Director, National Cybersecurity Agency of Italy; Honorary Professor, University of Rome La Sapienza
Isabel Crane
Former Head of OECD's Trust in Business Initiative and the Blue Dot Network
Alex Capri
Senior Fellow and Lecturer, NUS Business School; Author of Techno-Nationalism
Ricardo "Rick" Echevarria
Former Vice President of Security Solutions, Intel; Technology Commissioner, International Olympic Committee
Obiageli "Oby" Ezekwesili
Founder and Chairperson, School of Politics, Policy and Governance; Former Vice President (Africa), World Bank
Fernando Garibay
Polymath, Producer, Academic; Founder & CEO, The Garibay Institute
Melanie Garson
Director of Research and Insight, ISTARI; Associate Professor, University College London
Dan Goldin
Former and Longest-Serving Administrator of NASA
Yasmin Green
CEO, Jigsaw
Takashi Oda
Director, Business Strategy, Corporate Strategy Planning, NTT
Roman Pačka
Chief Advisor to the Director, National Cyber and Information Security Agency of the Czech Republic
Heather Petersen
Former Head of Trust Strategy & Marketing, DocuSign
Arvind Raman
Dean of Engineering, Purdue University
David Roberts
Former CEO, Applied Research Institute
Heather Petersen
Former Foreign Secretary of India; Former Ambassador of India to the U.S.