GETTING STARTED
THE GLOBAL TRUSTED TECH STANDARD
The world’s first unified benchmark for trusted technology.
Developed by the Krach Institute for Tech Diplomacy at Purdue, the xGTT Standard provides a common definition of what “trusted technology” means in practice, and a common way to evaluate it. It gives governments, companies, universities, and other institutions an evidence-based framework to assess whether the companies behind critical and emerging technologies can be trusted not only to deliver innovative technology, but also to operate consistent with democratic values.
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.
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CET sectors reflecting overlapping priorities
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techno-democracies serving as reference jurisdictions
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xGTT board members across 9 countries
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publicly verifiable evidence
ENDORSEMENTS
Government, Industry, and Civil Society Leaders Support the xGTT Standard
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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
Chair of the xGTT Board; Taiwan Cyber Ambassador-at-Large
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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
Former Director General, National Cybersecurity Agency of Italy
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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
PURPOSE
Why Adopt the xGTT Standard?
Technology is critical to national security and economic resilience, and increasingly central to whether societies stay free or become vulnerable to coercion. Yet there is no common way to check whether the companies behind critical technologies can be trusted.
The xGTT Standard provides that common foundation. Its public methodology and criteria, and the public records behind every finding, give decision-makers a transparent, independently verifiable framework to advance their own goals while reinforcing the democratic institutions that make those goals achievable.