By the end of March we’ll report back to the government’s central sponsor on information assurance a first “critical friends” overview of emerging technologies and the sorts of concerns they give rise to.

Is it going to feel like the local quiz team reporting back the wisdom from the pub to the editors of the Encyclopaedia Britannica? I don’t expect to startle them. They’re entrenched experts, and we’re just getting this process started.

But if we can offer one or two useful insights this time or next, then we’ve proved we’ve got a valuable process started which still has a great deal further to go - a conversation worth pursuing.