Sovereign Citizen on Digital Regulated Services Ecosystem

The infrastructure and application systems shaping digital society have evolved rapidly over the last two decades, driven by unprecedented collaborative efforts within the industry and motivated by the need to scale. The demand for reduced operational costs and enhanced scalability motivated many to join the pioneers who decided to share their data centers in public clouds. This shift has accelerated new business ventures across various societal sectors. However, the absence of a unified reference model has hindered the creation of a trustworthy digital ecosystem that can be both simple and secure for citizens and companies. A pressing concern remains: how can citizens trust that their data is maintained private by business providers of different scales and following different models? Building on previous research focused on unified mobility payment services and trusted digital services for citizens, this position paper proposes a strategy for a unified model that enables citizens to adopt a service provider to "navigate" across the digital ecosystem. While the payment perspective is included, herein our primary focus is on the data. The key idea is to offer citizens a unified digital identity and a personal "safe vault" on the "digital ecosystem". This ecosystem is envisioned to develop parallel to the banking system, where a regulated model assures clients that their savings are secured. The paper discusses the Secure Citizen on Digital ecosystem (SCOD) concept and emphasizes the need for an open business-technology ecosystem based on the Collaborative Networks concepts.