Liars and Outliers: Enabling the Trust that Society Needs to Thrive
We don’t demand a background check on the plumber who shows up to fix the leaky sink. We don’t do a chemical analysis on food we eat. In the absence of personal relationships, we have no choice but to substitute confidence for trust, compliance for trustworthiness. This progression has enabled society to scale to unprecedented [...]
Would you trust Microsoft Security Essentials as your only Anti-Virus Software in your computer?
Microsoft Security Essentials, at this time, is the only anti-virus/spyware software I have in one of my computers. So far, it has done an excellent job. Even though I downloaded it about a month ago, I can say it’s pretty reliable for my computer does seem to be working fine so far. However, would you [...]
Trust and Technology in a Ubiquitous Modern Environment: Theoretical and Methodological Perspectives
Product DescriptionIn the past decade, trust has gained a prominent place at the center of academic scholarship in the social sciences. Trust and Technology in a Ubiquitous Modern Environment: Theoretical and Methodological Perspectives provides a variety of theoretical perspectives on the topics of trust and technology, as well as some empirical investigations into the trust-building, [...]
Trust and Security in Collaborative Computing
Product DescriptionComputer networks are compromised by various unpredictable factors, such as hackers, viruses, spam, faults, and system failures, hindering the full utilization of computer systems for collaborative computing one of the objectives for the next generation of the Internet. It includes the functions of data communication, resource sharing, group cooperation, and task allocation. One popular [...]
The Global Internet Trust Register: 1999 edition
Product Description“An important tool to ensure trusted communications in a world where individual rights to privacy are under regulatory assault.” — Jim Bidzos, President, RSA Data Security, Inc. The development of electronic commerce and other applications on the Internet is held up by concerns about security. Cryptography–the science of codes and ciphers–will be a significant [...]
Trust and Risk in Internet Commerce
Product DescriptionAs Internet-based commerce becomes commonplace, it is important that we examine the systems used for these financial transactions. Underlying each system is a set of assumptions, particularly about trust and risk. To evaluate systems, and thus to determine one’s own risks, requires an understanding of the dimensions of trust: security, privacy, and reliability. In [...]
Collaborative Computer Security and Trust Management
Product DescriptionCollaborative Computer Security and Trust Management combines perspectives of leading researchers in collaborative security to discuss recent advances in this burgeoning new field. Practitioners, researchers, and academicians are presented with lessons learned by international experts to meet the new challenges of security in the global information age. Covering topics such as trust-based security, threat [...]
Students trust high Google search rankings too much (Jacqui Cheng/Ars Technica)
Jacqui Cheng / Ars Technica:Students trust high Google search rankings too much — As seasoned Internet veterans know, just because a site shows up high on Google’s search rankings doesn’t mean it’s the most credible source on a topic. That little bit of wisdom has apparently not made it all the way down to the [...]
Truedomain Unveils the Truedomain Antiphishing Network TM to Stop Email Phishing Attacks and Return Trust to Email – Market Wire
MENLO PARK, CA–(Marketwire – June 8, 2010) – Truedomain ® ( www.truedomain.net ), a trusted provider of authentication and antiphishing solutions for email, today announces the launch of the Truedomain Antiphishing Network, the first solution that connects domain owners and email receivers through …
