Trust in Cyberspace

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National Academies Press, Jan 8, 1999 - Computers - 352 pages

Whether or not you use a computer, you probably use a telephone, electric power, and a bank. Although you may not be aware of their presence, networked computer systems are increasingly becoming an integral part of your daily life. Yet, if such systems perform poorly or don't work at all, then they can put life, liberty, and property at tremendous risk. Is the trust that weâ€"as individuals and as a societyâ€"are placing in networked computer systems justified? And if it isn't, what can we do to make such systems more trustworthy?

This book provides an assessment of the current state of the art procedures for building trustworthy networked information systems. It proposes directions for research in computer and network security, software technology, and system architecture. In addition, the book assesses current technical and market trends in order to better inform public policy as to where progress is likely and where incentives could help. Trust in Cyberspace offers insights into:

  • The strengths and vulnerabilities of the telephone network and Internet, the two likely building blocks of any networked information system.
  • The interplay between various dimensions of trustworthiness: environmental disruption, operator error, "buggy" software, and hostile attack.
  • The implications for trustworthiness of anticipated developments in hardware and software technology, including the consequences of mobile code.
  • The shifts in security technology and research resulting from replacing centralized mainframes with networks of computers.
  • The heightened concern for integrity and availability where once only secrecy mattered.
  • The way in which federal research funding levels and practices have affected the evolution and current state of the science and technology base in this area.

You will want to read this book if your life is touched in any way by computers or telecommunications. But then, whose life isn't?

 

Contents

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY 1
INTRODUCTION 12
PUBLIC TELEPHONE NETWORK AND INTERNET
SOFTWARE FOR NETWORKED INFORMATION SYSTEMS 62
REINVENTING SECURITY 109
TRUSTWORTHY SYSTEMS FROM UNTRUSTWORTHY 154
THE ECONOMIC AND PUBLIC POLICY CONTEXT 171
CONCLUSIONS AND RESEARCH RECOMMENDATIONS 240
APPENDIXES
B Briefers to the Committee 267
List of Position Papers Prepared for the Workshops 279
F Some Related Trustworthiness Studies 285
G Some Operating System Security Examples 291
J Research in Information System Security
INDEX 319
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Common terms and phrases

access control agenda algorithms analysis applications approach architecture associated authentication Available online behavior calls certificates communications complex Computer Security computing systems costs COTS components COTS software critical infrastructures cryptography DARPA database Defense denial-of-service attacks deployed deployment detection dimensions of trustworthiness disruption document encryption example failure firewalls formal methods functionality hardware http://www.nap.edu/catalog/6161.html PUBLIC TELEPHONE http://www.nap.edu/catalog/6161.html SOFTWARE increased integration interfaces INTERNET TRUSTWORTHINESS IPsec ISPs limited mechanisms ment National Security Agency needed NETWORK AND INTERNET NETWORKED INFORMATION SYSTEMS NIS trustworthiness NISs operating system outages packet problems protection protocols PUBLIC TELEPHONE NETWORK public-key public-key cryptography reliability requirements risk routers routing security policies servers software development Software Engineering SOFTWARE FOR NETWORKED specific subsystems switches System Security TCSEC technical Telecommunications testing tion today’s traffic TRUST IN CYBERSPACE users vendors vulnerabilities

Bibliographic information

TitleTrust in Cyberspace
AuthorsNational Research Council, Commission on Physical Sciences, Mathematics, and Applications, Computer Science and Telecommunications Board, Committee on Information Systems Trustworthiness
EditorFred B. Schneider
PublisherNational Academies Press, 1999
ISBN0309065585, 9780309065580
Length352 pages
Subjects ›  › 

Computers / General
Computers / Information Technology
Computers / Internet / General
Computers / Networking / General
  
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