Cofta Trust, Complexity and Control

Confidence in a Convergent World
1. Auflage 2007
ISBN: 978-0-470-51784-0
Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 310 Seiten, E-Book

An increasing reliance on the Internet and mobile communication hasdeprived us of our usual means of assessing another party'strustworthiness. This is increasingly forcing us to rely oncontrol. Yet the notion of trust and trustworthiness isessential to the continued development of a technology-enabledsociety.

Trust, Complexity and Control offers readers a single,consistent explanation of how the sociological concept of'trust' can be applied to a broad spectrum oftechnology-related areas; convergent communication, automatedagents, digital security, semantic web, artificial intelligence,e-commerce, e-government, privacy etc. It presents a model ofconfidence in which trust and control are driven and limited bycomplexity in one explanatory framework and demonstrates how thatframework can be applied to different research and applicationareas. Starting with the individual's assessment of trust,the book shows the reader how application of the framework canclarify misunderstandings and offer solutions to complexproblems.

The uniqueness of Trust, Complexity and Control isits interdisciplinary treatment of a variety of diverse areas usinga single framework.

Sections featured include:

* Trust and distrust in the digital world.

* The impact of convergent communication and networks ontrust.

* Trust, economy and commerce.

* Trust-enhancing technologies.

Trust, Complexity and Control is an invaluable source ofreference for both researchers and practitioners within the Trustcommunity. It will also be of benefit to students and lecturers inthe fields of information technology, social sciences and computerengineering.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Cofta, Piotr

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Foreword.
Introduction.
Part I. Confidence: trust and control.
1. Setting the scene.
2. The model of confidence.
3. Measuring confidence.
4. Comparative analysis of the model of confidence.
5. The dynamics of confidence.
6. The dark side.
Part II. Confidence and technology.
7. Impact of digital technology.
8. Digital security.
9. Confidence and networks.
10. Attacks on confidence.
11. Trust Enhancing Technologies.
Part III. Confidence in a convergent world.
12. Convergence and confidence.
13. Confidence creation in e-business.
14. Privacy and authentication.
15. Trust management.
16. Economy of confidence.
Index.

Über Autor(innen)

Piotr Cofta works for British Telecom as a Chief Researcher, Security and Trust in the Mobility Research Centre. He is responsible for research in convergent security and trust, specifically in identity and privacy. Previously he has worked for many years for Nokia and more recently for Media Lab Europe, concentrating on device security and transactional trust. His research interest includes technical and social aspects of security and trust with special focus on opportunities in convergent environment and mobile commerce. He received his PhD in computer science from the University of Gdansk, Poland. He is a member of IEE and IEEE.