The Dynamics of Trust in Cyberdomains

This essays examined some human-centering issues for the Networld, placed primarily for convenience into five categories: antitrust in technology, a concensus on what "trust" is, interpersonal trust versus trust in automation, trusting as a dynamic process, and resilience engineering for the active management of trust. The approach of designing and foundation for the active management of trust in cyberdomains.

The Lesson and its Implication

For some decades now, cybersecurity has been a continuous game of catch-up. Clever hackers find some new scheme for malware, the malware is sent out and does its thing, the malware is sniffed out, and then the security people come up with a new software or hardware patch. This “clever game” is not likely to end. Indeed, attempts to improve software and hardware must continue.