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Trust and Identity

The Internet Society’s Trust and Identity initiative rec-

ognizes that in order to be trusted, the Internet must

provide channels for secure, reliable, private, com-

munication between entities, which can be clearly

authenticated in a mutually understood manner. The

mechanisms that provide this level of assurance must

support both the end-to-end nature of Internet archi-

tecture and reasonable means for entities to manage

and protect their own identity details.

A trusted Internet takes into account security, trans-

action protection, and identity assertion and manage-

ment. Given the network dependence on unique

numbers and the escalating amount of geolocation

data being gathered, the privacy implications of the

current Internet represent a significant and growing

concern. Trust must be a primary design element at

every layer of the architecture, and in some cases,

existing elements may need to be redesigned or

improved to meet emerging requirements.

2008 Programmes

The Trust and Identity initiative focuses on the follow-

ing major research programmes.

Architecture and Trust

This research programme investigates the implemen-

tation of open-trust mechanisms throughout the full

cycle of Internet research, standardisation, develop-

ment, and deployment.

Current Problems and Solutions and Trust

This research programme investigates the mitigation

of the social, policy, and economic factors thatmay hinder development and deployment for trust-

enabling technologies.

Identity and Trust

This research programme investigates the elevation

of identity to a core issue in network research and

standards development.

ISOC is taking a lead role in reviewing the current

Internet architecture and the model of Internet de-

velopment and deployment. This includes active

engagement with participants within the traditional

ISOC sphere, as well as with the research, enterprise,

and end-user communities. We offer the kind of sup-port for research that enhances and facilitates trust

and collaboration with the standards community and

that advances the most interesting outcomes of that

research.

ISOC is reaching out to the businesses and end users

that rely on the Internet to exchange sensitive data.

Their needs and concerns inform both our baseline

research agendas and ongoing standards and devel-

opment work.

ISOC continues to support the advancement of current

technical solutions and best practices through our

existing programmes.

The Internet Society 

promotes work that 

improves trust in the 

Internet by developing 

secure, reliable, and 

private communication 

channels that can be 

clearly authenticated 

in mutually 

understood ways.

Trust and Identity Initiative

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For more information, visit http://www.isoc.org/isoc/mission/initiative/trust.shtml

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