Title :
The Metaphysics of Software Trust
Author :
Miller, Keith W. ; Voas, Jeffrey
Author_Institution :
Univ. of Illinois at Springfield, Springfield, IL
Abstract :
This article focuses on the "trust" portion of the trust and dependability duet. Both concepts are important and delicately intertwined, but in this short discussion, the authors say they can only hope to explore one.
Keywords :
security of data; metaphysics; software trust; trusted computing; Application software; Ethics; Hardware; Home computing; Humans; Security; Software maintenance; Software standards; Terminology; Wikipedia; IT professional; trust; trustworthiness; trustworthy computing;
Journal_Title :
IT Professional
DOI :
10.1109/MITP.2009.41
