Title :
An analysis of ethics as foundation of information security in distributed systems
Author :
Leiwo, Jussipekka ; Heikkuri, Seppo
Author_Institution :
Monash Univ., Frankston, Vic., Australia
Abstract :
Security of distributed systems requires both technical and administrative foundations. Technical foundation is based on cryptographic measures and access control models, and is well understood. Administrative foundation is based on several non-technical layers added on top of technical communication protocols. Several models for secure interconnection of information systems suggest common ethics to be the uppermost layer and base for legal, managerial and operational procedures. Ethics as a foundation of secure interconnection of systems is critically analysed and several problems of ethical layer are identified. Considering this analysis, a new group and social contract layer is suggested on top of ethical layer. The new approach can be enforced within current technology, supports social behaviour of human beings, and is iterative allowing forming of larger secure communities by interconnecting existing secure groups
Keywords :
information networks; information systems; professional aspects; protocols; security of data; access control models; administrative aspects; cryptographic measures; distributed systems; ethics; group contract layer; information security; legal procedures; managerial procedures; operational procedures; secure communities; secure information system interconnection; social behaviour; social contract layer; technical aspects; technical communication protocols; Access control; Access protocols; Communication system security; Cryptographic protocols; Cryptography; Ethics; Information analysis; Information security; Management information systems; Professional communication;
Conference_Titel :
System Sciences, 1998., Proceedings of the Thirty-First Hawaii International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Kohala Coast, HI
Print_ISBN :
0-8186-8255-8
DOI :
10.1109/HICSS.1998.654776
