Archive for the 'Trust and Security' Category

Distinguishing the not-good-enough

Tuesday, January 29th, 2008

by Bernie Cohen
A reaction of one reader to my pragmatics blog was that, pragmatically speaking, it was still possible for a shared EHR to add value, but that it was certainly important to down scope the problem of sharing meaning across an enterprise, knowing full well that artificial boundaries are being drawn within the […]

Boundary Perimeter Edge

Friday, March 16th, 2007

by Richard Veryard
We can use the three asymmetries to appreciate different strategies for security and trust, such as deperimeterization. First we need some definitions: Boundary refers to a discontinuity in a physical system, Perimeter to a discontinuity in a social system, and Edge to a discontinuity in systems of meaning. As with the asymmetries, these […]

Security and Symmetry

Saturday, March 25th, 2006

by Richard Veryard
In a symmetric world, there is a clear distinction between genuine customers and hostile attackers - and the task of security is to tell them apart and keep them apart.
In an asymmetric world, this distinction breaks down.

Banking Services and User-Defined Policy 2

Wednesday, January 11th, 2006

by Richard Veryard
Who is going to want the kind of user-defined policies I talked about in the podcast (see previous post)? What are the strategic implications for banks and other service providers?

Banking Services and User-Defined Policy

Wednesday, January 11th, 2006

by Richard Veryard
Transcript from podcast, in which Richard provides an example of user-defined policy in the context of banking services.

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