Breaking the code of silence to build trust into business applications. (August 2015)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Grimm, John
• Is Part Of: Computer fraud & security. Number 8(2015)
• Page Start: 5
• Page End: 7
• Publication Date: 2015-08
• Subjects: Computer crimes -- Periodicals; Computers -- Access control -- Periodicals; 364.168
• DOI: 10.1016/S1361-3723(15)30073-7
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1361-3723

Abstract

Abstract : How can we create trust in inherently untrusted environments? This is the question that businesses come back to time and time again, as they navigate a world that is increasingly connected, distributed and virtualised. Code-signing is an essential tool to verify the source of software, prove it has not been tampered with since it was published, and verify the identity of the publisher. The smart use of code-signing is crucial to our ability to embrace new technology and the software that runs it, argues John Grimm of Thales e-Security.