Arriving at an Age Where We Rethink the “ Hide Everything or Show Everything ” Approach to Information Security

Published by National Institute of Informatics, Research Organization of Information and Systems http://www.nii.ac.jp/ Address: National Center of Sciences 2-1-2 Hitotsubashi, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 101-8430 Chief editor: Yoh’ichi Tohkura Cover illustration: Makoto Komori Photography: Hiroyuki Taniguchi, etc. Production: Commercial Design Center Inc. Contact: Publicity and Dissemination Team, Planning and Promotion Strategy Department TEL:+81-3-4212-2131 FAX:+81-3-4212-2150 e-mail: [email protected] This month's cover illustration: While networked society grows at breakneck speed, is security being left behind? Pitfalls lie where least expected, and doctors must use their stethoscopes to check patients every day, so there is a need for overall network security technologies. Weaving Information into Knowledge Masami Nakamura (Special Appointment Professor, Organization for Promoting Cooperation with Society and Industry, NII) Raising Reliability to “Newspaper-Like Levels” ...