Dealing with informational assurances we have to consider the full complexity of the information society. In a norrower sense informational assurances comprise informational rights, the related legal and social rules as well as the enforcing technical mechanisms. The right of privacy, understood as informational self-determination, is taken as an important example. Starting from a discussion of...

As technology become more advanced, those who design, use and are otherwise a‚ected by it want to know that it will perform correctly, and understand why it does what it does, and how to use it appropriately. In essence they want to be able to trust the systems that are being designed. In this survey we present assurances that are the method by which users can understand how to trust this techn...

Increasing complexity and inter-dependency of information systems (IS), and the lack of transparency regarding system components and policies, have rendered traditional security mechanisms (applied at different OSI levels) inadequate to provide convincing confidentiality-integrity-availability (CIA) assurances regarding any IS. We present an architecture for a generic, trustworthy assurance-as-...

What makes coercion succeed? For most international relations scholars, the answer is credible threats. Yet scholars have neglected a second key component of successful coercion: assurances. This article two contributions to our understanding and First, we offer theoretical framework exploring causes consequences assurance credibility. In order coerce target, challenger must issue both threats ...