Think-Trust

The Think-Trust project is formulating recommendations on policy environments and future research agenda. The project's Advisory Board - RISEPTIS - has already published its high-level strategic overview and recommendations report, entitled 'Trust in the Information Society'.

Complementary to the RISEPTIS report, Think-Trust has produced a list of research challenges, which need to be addressed to work towards a trustworthy ICT environment.

Think-Trust is now finalising this inventory of research recommendations, in the third iteration of its deliverable D3.1:

• * D3.1a (July 2009), outlined a broad vision of a digital future, its benefits, possibilities, consequent risks and dangers;

• * D3.1b (December 2009), highlighted a set of interim research challenges, arising from the RISEPTIS Report and the deliberations of the Working Groups;

• * D3.1c (currently being finalised), builds on D3.1B and takes account of contributions from various stakeholders and interest groups in the wider consultation process D3.1 is complementary to the RISEPTIS Report.

RISEPTIS makes six recommendations for action, covering both technical and supportive regulatory measures. The first recommendation is that the European Union should stimulate interdisciplinary research, technology development and deployment to address the trust and security needs of the Information Society. In the context of this recommendation and taking account of the discussions of the Working Groups, D3.1c identifies ten research challenge areas (and related research topics) that should be prioritised in future EU research programmes, in order to provide trustworthy hardware and software for the Information Society.