Digital trust and sustainable design of circular services (DiTrust)
More and more in society is done through digital services. They are developed by organisations and companies themselves, sometimes with formal competence, sometimes as self-taught, or the services are purchased from IT companies. The public, in turn, uses e-services of municipalities and authorities or commercial sharing and value-added services. Project DiTrust's goal is to develop better knowledge in information security and design to meet new requirements, but also to create better conditions for companies to change to circular processes.
The idea is based on the accepted concept of 'twin transition', that sustainable development and digitisation must go hand in hand for a green transition. Within digitisation, we see a problem with 'twin transition' that concerns information security, reliability and trust for internet-based value-added services, applications, platforms, and other digital solutions that handle data and information from users. But the sharing economy is dependent on digital services for the circular economy to function.
Large cyber technical resources are required to ensure that digital services work as they should, but understandable communication to customers is often lacking. When new innovative business ideas are developed, the focus is on designing, developing, and introducing a digital service to be first on the market. This means that, in the worst case, information security is missed entirely, or in the best case, is included when the service's functions are already complete. In this project, we focus on increased user-friendliness and confidentiality already when an application is developed, something we call "security by design". In addition to developing more secure services, we must also develop policies that the system user understands. We want to contribute to increased digital trust.
The project starts in autumn 2023 and lasts for three years. The studies are carried out together with organisations, companies, and the public.
Contact
Åsa Ericson
- Professor
- 0920-492061
- asa.ericson@ltu.se
- Åsa Ericson
Johan Lugnet
- Associate Professor
- 0920-491201
- johan.lugnet@ltu.se
- Johan Lugnet
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