Trustworthiness in Industrial System Design
Government Law
Industrial Regulations
national and international
(EU, UN etc.)
requirements and standards
(ISO, IEC, IEEE etc.)
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general, industry-specific
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science, general and
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Figure 3: The Trustworthiness Foundation Model
It is still possible to redirect the arrows, but
the definition of the quadrants needs to be
modified, as shown in Figure 3. Quadrants
are fundamental sources of knowledge and
directives which influence trustworthiness.
And again, the five trustworthiness
characteristics can be drawn with sharp
boundaries between the quadrants:
Privacy is heavily defined by government
law. The European community started
with GDPR; it is expected that other
countries will follow very soon with their
own laws.
Similarly, safety is defined more deeply
in government law, not just around
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consumer products such as automobiles,
but also environment-critical systems
like nuclear plants or oil refineries. On
the other hand, industrial associations
are providing additional regulations and
policies for their specific industries,
which are documented in standards
from international organizations such as
ISO, IEC or IEEE to define safety
regulations.
Security is affected again by such
standards but also by engineering
knowledge. Such knowledge may be
general (e.g., IT and network security)
but also limited in their usage for specific
industrial branches only.