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The Institute for Internet Security is a ground-breaking,independent, scientific facility of the Gelsenkirchen University of Applied Sciences. Besides research and development, we are an creative service provider with a focus on Internet Security. One of our overall tasks is to push forward research and development in terms of Internet Security and to improve the statutory framework of Internet Security. Since the offical opening in May 2005, the young and creative research team turned the Institute into one of the most considerable competencies for Internet Security. Our aim is to make the internet a more trustworthy and secure place.
We don't live in a perfect (business) World
We don't live in a perfect world - and we all know that.
But we've learned to handle this fact in a responsible manner and therefore we created a basic level of security. But what do we have to do, to gain a comparable security for the electronic world, so we can use the opportunities that the new concepts bring along ?
A perfect world doesn't exist
In a perfect world trust and friendliness would be the highest principles, all information would be freely accessible, nobody would enrich himself at the expense of others, all customers would pay the desired and adequate price for goods and services and market competition would be transparent, fair and regulated.
The real world looks different: Information and knowledge - that means power - are unequally dispensed, burglary and theft threaten property, fraud and betrayal are part of our business life, terror and violance threaten our daily life. But during the time we've learned to handle that and now we are able to adequately protect ourselves.
How to protect us in the real world
A doorman takes care that no stranger enters the company building, lockers care for a safe keeping of values (information, strategy papers, citizen data), Armoured Delivery Vans ensure the transport of enterprise values.
Civil registry offices ensure the clear identity of a person and its provability.
The registry office takes care that we are clearly identifiable by our first name and surname, place of birth and our birthday. The registration of address office issues passports that enable to prove the clear identity of the holder. Sealed envelopes care for the confidential exchange of information, manual signatures for its obligation.
We know that this obligation is also liable for the actions that are initiated or executed through the letter. e.g. in business or law issues.
real world vs. electronic world
A very important aspect in an efficient society is trustworthiness - as well in business life as in our daily life. In our real world we learned from the beginning what meaning our manual signature has and how we value trusthworthiness through personal contacts and intuitive appraisement.
In our electronic world we can't use our traditional mechanisms, because we indirectly communicate via networks like the Internet. We don't know for sure who is our communication partner and who is tapping or maybe manipulating our communication. That means we need a different approach to fulfill our basic security needs, other than in the real world.
- In our electronic business world we need confidentiality as a basic security service, so no unauthorized individuals are able to read-out the stored or transfered information.
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