Trust areas: A security paradigm for the future Internet

Security in information and communication technology currently relies on a collection of mostly un-related and un-coordinated security mechanisms. All in all, the end-user has no chance to get a good perception of the security properties satisfied for actions she is executing in the Internet. Classical approaches (e.g. perimeter security) do not work in open and heterogeneous communication environments. Federation of single security mechanisms only works for particular applications and for a small subset of security properties. Thus, new views on trust and security are required for the Future Internet. This vision paper proposes the concept of Trust Areas as one candidate for a security paradigm for the Future Internet and identifies some open research challenges.