Security-What Does 'Trust' Have To Do With It?

A large part of the technology industry is concerned with information security and trustworthy computing, and the purpose of this paper is to determine how the infrastructure and relationship between trust and security has evolved in technology. The growth of the internet and its underlying technology and applications give all of us greater functionality. Identity theft and other vulnerabilities have been exploited in the past and continue in the present, and despite greater technology, will be here in the future. While we strive to minimize the risk we face in protecting our security; in the form of Confidentiality--Integrity--Availability we will see what Trust has to do with it.