Technology will have to aid in protecting data integrity. It is critical for information creators to know that what they produce is what network users get, and for users to be assured that what they are getting is what they think it is. There must be protection against the dissemination of a work altered without authorization. A technological means is needed for “certifying” the authenticity of the data, so that users are able to choose sources of information with a reasonable degree of confidence.
Predictor: National Research Council
Prediction, in context:In 1994, the NRENaissance Committee, appointed by the Computer Science and Telecommunications Board of the National Research Council, produced a special report titled “Realizing the Information Future: The Internet and Beyond.” Among the committee members were Internet pioneers Leonard Kleinrock, David Clark, David Farber, Lawrence Landweber and Robert Kahn. The committee’s goal was to “study issues raised by the shift to a larger, more truly national networking capability.” Among its statements about the blossoming of the National Information Infrastructure (NII), it identifies three major security issues; this is the second: ”Second, technology will have to aid in protecting data integrity. It is critical for information creators to know that what they produce is what network users get, and for users to be assured that what they are getting is what they think it is. There must be protection against the dissemination of a work altered without authorization. A technological means is needed for ‘certifying’ the authenticity of the data, so that users are able to choose sources of information with a reasonable degree of confidence.”
Date of prediction: January 1, 1994
Topic of prediction: Communication
Subtopic: Security/Encryption
Name of publication: Realizing the Information Future: The Internet and Beyond
Title, headline, chapter name: Security and the Open Data Network
Quote Type: Direct quote
Page number or URL of document at time of study:
http://stills.nap.edu/html/rtif/
This data was logged into the Elon/Pew Predictions Database by: Anderson, Janna Quitney