scope:

This Recommendation provides an overview of trust provisioning in information and communication technology (ICT) infrastructures and services. More specifically, this Recommendation covers the following:

- potential risks and necessity of trust;

- trusted ICT infrastructures and services;

- the concept of trust and characteristics of trust;

- a trust relationship model and trust evaluation based on the conceptual model of trust provisioning;

- trust-provisioning processes.

NOTE - Detailed potential risks are provided in Appendix I, trustworthiness attributes are described in Appendix II, and use cases of trust provisioning are provided in Appendix III.