What Is Trust?

Understanding one of the most used terms in cybersecurity

3 April 2025
Webinars

Watch the full recording on our YouTube channel here!

The fifth 2025 TDL webinar took place on Thursday, 3 April at 16:00 CEST when a group of well-known speakers discussed issues related to understanding the term trust in the context of cybersecurity.

The term ‘trust’ in cybersecurity has generated an extensive literature and has a variety of definitions. The understanding of the concept of trust in different scenarios is essential to managing the expectations and requirements of end users and systems, creating new security models, designing APIs and numerous other use cases. The panellists in this webinar discussed the various facets and aspects of trust in cybersecurity.

Read the full summary on our Substack page here!

The speakers were:

  • Matt Areno, CTO, Rickert-Areno Engineering
  • Joanna DeFranco, Associate Professor of Software Engineering, Penn State University
  • Sudhir Ethiraj, Global Head of Cybersecurity Office (CSO) & CEO Business Unit Cybersecurity Services (CSS), Member of the Board of Directors and Taskforce Lead – Security by Default, Charter of Trust
  • Yiorgos Makris, Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE), University of Texas Dallas
  • Simone Onofri, W3C Security Lead
  • Marc Vael, Chief Digital Trust Officer Esko  &  President SAI.BE

The session was moderated by Claire Vishik, TDL Strategic Advisor.

 

This is one of the TDL series of webinars, engaging renowned experts to talk about the most important issues in cybersecurity.