Trustworthiness of Software-Challenge of the 21st Century

Witold SurynÉcole de technologie supérieure Montréal, Canada Yuyu YuanBeijing University of Posts and Telecommunications

Abstract: With IT market growing exponentially every year and the quantity of information processed hitting 1000 exabytes in 2010, the trustworthiness of software moves from the position of specialized research subject to a primary market and technology concern. The presented paper discusses the importance of software trustworthiness, the existing scientific and practical approaches and finally presents an innovative trustworthiness measurement and evaluation methodology based on Finite State Machine principle.

Keywords: Trustworthiness, IT Evolution, Quality, Behavioristic Method of Trustworthiness Evaluation