Trust
Definitions
A belief of the expected actions from another party
Context
Within a relationship
Premise
Each party acts for the benefit of the other
Components of Trust
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Trustworthiness: the measure of
deserving/receiving trust
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Trustwillingness: the measure of giving trust
Calibrated Trust: the alignment of one party's
trustwillingness of another party's trustworthiness and vice versa
Assurance
Definition
Confidence in something
Context
Within the pursuit of truth
Premise
Means of evaluating trustworthiness and informing
trust-willingness
Components of Assurance
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Assurance Case: Structured set of arguments
with a corresponding body of evidence that demonstrates
satisfaction of claims
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Assurance Arguments: Set of claims and
reasoning for or against a specific position within an assurance
case, supported by evidence
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Assurance Evidence: Facts, data, statistics,
etc. in support for or against a given claim; can be qualitative
or quantitative; the foundation of an arguments'
credibility is the evidence and the underlying source
