April 3, 2007
- What was DDSI ? --
The emergence of an Information Society in Europe has led to a growing recognition of the need to ensure an environment in which dependable and trustworthy information infrastructures can be developed. As Europe becomes more dependent upon electronic communications and information exchanges, so critical business and social processes become more vulnerable to accidental or malicious failures of IT systems and networks.
But, building a safe and secure Information Society requires more than technology. Comprehensive policy initiatives at the European level are required to help protect citizens, support business and secure critical infrastructures.
The Dependability Development Support Initiative (DDSI), an EU-supported Information Society Technologies project which ran between June 2001 and November 2002, aimed at supporting the development of dependability policies across Europe and across sectoral boundaries by:
DDSI was led by RAND Europe together with King's College London Industrieanlagen-Betriebsgesellschaft mbH (IABG) from Germany and Cellnetwork from Sweden.
This core team was complemented with regional expertise from:
LINK Consulting, a Portuguese technology research organisation specialising in information security ALMAWEB-University of Bologna, a research consortium in Italy bringing together information technologists and social scientists ELIAMEP, a Greek strategic policy think-tank Ernst Basler + Partners Ltd, a leading Swiss IT consultancy firm ISDEFE, a leading Spanish IT and strategic consultancy Although the project is completed, the DDSI team is committed to keep this site alive. A monthly newsletter is being developed. To register for this newsletter, please contact neilr@rand.org.
