A Standardized Trust Model for Enabling Data Security and Interoperability within Smart Distributed Systems

Smart distributed systems (SDS) are the foundation of smart cities, utilities, supply chains and hospitals. They support digital marketplaces where data is exchanged to generate value in the form of social services, business functionality or money. They are the engine of modern economies. They communicate data and real-time action requests from multiple parties, with diverse owners, enable better insights from AI, and deliver safer, more efficient and sustainable environments. But what is the impact if the data used by these systems is compromised? Without data security and interoperability, these systems would be wasteful and inefficient, and could even become lethal weapons. In this paper, we propose a solution to allow secure collaboration of data within SDSes. We propose establishing an achievable global standard that lays the framework for interoperability, security, and authentication across the totality of the smart distributed system.