metatrust
Metatrust is a framework concept describing higher‑order trust assessment that evaluates the trustworthiness of systems, organizations, and processes by synthesizing multiple lower‑level trust signals. It is used in fields such as information security, AI governance, and supply chain management to address the complexity of trust in interconnected environments where a single metric is insufficient.
Core components of metatrust include trust signals (certificates, audits, provenance data, performance logs), meta‑evaluation mechanisms (confidence
Metatrust is applied to evaluating AI models before deployment, tracing software supply chains, managing cloud service
Challenges associated with metatrust include subjectivity in weighting signals, data quality and privacy concerns, potential manipulation