Core value: integrity and independence
Integrity and independence determine whether research, advice and technology can be reliable. Not because people never have interests, but because those interests must be visible, manageable and subordinate to public values. For LibreKAT this means that choices are testable and are not driven by commercial dependencies that color the outcome in advance. In information security, integrity also has a technical meaning: data and systems must be correct and must not be changed unnoticed. That meaning fits well with the organizational side. Decision-making must also be honest. Anyone who advises a security measure, points out a vulnerability or assesses a dependency must be able to explain the facts, standards and considerations that underlie it.
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