Citizen Data in Distributed Computing Environments

2021 ◽  
pp. 183-203
Author(s):  
Beaulah Soundarabai P ◽  
Pethuru Raj ◽  
Zaigham Mahmood
Keyword(s):  
Cyber Security ◽  
Personal Data ◽  
Sensitive Data ◽  
Present Solution ◽  
One Step ◽  
Cloud Environments ◽  
Computing Environments ◽  
Citizen Data ◽  
In Transit ◽  
Confidentiality And Privacy

Data security is paramount in the increasingly connected world. Securing data, while in transit and rest, and while under usage, is essential for deriving actionable insights out of data heaps. Incorrect or wrong data can lead to incorrect decisions. So, the confidentiality and integrity of data have to be guaranteed through a host of technology-inspired security solutions. Organizational data is kept confidentially by the businesses and governments, often in distant locations (e.g., in cloud environments), though more sensitive data is normally kept in house. As the security mechanisms are getting more sophisticated, cyber security attacks are also becoming more intensive, so there is a constant battle between the organisations and the hackers to be one step ahead of the other. In this chapter, the aim is to discuss various mechanisms of accomplishing citizens' data confidentiality and privacy and to present solution approaches for ensuring impenetrable security for personal data.

Cyber Security Risk Assessment

Economica ◽  
2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Valentin Briceag ◽  
◽  
Tudor Bragaru ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Cyber Security ◽  
Business Processes ◽  
Personal Data ◽  
Remote Work ◽  
Security Risk ◽  
Sensitive Data ◽  
Computing Services ◽  
Sudden Rise ◽  
Assessment And Treatment ◽  
Security Risk Assessment

The COVID-19 pandemic has accelerated the digitization of business processes, remote work/ access to sensitive data and critical corporate resources. There is a fast expansion of cloud computing services. The cybercrime follows the same trend: the sudden rise of global ransomware attacks, theft and disclosure of personal data, attacks on news sites, phishing email attacks, etc. The cybercrime increase reported since the beginning of the pandemic is about 300%. As a result, cyber security has become very important for all organizations,of all types and sizes. This paper aims to elucidate modern trends in the assessment and treatment of cyber security risks of an entity, automatize the cyber security processes to remove repetitive tasks and reduce the influence of the human factor.

scholarly journals Privacy-Preserving Deep Neural Network Methods: Computational and Perceptual Methods—An Overview

Electronics ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (11) ◽  
pp. 1367
Author(s):  
Raghida El El Saj ◽  
Ehsan Sedgh Sedgh Gooya ◽  
Ayman Alfalou ◽  
Mohamad Khalil
Keyword(s):  
Neural Networks ◽  
Classification Accuracy ◽  
Deep Neural Networks ◽  
Privacy Preserving ◽  
Sensitive Data ◽  
Encrypted Data ◽  
High Classification Accuracy ◽  
Hide Information ◽  
Network Methods ◽  
Cloud Environments

Privacy-preserving deep neural networks have become essential and have attracted the attention of many researchers due to the need to maintain the privacy and the confidentiality of personal and sensitive data. The importance of privacy-preserving networks has increased with the widespread use of neural networks as a service in unsecured cloud environments. Different methods have been proposed and developed to solve the privacy-preserving problem using deep neural networks on encrypted data. In this article, we reviewed some of the most relevant and well-known computational and perceptual image encryption methods. These methods as well as their results have been presented, compared, and the conditions of their use, the durability and robustness of some of them against attacks, have been discussed. Some of the mentioned methods have demonstrated an ability to hide information and make it difficult for adversaries to retrieve it while maintaining high classification accuracy. Based on the obtained results, it was suggested to develop and use some of the cited privacy-preserving methods in applications other than classification.

Efficient Fault Tolerance on Cloud Environments

2018 ◽  
Vol 8 (3) ◽  
pp. 20-31 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sam Goundar ◽  
Akashdeep Bhardwaj
Keyword(s):  
Fault Tolerance ◽  
Web Applications ◽  
Fault Tolerant ◽  
Cloud Services ◽  
Level Of Service ◽  
Cloud Environments ◽  
Computing Environments ◽  
Service Assurance ◽  
Mission Critical ◽  
The Impact

With mission critical web applications and resources being hosted on cloud environments, and cloud services growing fast, the need for having greater level of service assurance regarding fault tolerance for availability and reliability has increased. The high priority now is ensuring a fault tolerant environment that can keep the systems up and running. To minimize the impact of downtime or accessibility failure due to systems, network devices or hardware, the expectations are that such failures need to be anticipated and handled proactively in fast, intelligent way. This article discusses the fault tolerance system for cloud computing environments, analyzes whether this is effective for Cloud environments.

scholarly journals USE OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGIES IN SUPERVISION REMOTE PRACTICE: DATA SECURITY

2021 ◽  
Vol 5 ◽  
pp. 318-329
Author(s):  
Kirils Dubinins ◽  
Kristīne Mārtinsone
Keyword(s):  
Information Technology ◽  
Data Protection ◽  
Cyber Security ◽  
Technology Use ◽  
Information Technologies ◽  
Best Practice ◽  
Panel Discussion ◽  
Personal Data ◽  
Security Risk ◽  
Personal Data Protection

Provision of remote services became relevant all over the world, during the 2020 COVID-19 pandemic. Latvian supervisors were also forced to transfer their practice to the digital space as well. COVID-19 pandemic challenges opened a wider range of opportunities for improvement remote practice. Pandemic also highlighted the risks associated with lack of relevant competences. At the global level over the last decade, risks associated with remote counselling summarized in guidelines, providing professionals with examples of best practice. In Latvia, on other hand, such guidelines have not adopted yet.This study developed with the aim to find out the awareness of Latvian supervisors about the risks (cyber security) of using information technology and the protection of personal data in the conditions created by the COVID-19 pandemic.To find out how Latvian supervisors are aware about the risks of using information technology (cyber security) and personal data protection, a survey conducted among Latvian supervisors and organizing an expert panel discussion, scientific strength of the study ensured by data triangulation.The obtained results allowed to conclude that the COVID-19 pandemic highlighted the need for supervision remote practice, at the same time the research data show that the awareness of Latvian supervisors about the risks of information technology use (cyber security) and personal data protection is medium to low.The results of the research show that in the education of Latvian supervisors it is necessary to allocate place for the acquisition of information technology (cyber security) risk and personal data protection regulation.This research emphasizes the importance of several supervisors’ competences such as digital knowledge and personal data protection, however further research is needed to find the most effective methods how to improve these competences.  

scholarly journals Cybersecurity als Unternehmensleitungsaufgabe

2021 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Cyber Security ◽  
Personal Data ◽  
Third Parties ◽  
Law School ◽  
The Other ◽  
Critical Infrastructures ◽  
Labour Law ◽  
Special Obligations ◽  
The One ◽  
Liability Risks

Cybersecurity is a central challenge for many companies. On the one hand, companies have to protect themselves against cyberattacks; on the other hand, they have special obligations towards third parties and the state in critical infrastructures or when dealing with personal data. These responsibilities converge with company management. This volume examines the duties and liability risks of management in connection with cyber security from the perspective of corporate, constitutional and labour law. The volume is based on a conference of the same name, which took place in cooperation with the Friedrich Naumann Stiftung für die Freiheit on 23 and 24 October 2020 at Bucerius Law School in Hamburg. With contributions by Andreas Beyer, Marc Bittner, Alexander Brüggemeier, Anabel Guntermann, Katrin Haußmann, Dennis-Kenji Kipker, Christoph Benedikt Müller, Isabella Risini, Darius Rostam, Sarah Schmidt-Versteyl and Gerald Spindler.

2021: hackers value quality over quantity

ITNOW ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 63 (4) ◽  
pp. 48-49
Author(s):  
Patrick O'Connor
Keyword(s):  
Cyber Security ◽  
Personal Data

Abstract Reported intrusions are down, the amount of personal data exposed is down, so it’s all good, right? Well yes and no… Patrick O’Connor MBCS CISSP CEH explores the good and bad of events in cyber security in 2021.

Government's Dynamic Approach to Addressing Challenges of Cybersecurity in South Africa

2019 ◽  
pp. 139-156
Author(s):  
Thokozani Ian Nzimakwe
Keyword(s):  
Cyber Security ◽  
Modern Society ◽  
Daily Basis ◽  
Cyber Crime ◽  
Security Strategy ◽  
Dynamic Approach ◽  
Sensitive Data ◽  
Unique Challenge ◽  
The Public ◽  
Cyber Space

Cybersecurity is the practice of making the networks that constitute cyber space secure against intrusions. The aim is to maintain the confidentiality, the availability and integrity of information, by detecting interferences. Traditionally, cybersecurity has focused on preventing intrusions and monitoring ports. The evolving threat landscape, however, calls for a more dynamic approach. It is increasingly clear that total cybersecurity is impossible, unless government develops a cyber-security strategy. The aim of this chapter is to discuss government's dynamic approach to addressing challenges of cybersecurity. The chapter looks at the co-ordination of cyber-security activities so as to have a coordinated approach to cyber-crime. This chapter also highlights the idea of protecting sensitive data for the public good. It is generally accepted that technology has become indispensable in modern society. Government's cybersecurity presents a unique challenge simply because of the volume of threats that agencies working for government face on a daily basis.

Maturity in Health Organization Information Systems

2019 ◽  
pp. 294-314
Author(s):  
Alberto Carneiro
Keyword(s):  
Information Systems ◽  
Personal Data ◽  
Security Assessment ◽  
Sensitive Data ◽  
Practical Utilization ◽  
Maturity Models ◽  
Systems Security ◽  
It Managers ◽  
Improvement Measures ◽  
Health Organization

Adapting maturity models to healthcare organization's needs is an issue that researchers and technicians should consider and a valuable instrument for IT managers because these models allow the assessment of a present situation as well as the identification of useful improvement measures. This paper discusses the practical utilization of maturity models, including different manners of exploring model's usefulness. For a more complete understanding of maturity models, the selection of criteria and processes of measurement, called metrics, is briefly reviewed in terms of indicators and daily procedures. Some issues of management information systems security are briefly addressed, along with a note on measuring security assessment. Finally some considerations are presented about the need for privacy of personal data to ensure the strategies to be pursued to sensitive data in order to establish a level of effective privacy which is included in the concerns of security of information systems.

Benefit Plan Cybersecurity Considerations

2019 ◽  
pp. 86-103
Author(s):  
Timothy Rouse ◽  
David N. Levine ◽  
Allison Itami ◽  
Benjamin Taylor
Keyword(s):  
Social Security ◽  
Cyber Security ◽  
Third Party ◽  
Sensitive Data ◽  
Flexible Approach ◽  
Benefit Plan ◽  
Retirement Plan ◽  
Personally Identifiable Information ◽  
The U.S

The U.S. has no comprehensive national law governing cybersecurity and no uniform framework for measuring the effectiveness of protections, though retirement plan record keepers maintain the personally identifiable information on millions of workers, collecting names, birth dates, social security numbers, and beneficiaries. Plan sponsors frequently engage consultants and attorneys to help them secure sensitive data, but more work is necessary to engage a larger discussion around this issue. The SPARK Institute has outlined a flexible approach for an independent third-party reporting of cyber security capabilities with several key control objectives.

Securing Financial Inclusiveness Adoption of Blockchain FinTech Compliance

2022 ◽  
pp. 168-196
Author(s):  
Heru Susanto ◽  
Fahmi Ibrahim ◽  
Rodiah ◽  
Didi Rosiyadi ◽  
Desi Setiana ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Cyber Security ◽  
Financial Services ◽  
Business Models ◽  
Service Providers ◽  
Personal Data ◽  
Financial Service ◽  
Management Approach ◽  
Security Risk ◽  
Payment Systems ◽  
Major Target

Financial technology (FinTech) as part of financial inlcussion changes conventional business models to be information technology minded. The presence of FinTech in the wider community makes it easy for access to financial service products and transactions and payment systems more practically, efficiently, and economically. Unfortunately, as the security risk in transacting increases, cyber security in the financial services industry and FinTech service providers is considered a major target by cybercriminals. This study proposed a security management approach through hybrid blockchain method implemented through flask framework and encryption to protect transaction data. The results are promising. Referring to accuracy, this study successfully reduces data leakage and misuse of personal data and financial data in FinTechs.

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