PUBLICATION
Enhancing Security in Managing Personal Data by Web Systems
Type
Thesis
Year
2017
Authors
Research Area
Published in
Doctoral Dissertations in Web Engineering and Web Science ; Volume 3
ISBN/ISSN
978-3-961000-10-4
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Abstract
Web systems have become an integral part in
daily life of billions of people. Social is a key characteristic today’s web
projects need to feature in order to be successful in the social age. To benefit from an
improved user experience, individual persons are continually invited to reveal more and
more personal data to web systems.
With a rising severity of attacks on web
systems, it is evident that their security is inadequate for the amount of accumulated
personal data. Numerous threat reports indicate that social media has become a top-ranking
attack target, with climbing impacts, with ramifications beyond single individuals and
with a booming black market to trade leaked personal data.
To enhance
information security in managing personal data by web systems for the mutual benefit of
individual persons, companies and governments, this dissertation proposes a solution
architecture and three research contributions. While the solution architecture establishes
the foundation for a more secure management of personal data by web systems, the research
contributions represent complementary components for protecting personal data against
unwanted data disclosure, tampering and use without the actual data owner’s
intent or knowledge. Not only do these components enable seamless integration and
combination, but they also contribute to assure quality and maintainability. The
dissertation concludes with discussing evaluation results and providing an outlook towards
future work.
Reference
Wild, Stefan: Enhancing Security in Managing Personal Data by Web Systems. Doctoral Dissertations in Web Engineering and Web Science ; Volume 3, 2017.
