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New England Database Society sponsored by Sun Microsystems |
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The
Challenge of Assuring Data Trustworthiness
Elisa
Bertino
Purdue University
Friday, May 14, 2010, 4PM
Volen 101, Brandeis University
(preceded by a wine and cheese reception at 3:00 pm, and followed by dinner at 6:00 pm)
Abstract:
Today, more than ever, there is a critical need for organizations to share data within and across the organizations so that analysts and decision makers can analyze and mine the data, and make effective decisions. However, in order for analysts and decision makers to produce accurate analysis and make effective decisions and take actions, data must be trustworthy. Therefore, it is critical that data trustworthiness issues, which also include data quality, provenance and lineage, be investigated for organizational data sharing, situation assessment, multi-sensor data integration and numerous other functions to support decision makers and analysts. The problem of providing trustworthy data to users is an inherently difficult problem that requires articulated solutions combining different methods and techniques. In the talk we will first elaborate on the data trustworthiness challenge and discuss a trust fabric framework to address this challenge. The framework is centered on the need of trustworthiness and risk management for decision makers and analysts and includes four key components: identity management, usage management, provenance management and attack management. We will then present an initial approach for assess the trustworthiness of streaming data and discuss open research directions.
Elisa Bertino is professor of
computer science at Purdue University and Research Director of the
Center for Information and Research in Information Assurance and
Security (CERIAS). Prior to joining Purdue, she was a professor and
department head at the Department of Computer Science and Communication
of the University of Milan. She has been a visiting researcher at the
IBM Research Laboratory (now Almaden) in San Jose, at the
Microelectronics and Computer Technology Corporation, at Rutgers
University, at Telcordia Technologies. Her recent research focuses on
database security, digital identity management, policy systems, and
security for web services. She is a Fellow of ACM and of IEEE. She
received the IEEE Computer Society 2002 Technical Achievement Award and
the IEEE Computer Society 2005 Kanai Award. She a member of the
editorial board of IEEE Transactions on Dependable and Secure
Computing, and IEEE Security & Privacy. She is currently serving as
chair of the ACM Special Interest Group on Security, Audit and Control
(ACM SIGSAC).
Maintained by Olga Papaemmanouil olga AT cs.brandeis.edu