- Research Article
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- 10.1002/1944-2866.poi326
Addressing the policy challenges and opportunities of “Big data”
- Jun 01, 2013
- Policy & Internet
- Helen Margetts + 1 more +1
Addressing the policy challenges and opportunities of “Big data”
The rapid deployment of modern technologies such as iPhone, laptops, digital watch, social network, internet are resulted in handling of enormous amount of data in our day-to-day life. Since the data storage is increased abundantly and techniques to retrieve the relevant information and protection of data related issues to be focused efficiently to protect this big data. However various organisations and IT industries dealing with big data are faced with many security risks in storage and processing of data. Hence the protecting the big data is challenging task for the researchers. MapReduce is an efficient tool for processing large volume of data in a distributed environment. Security and secrecy of data are vital concerns while processing data carried out in MapReduce. In this article, the proposed secure data processing on big data using visual cryptography (SDPBDVC) technique ensures the protection of sensitive information by applying the visual cryptography technique and the processing done only by authorised entities.
Addressing the policy challenges and opportunities of “Big data”
Addressing the policy challenges and opportunities of “Big data”
Big data privacy: a technological perspective and review
Big data is a term used for very large data sets that have more varied and complex structure. These characteristics usually correlate with additional difficulties in storing, analyzing and applying further procedures or extracting results. Big data analytics is the term used to describe the process of researching massive amounts of complex data in order to reveal hidden patterns or identify secret correlations. However, there is an obvious contradiction between the security and privacy of big data and the widespread use of big data. This paper focuses on privacy and security concerns in big data, differentiates between privacy and security and privacy requirements in big data. This paper covers uses of privacy by taking existing methods such as HybrEx, k-anonymity, T-closeness and L-diversity and its implementation in business. There have been a number of privacy-preserving mechanisms developed for privacy protection at different stages (for example, data generation, data storage, and data processing) of a big data life cycle. The goal of this paper is to provide a major review of the privacy preservation mechanisms in big data and present the challenges for existing mechanisms. This paper also presents recent techniques of privacy preserving in big data like hiding a needle in a haystack, identity based anonymization, differential privacy, privacy-preserving big data publishing and fast anonymization of big data streams. This paper refer privacy and security aspects healthcare in big data. Comparative study between various recent techniques of big data privacy is also done as well.
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 Introduction
 With the rapid advancements in neurotechnological machinery and improved analytical insights from machine learning in neuroscience, the availability of big brain data has increased tremendously. Neurological health research is done using digitized brain data.[1] There must be adequate data governance to secure the privacy of subjects participating in brain research and treatments. If not properly regulated, the research methods could lead to significant breaches of the subject’s autonomy and privacy. This paper will address the necessity for neuroprotection laws, which effectively govern the use of big brain data to ensure respect for patient privacy and autonomy.
 Background
 Artificial intelligence and machine learning can be integrated with neuroscience big brain data to drive research studies. This integrative technology allows patterns of electrical activity in neurons to be studied in detail.[2]Specifically, it uses a robotic system which can reason, plan, and exhibit biologically intelligent behavior. Machine learning is a method of computer programming where the code can adapt its behavior based on big brain data.[3] The big brain data is the collection of large amounts of information for the purpose of deciphering patterns through computer analysis using machine learning.[4] The information that these technologies provide is extensive enough to allow a researcher to read a patient’s mind. AI and machine learning technologies work by finding the underlying structure of brain data, which is then described by patterns known as latent factors, eventually resulting in an understanding of the brain’s temporal dynamics.[5]
 Through these technologies, researchers are able to decipher how the human brain computes its performances and thoughts. However, due to the extensive and complex nature of the data processed through AI and machine learning, researchers may gain access to personal information a patient may not wish to reveal. From a bioethical lens, tensions arise in the realm of patient autonomy. Patients are not able to control the transmission of data from their brains that is analyzed by researchers. Governing brain data through laws may enhance the extent of patient privacy in the case where brain data is being used through AI technologies.[6] A responsible approach to governing brain data would require a sophisticated legal structure.
 Analysis
 Impact on Patient Autonomy and Privacy 
 In research pertaining to big brain data, the consent forms do not fully cover the vast amounts of information that is collected. According to research, personal data has become the most sought out commodity to provide content to corporations and the web-based service industry. Unfortunately, data leaks that release private information frequently occur.[7] The storage of an individual’s data on technologies accessible on the internet during research studies makes it vulnerable to leaks, jeopardizing an individual’s privacy. These data leaks may cause the patient to be identified easily, as the degree of information provided by AI technologies are personalized and may be decoded through brain fingerprinting methods.[8]
 There has been an extensive growth in the development and use of AI. It is efficient in providing information to radiologists who diagnose various diseases including brain cancer and psychiatric disease, and AI assists in the delivery of telemedicine.[9] However, the ethical pitfall of reduced patient autonomy must be addressed by analyzing current AI technologies and creating more options for patient preference in how the data may be used. For instance, facial recognition technology[10] commonly used in health care produces more information than listed in common consent forms, threatening to undermine informed consent. Facial recognition software collects extensive data and may disclose more information than a person would prefer to provide despite being a useful tool for diagnosing medical and genetic conditions.[11] In addition, people may not be aware that their images are being used to generate more clinical data for other purposes. It is difficult to guarantee the data is anonymized. Consent requirements must include informing people about the complexity of the potential uses of the data; software developers should maximize patient privacy.[12] Furthermore, there is a “human element” in the use of AI technologies as medical providers control the use and the extent to which data is captured or accessed through the AI technologies.[13] People must understand the scope of the technology and have clear communication with the physician or health care provider about how the medical information will be used. 
 Existing Laws for Brain Data Governance 
 A strict system of defined legal responsibilities of medical providers will ensure a higher degree of patient privacy and autonomy when AI technologies and data from machine learning are used. Governing specific algorithmic data is crucial in safeguarding a patient’s privacy and developing a gold standard treatment protocol following the procurement of the information.[14] Certain AI technologies provide more data than others, and legal boundaries should be established to ensure strong performance, quality control, and scope for patient privacy and autonomy. For instance, currently AI technologies are being used in the realm of intensive neurological care. However, there is a significant level of patient uncertainty about how much control patients have over the data’s uses.[15] Calibrated legal and ethical standards will allow important brain data to be securely governed and monitored.
 Once brain signals are recorded and processed from one individual, the data may be merged with other data in Brain Computer Interface Technology (BCI).[16] To ensure a right and ability to retrieve personal data or pull it from the collection, specific regulations for varying types of data are needed.[17] The importance of consent and patient privacy must be considered through giving patients a transparent view of how brain data is governed.[18] The legal system must address discriminatory issues and risks to patients whose data is used in studies. Laws like the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and the California Consumer Privacy Protection Act (CCPA) can serve as effective models to protect aggregated data. These laws govern consumer information and ensure the compliance when personal data is collected.[19] California voters recently approved expansion of the CCPA to health data. The Washington Privacy Act, which would have provided rights to access, change, and withdraw personal data, failed to pass. Other states should improve privacy as well,[20] although a federal bill would be preferable. Scientists at the Heidelberg Academy of Sciences argue for data security to be governed in a manner that balances patient privacy and autonomy with the commercial interests of researchers.[21] The balance could be achieved through privacy protections like those in the Washington Privacy Act. Although the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) provides an overall framework to deter the likelihood of dangers to patient protection and privacy, more thorough laws are warranted to combat pervasive data transfer and analysis that technology has brought to the health care industry.[22] Breaches of patient privacy under current HIPAA regulations include releasing patient information to a reporter without their consent and sending HIV data to a patient’s employer without consent.[23] HIPAA does not cover information being shared with outside contractors who do not have an agreement with technology companies to keep patient data confidential. HIPAA regulations also do not always address blatant breaches on patient data confidentiality.[24] Patients must be provided with methods to monitor the data being analyzed to be able to view the extent of private information being generated via AI technologies. In health research, the medical purposes of better diagnosis, earlier detection of diseases, or prevention are ethical justifications for the use of the data if it was collected with permission, the person understood and approved the uses of the data, and the data was deidentified.
 A standard governance framework is required in providing the fairest system of care to patients who allow their brain data to be examined. Informed consent in the neuroscience field could reaffirm the privacy and autonomy of patients by ensuring that they understand the type of information collected. Laws also could protect data after a patient’s death. Malpractice in the scope of brain data could give people a cause of action critical in safeguarding patient’s rights. Data breach lawsuits will become common but generally do not cover deidentified data that becomes part of big data collection. A more synchronized approach to the collection and consent process will encourage an understanding of how big data is used to diagnose and treat patients. Some altruistic people may even be more likely to consent if they know the largescale data collection is helpful to treat and diagnose people. Others should have the ability to opt out of sharing neurological data, especially when there is not certainty surrounding deidentification.[25]
 Conclusion
 Artificial intelligence and machine learning technologies have the potential to aid in the diagnosis and treatment of people globally by extracting and aggregating brain data specific to individuals. However, the secure use of the data is necessary to build trust between care providers and patients, as well as in balancing the bioethical principles of beneficence and patient autonomy. We must ensure the highest quality of care to patients, while protecting their privacy, informed consent, and clinical trust. More sophis
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Effect of data privacy and security investment on the value of big data firms
An efficient and secure data storage in cloud computing using modified RSA public key cryptosystem
<span lang="EN-US">Cloud Computing is the ability to improve the utility or train new human resources without investing in new infrastructure, or add capabilities to existence without the latest software licensing. It expanded the capabilities of Information Technology (IT). From the past few years, cloud computing has developed from a good business concept in the best rising sectors of the IT industry. But more information on individuals and companies was put in the cloud, and concerns began to think about how secure the cloud environment was. Despite cloud surrounding structures, enterprise users still do not want to expand their business in the cloud. Security reduces the growth of cloud computing and continues to spread the market with complexity with data privacy and data protection. The security of cloud computing has constantly been an significant aspect of improved quality of service from cloud service providers. Data storage in the cloud has a problem related to data security. However, cloud computing construct many new security challenges which have not been well examine. In order to ensure that the user's data in the cloud is secure, we have proposed an effective mechanism with a distinctive feature of data integrity and privacy. This paper focusing on problems relating to the cloud data storage techniques and security in virtual environment. We recommend a method for providing data storage and security in cloud using public key Cryptosystem, which uses the concept of the modified RSA algorithm to provide better security for the data stored in the cloud. </span>
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Extreme learning with projection relational algebraic secured data transmission for big cloud data
SummaryCloud Computing (CC) and big data are growing technology in the business. Big data is demonstrated in terms of volume, variety, and velocity. CC is employed for storing, processing, and accessing data. Many cryptographic techniques have been developed to enhance big data security in cloud computing. However, security and privacy are the primary concerns in protecting data, as it is highly sensitive. Yet, it faces the major problems of inefficient performance, increased time consumption, and lack of data confidentiality and integrity. To address this issue, proposed Extreme Learning with Projection Relational Algebraic Secured Data Transmission (ELPRA‐SDT) is introduced to secure data transactions from cloud users to cloud servers with enhanced data confidentiality and reduced time consumption for big cloud data. The proposed ELPRA‐SDT consists of two major processes namely registration and key generation. At first, the user's IP address is registered employing a transitive advanced set relation theory graph model in a cloud server (CS) for retrieving the numerous services. The CS generates private and public keys for each registered user's IP address using the Transitive Operational and Time Synchronized Random Winternitz Key generation model. After, the user sends a request to the CS for acquiring data. The CS validates the requested user based on security policy attributes. Second, the Projection Relational Algebraic Signcryption and Unsigncryption algorithm performs signature verification to ensure secure data access for protecting the data. Results of experiments carried out by using Coburg Intrusion Detection Data Sets‐001 dataset in Java. ELPRA‐SDT method is more efficient and more suitable for providing security and privacy to network traces in the Cloud. The result shows maximum performance with data confidentiality by 10% and data integrity by 13%. In addition, delay is reduced by 32%, and data delivery time and communication complexity is decreased by 28% and 24% to other existing methods.
Read moreHadoop based mining of distributed association rules from big data
Data analysis techniques need to be improved to allow the processing of data. One of the most commonly used techniques is the Association Rule Mining (ARM). These rules are used to detect facts that often occur together within a dataset. Though several methods have been suggested for the extraction of association rules, problems arise when data becomes large. To overcome such issue, we propose, in this paper, an efficient approach for ARM based on MapReduce framework, adapted for processing large volumes of data. Furthermore, because real-life databases lead to huge number of rules including many redundant rules, our algorithm propose to mine a compact set of rules with no loss of information. The results of experiments tested on large real world datasets highlight the relevance of mined data.
Read moreSpecial issue on Security, Privacy and Trust in network-based Big Data
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Big Data, Big Expectations, and Big Judgements.
Big Data, Big Expectations, and Big Judgements.
The Current Situation and Countermeasures of Chinese Enterprise Management under Big Data
With the rapid development of science and technology, big data is becoming an important resource for enterprise management. The purpose of this paper is to analyse the current situation of Chinese enterprise management under big data, conduct cause analysis, and propose corresponding countermeasures. By reviewing and analysing relevant literature, we find that in the era of big data, Chinese enterprises face challenges in data acquisition, data processing and data application, data security privacy and protection. Then, we analyse the causes from four aspects: data dispersion and fragmentation, data quality issues, data privacy and security issues, and technology and talent shortage. Finally, in order to make full use of the opportunities that big data brings to enterprises, Chinese enterprises need to establish a sound data strategy, strengthen data security and protection, build a data-driven decision-making system, strengthen data sharing and cooperation, continuously innovate and optimise their business models, strengthen data governance, broaden the field of data applications, and cultivate high-quality data analytics talents. These countermeasures will help Chinese enterprises better cope with the challenges posed by the era of big data and achieve sustained innovation and development.
Read moreThe Art of Data Science and Big Data Analytics: Inspecting and Transforming Data
Data Science is associated with new discoveries, the discovery of value from the data. It is a practice of deriving insights and developing business strategies through transformation of data in to useful information. It has been evaluated as a scientific field and research evolution in disciplines like statistics, computing science, intelligence science, and practical transformation in the domains like science, engineering, public sector, business and lifestyle. The field encompasses the larger areas of artificial intelligence, data analytics, machine learning, pattern recognition, natural language understanding, and big data manipulation. It also tackles related new scientific challenges, ranging from data capture, creation, storage, retrieval, sharing, analysis, optimization, and visualization, to integrative analysis across heterogeneous and interdependent complex resources for better decision-making, collaboration, and, ultimately, value creation. In this paper we entitled epicycles of analysis, formal modeling, from data analysis to data science, data analytics -A keystone of data science, The Big data is not a single technology but an amalgamation of old and new technologies that assistance companies gain actionable awareness. The big data is vital because it manages, store and manipulates large amount of data at the desirable speed and time. Big data addresses detached requirements, in other words the amalgamate of multiple un-associated datasets, processing of large amounts of amorphous data and harvesting of unseen information in a time-sensitive generation.
 As businesses struggle to stay up with changing market requirements, some companies are finding creative ways to use Big Data to their growing business needs and increasingly complex problems. As organizations evolve their processes and see the opportunities that Big Data can provide, they struggle to beyond traditional Business Intelligence activities, like using data to populate reports and dashboards, and move toward Data Science- driven projects that plan to answer more open-ended and sophisticated questions.
 Although some organizations are fortunate to have data scientists, most are not, because there is a growing talent gap that makes finding and hiring data scientists in a timely manner is difficult. This paper, aimed to demonstrate a close view about Data science, big data, including big data concepts like data storage, data processing, and data analysis of these technological developments, we also provide brief description about big data analytics and its characteristics , data structures, data analytics life cycle, emphasizes critical points on these issues.
Read moreExtracting sample data based on poisson distribution
Sampling methods are becoming in demand due to the rapid growth of big data applications. The term “Big Data” not only means the large size of data volume but also indicates the high speed of data generation, which plagues many existing data mining and analytic applications owing to the limited capability of processing large volume of data for real time analysis. Therefore, the demands for the use of sampling to generate summary data sets that support rapid queries are increasing according to Cormode and Duffield. The state-of-the art in sampling methods have been successfully applied to various areas including network traffic and social networks[1]. In this paper, a novel Poisson-based sampling method is introduced to provide a comprehensive data set for real time analysis. The proposed Poisson-based sampling method extends the previous Normal Distribution sampling method [2]. The experimental results show efficiency of the proposed method.
Read moreSocial big data: Recent achievements and new challenges
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The problem of analysis of big web data and the use of data mining technology for processing and searching patterns in big web data on a practical example
The purpose of the work is to study the current problems and prospects of the solution for processing big data received or stored in the Internet (web data), as well as the possibility of practical realization of Data Mining technology for big web data on practical example. Materials and methods. The study included a review of bibliographic sources on big data analysis problems.Data Mining technology was used to analyze large web data, as well as computer modeling of a practical problem using the C # programming language and creating a DDL database structure for accumulating web data.Results. In the course of the work, the specifics of big data were described, the main characteristics of big data were highlighted, and modern approaches to processing big data were analyzed. A brief description of the horizontal-scalable architecture and the BI-solution architecture for big data processing is given. The problems of processing large web data are formulated: limiting the speed of access to data, providing access via network protocols through general-purpose networks.An example showing the approach to processing large web data was also implemented. Based on the idea of big data, the described complexities of web data processing and the methods of Data Mining, techniques were proposed for effectively solving the practical problem of processing and searching patterns in a large data array.The following classes have been developed in the C # programming language:Class of receiving web data via the Internet; Data conversion class;Intelligent data processing class;Created DDL script that creates a structure for the accumulation of web data.A single UML class diagram has been developed.The constructed system of data and classes allows to solve the main part of the problems of processing large web data and perform intelligent processing using Data Mining technology in order to solve the problem posed of identifying certain records in a large array. The combination of object-oriented approach, neural networks and BI-analysis to filter data will speed up the process of data processing and obtaining the result of the studyConclusion. According to the results of the study, it can be argued that the current state of technology for analyzing large web data allows you to efficiently process data objects, identify patterns, get hidden data and get full-fledged statistical data.The obtained results can be used both for the purpose of the initial study of big data processing technologies, and as a basis for developing an already real application for analyzing web data. The use of neural networks and the created universal classes-handlers makes the created architecture flexible and self-learning, and the class declarations and the base DDL structure will greatly simplify the development of program code.
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