Conceptualizing the silent risk of inadvertent information leakages

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Abstract

Cybersecurity researchers and professionals alike strive to develop and implement effective countermeasures to address the problem of data breaches. However, even if all breaches due to misbehavior were preventable, this would not imply that all challenges in the context of data breaches and privacy were addressed. In fact, even intentional sharing of data to enable collaboration bears risks. We argue that the risk of potential information leakages in complex networks by and large is still underestimated to date. This paper introduces the notion of inadvertent information leakages, develops a framework to categorize generic network structures, and analyzes the different categories with regards to their potential for inadvertent information leakages. Furthermore, this paper reviews a case study in the healthcare sector and analyzes the respective network structure based on the risk framework introduced in this paper.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)67-75
Number of pages9
JournalComputers and Electrical Engineering
Volume58
DOIs
StatePublished - 1 Feb 2017

Keywords

  • Case study
  • Inadvertent information leakage
  • Risk framework
  • Semi-honest behavior

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