Data Release - Trust, Identity, Privacy and Security

There is a clear argument for releasing public data so that commercial companies can create added value by developing apps that can harness the data or utilise the data in existing apps. But there can also be unintended consequences. Therefore, we must strike a correct balance that ensures data releases are safe, secure and do not break privacy and trust, but also provide enough data to produce economic benefits. Organisations that collect and host personal data must be confident about security and privacy. Organisations need a holistic approach to safeguard data release. The close integration of formal modelling, data mining, visual analytics and information security management can solve the complex problem of predicting the impact of releasing data sets