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Security and Privacy Aspects of Semantic Data

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Security and privacy for the resource description framework

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Access control is a mechanism used to restrict access to data or systems, based on rules that grant subjects (e.g., individuals, groups, roles) access rights to resources (e.g., data or systems) (Sandhu and Samarati 1994). Enforcement is usually broken into two stages: authentication and authorization. Authentication involves the verification the data subjects identity or attributes, whereas authorization is a mechanism used to determine if the requester (i.e., the subject) has the access rights necessary to carry out the request.

Encryption is an effective means of ensuring the confidentiality and integrity of information stored locally or transferred over a network (Menezes et al. 1996). Encryption involves the translation of data into an unintelligible form through the use of a secret key. Decryption is the process of restoring data to its original form through the use of a key (which may or may not be...

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Kirrane, S. (2019). Security and Privacy Aspects of Semantic Data. In: Sakr, S., Zomaya, A.Y. (eds) Encyclopedia of Big Data Technologies. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-77525-8_290

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