In this subprogram, security and privacy aspects related to the distributed Grid infrastructure that underlies VL-e are studied. A central question is:
"How can we run sensitive applications on a distributed system which spans different -possibly untrusted- administrative domains?".
This question triggers many technical questions related to data and system protection. It becomes is particularly challenging when the information in question is privacy-sensitive in nature, as may be the case for medical imaging research data (see SP 1.3).
Solutions studied in SP2.4 range from technical and organizational - for example by designing mechanisms to allow scientists to reason over security aspects of the underlying system, such that they can establish to what degree they trust this system - to theoretical, for example by modeling a de-identification mechanism used for medical data so that we can determine the level of privacy provided by this mechanism.
Partners
Programme leader
Guido van 't Noordende, UvA
Institute for Informatics (SNE group)
guido *AT* science DOT uva DOT nl
tel: 020 525 7435
People working at SP2.4
Guido van 't Noordende, UvA (SNE group)
Matthijs Koot, UvA (SNE group)