The Essential Link between Privacy and Security: Optimizing for Both

 As we explore how best to use data analytics to provide value for important social functions like healthcare, education, transportation and law enforcement, many people believe that the use of the data will necessarily erode privacy. I believe not merely that we can preserve privacy, but that data analytics can particularly serve privacy interests when we use data to increase security.

As cybersecurity threats become more harmful and perpetrators more difficult to detect, governments and companies must work together to deploy a distributed, effective cybersecurity response. The use of data—in ways that are both robust and protected—will be critical to the success of these efforts and to optimizing both security and privacy. Using the Fair Information Practice Principles as the guide, we can avoid false tradeoffs between security and privacy and instead realize both of these important goals. For the full article click here

 

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