On the security of international data exchange ser

Authors: Kim Hartmann Christoph Steup

Publish Date: 2015/06/25

Volume: 39, Issue: 7, Pages: 472-476

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Abstract

The effects of globalisation and information welfare combined with the increasing mobility of individuals lead to a number of challenges to modern states In order to guarantee a smooth secure uninterrupted organisational flow governments and their subsidiaries need to cooperate and exchange data on individuals and organisations across national borders However insufficiently secured communication of such data imposes security threats which may endanger the individual’s privacy Currently several states within Europe develop and operate egovernance systems These are primarily designed to allow the exchange of data within the institutions of one state However examples such as the Estonian egovernance backbone system XRoad strive towards an EUwide expansion Technical solutions for the transnational exchange of data between governmental institutions are an unavoidable part of the future of cyberspace Despite the fact that EU specifications exist the discrepancy between specification and implementation becomes immanent This article explores some of the general aspects of the design of secure transnational data exchange frameworks A comparative analysis of existing egovernance systems within Europe is given based on defined security aspects It is explored how decisions made in the design may affect the security of the underlying network and its components The challenges of transnational data exchange frameworks are discussed

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