A team of researchers in Waterford Institute of Technology's TSSG (Telecommunications Software and Systems Group) were recently appointed as lead co-ordinators of ENDORSE, a €3.7 million EU-wide research project to create technical and legal framework for data management, to prevent the accidental or unauthorised use of sensitive personal information.
Privacy and data protection are seen to be major concerns for organisations, law makers, consumer and human rights groups, government and data subjects, individuals who are the subject of personal data. The Data Protection Commissioner's 2009 report showed a 47% increase in security breaches with 119 reported incidents. Two high profile incidents involved sensitive client details held by Bord Gáis and the Health Service Executive.
The ENDORSE project brings together legal experts, computer science partners and software firms from Ireland, the UK, the Netherlands, Spain, Austria and Italy. The aim of the project is to provide confidence in data protection. To do this, infrastructural components will be developed to help organisations ensure their personal data management policies and practices comply with national implementations of the EU Data Protection Directive.
ENDORSE will also provide organisations with tools to enable them to show individuals how their personal data is being used, by whom and for what purpose. Automating users' access to this information is expected to result in significant savings for organisations currently dealing with these requests on an individual basis.
Boosting TSSG's ongoing work in ICT security, this two and a half year project involves collaboration with partners from the public and private sector including the DL Legal, Soluta.Net, University of Zaragoza, Tilburg University, Salzburg University of Applied Sciences, SEECOMMS (Research ) Limited, CREATE-NET, Europ Assistand Italia.
TSSG researchers are among Ireland's leading telecommunications and software engineering experts whose work sees them partner with academic and global industry leaders. The group conducts research in telecommunications network management security and mobile services and is recognised as one of the top ten European institutes driving 'Future Internet' research.
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