Status: open
Supervisor: Alois Paulin
Problem Statement
Competing technologies address the challenge to provide dynamic multi-stakeholder access tailored to fit the context of the request for data and the identity of the requester. This so-called fine-grained-access control can be utilised for disruptive governance technology allowing for low-level access to governance data. The objective of this study is to identify the most suiting technology for this context.
Goal
The study will compare the features and provide a SWOT analysis of different technologies providing fine grained control of access to data stored in relational databases. The context of the evaluation is self-service access to governance data, as described in e.g. [1]. The technologies to be compared are the Oracle Virtual Private Database (VPD) and the in-house developed Secure SQL Server (SecSQL) system.
Workflow
- Familiarisation with the technologies under comparison
- Development of KPIs for the SWOT analysis
- Publication of main findings
- Bachelor/Master thesis (in English) and final presentation
Requirements
- Strong analytical skills
- Good command of written and spoken english
- Ambitions to undertake further engage in disruptive technology for governance research and developments
- SQL, C# / .Net
References
- Paulin, A. (2014): Through Liquid Democracy to Sustainable Non-Bureaucratic Government