Design of a Business-to-Government Information Sharing Architecture Using Business Rules

Book chapter (2016)
Department
Engineering Systems and Services (TPM) (TU Delft)
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Encryption Supply chain Information sharing Decryption Software-architecture Business rules Customs
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Published Date

12-01-2016

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Software Engineering and Formal Methods. SEFM 2015 Collocated Workshops: ATSE, HOFM, MoKMaSD, and VERY*SCART, York, UK, September 7-8, 2015. Lecture Notes in Computer Science 9509; Authors version

ISBN:

978-3-662-49223-9

Source:

http://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-662-49224-6_11

Faculty

Technology, Policy and Management

Department

Engineering Systems and Services

Abstract

Information sharing between businesses and government agencies is of vital importance, yet business are often reluctant to share information, e.g. as it might be misused. Taking this into account is however often overlooked in the design of software architectures. In this research we apply a design science approach to develop an software architecture that is acceptable by businesses. From a case study we derive the requirements an architecture should meet in order to contribute to increasing willingness to share information. In this paper the architecture is developed and evaluated according to the requirements. We recommend the use of different types of business rules that provide businesses with control over their data, in combination with encryption and decryption of data to provide access to parts of the data within an organization.