In the coming age of information warfare, information security patterns take on a more offensive than defensive stance [1]. However, most existing security systems remain passive and do not provide an active form of security protection. It is necessary to develop an active form of offensive approach to security protection in order to guard vital information infrastructures and thwart hackers. T...

BACKGROUND Direct-to-consumer genetic testing (DTCGT) offers risk estimates for a variety of complex diseases and conditions, yet little is known about its impact on actual users, including their decisions about sharing the information gleaned from testing. Ethical considerations include the impact of unsolicited genetic information with variable validity and clinical utility on relatives, and ...

Taking a step beyond segmentation, privacy researchers have recently proposed privacy personalization or adaptation as an approach to assist users in their privacy decision making. Analyzing a number of datasets of users’ personal information disclosure behavior, we find an interesting phenomenon regarding privacy personalization: the order in which information is requested has an impact on pre...

Access control mechanisms protect sensitive information from unauthorized users. However, when sensitive information is shared and a Privacy Protection Mechanism (PPM) is not in place, an authorized user can still compromise the privacy of a person leading to identity disclosure. A PPM can use suppression and generalization of relational data to anonymize and satisfy privacy requirements, e.g.,...