Dr Owen Lo O.Lo@napier.ac.uk
Senior Research Fellow
GLASS: A Citizen-Centric Distributed Data-Sharing Model within an e-Governance Architecture
Lo, Owen; Buchanan, William; Sayeed, Sarwar; Papadopoulos, Pavlos; Pitropakis, Nikolaos; Chrysoulas, Christos
Authors
Prof Bill Buchanan B.Buchanan@napier.ac.uk
Professor
Sarwar Sayeed
Dr Pavlos Papadopoulos P.Papadopoulos@napier.ac.uk
Lecturer
Dr Nick Pitropakis N.Pitropakis@napier.ac.uk
Associate Professor
Dr Christos Chrysoulas C.Chrysoulas@napier.ac.uk
Lecturer
Abstract
E-governance is a process that aims to enhance a government’s ability to simplify all the processes that may involve government, citizens, businesses, and so on. The rapid evolution of digital technologies has often created the necessity for the establishment of an e-Governance model. There is often a need for an inclusive e-governance model with integrated multiactor governance services and where a single market approach can be adopted. e-Governance often aims to minimise bureaucratic processes, while at the same time including a digital-by-default approach to public services. This aims at administrative efficiency and the reduction of bureaucratic processes. It can also improve government capabilities, and enhances trust and security, which brings confidence in governmental transactions. However, solid implementations of a distributed data sharing model within an e-governance architecture is far from a reality; hence, citizens of European countries often go through the tedious process of having their confidential information verified. This paper focuses on the sinGLe sign-on e-GovernAnce Paradigm based on a distributed file-exchange network for security, transparency, cost-effectiveness and trust (GLASS) model, which aims to ensure that a citizen can control their relationship with governmental agencies. The paper thus proposes an approach that integrates a permissioned blockchain with the InterPlanetary File System (IPFS). This method demonstrates how we may encrypt and store verifiable credentials of the GLASS ecosystem, such as academic awards, ID documents and so on, within IPFS in a secure manner and thus only allow trusted users to read a blockchain record, and obtain the encryption key. This allows for the decryption of a given verifiable credential that stored on IPFS. This paper outlines the creation of a demonstrator that proves the principles of the GLASS approach.
Citation
Lo, O., Buchanan, W., Sayeed, S., Papadopoulos, P., Pitropakis, N., & Chrysoulas, C. (2022). GLASS: A Citizen-Centric Distributed Data-Sharing Model within an e-Governance Architecture. Sensors, 22(6), Article 2291. https://doi.org/10.3390/s22062291
Journal Article Type | Article |
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Acceptance Date | Mar 11, 2022 |
Online Publication Date | Mar 16, 2022 |
Publication Date | 2022 |
Deposit Date | Mar 17, 2022 |
Publicly Available Date | Mar 17, 2022 |
Journal | Sensors |
Publisher | MDPI |
Peer Reviewed | Peer Reviewed |
Volume | 22 |
Issue | 6 |
Article Number | 2291 |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.3390/s22062291 |
Keywords | distributed data sharing; distributed ledger; IPFS; blockchain; privacy |
Public URL | http://researchrepository.napier.ac.uk/Output/2855048 |
Publisher URL | https://www.mdpi.com/1424-8220/22/6/2291 |
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