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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

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Sarwar Sayeed



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
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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