Title :
A layered IT infrastructure for secure interoperability in personal data registry digital government services
Author :
Arcieri, Franco ; Fioravanti, Fabio ; Nardelli, Enrico ; Talamo, Maurizio
Author_Institution :
NESTOR, Universita of Roma, Rome, Italy
Abstract :
In this paper we describe the architectural solution defined and implemented to ensure secure interoperability among information technology (IT) systems managing personal data registries in Italian municipalities and Ministry of Interior. The architecture features a clear separation between security services, provided at an infrastructure level, and application services, exposed on the Internet as Web services. This approach has allowed to easily design and implement secure interoperability, since - notwithstanding the huge variety of IT solutions deployed all over the Italian municipalities to manage personal data registries - existing application services have not required major changes to be able to interoperate.
Keywords :
Internet; data privacy; government data processing; information management; open systems; security of data; Internet; Italian municipalities; Ministry of Interior; Web services; application services; architectural solution; digital government services; digital government support; e-service infrastructures; e-service security; e-service technologies; information technology systems; layered IT infrastructure; legacy application interoperability; personal data registry manage; secure interoperability; Computer networks; Computer security; Data security; Grid computing; Information security; Laboratories; Local government; Technology management; Web and internet services; Web services;
Conference_Titel :
Research Issues on Data Engineering: Web Services for e-Commerce and e-Government Applications, 2004. Proceedings. 14th International Workshop on
Print_ISBN :
0-7695-2095-2
DOI :
10.1109/RIDE.2004.1281708