This white paper will examine the potential of a technological breakthrough to reduce trust-based risks and change the way organizations reach a harmonious balance between consumer privacy and information sharing.
IBM DB2 Anonymous Resolution WhitepaperMay 2005
IBM DB2 Anonymous Resolution:
Knowledge discovery without
knowledge disclosure
Andrew FriedrichWorldwide Product Marketing ManagerIBM DB2 Entity Analytic SolutionsIBM DB2 Anonymous Resolution Whitepaper2
Executive Summary Contents Sharing information about identities (e.g., individuals, employees or customers) is an effective tool for discovering knowledge and increasing the 2 Executive Summary effectiveness and economy of public and private programs and initiatives. Responsible managed, information sharing can help:4 Business Challenge
. Recognize and eliminate fraud; 5 Solution Description . Identify beneficiaries; . Reveal business opportunities; and 8 DB2 Anonymous Resolution . Provide a powerful enhancement to fighting the war on terror Applications
13 Inner Workings "The 9/11 Commission has made observations regarding information sharing, and recommended procedures to provide incentives for sharing 17 Operational Process and creating a 'trusted information network.'""Testimony before the Committee on Government Reform, House of 19 Deployment Considerations Representatives", Government Accountability Office, August 3, 2004
21 Conclusion With the benefits of such collaboration comes a great responsibility to the individuals whose information is being shared. The public must know for 22 Contact & Additional Information certain that their privacy is being protected and that the information they have entrusted to their governments, or the companies with whom they do business, is not being abused:
"It's a basic principle of data protection that personal information that we give for one purpose should not then be used for another purpose without our consent. This is particularly important since we often have no choice about giving government the information in the first place - on tax returns, to receive benefits, to drive, or to obtain a passport."
"Privacy and Data Sharing - Liberty Response to PIU Report", Liberty, April 11, 2002IBM DB2 Anonymous Resolution Whitepaper3
Intended or unintended, organizations who violate this trust risk exposure Key Benefits of DB2 Anonymous Resolution to legal action as well as severe damage to their reputation and brand. The Ūpurpose of this paper is to discuss the utility of IBM's DB2 Anonymous Resolution software, a new solution for de-identifying personally identifiable g Enable the exchange and information assets. correlation of information where it has not been possible in the past. This document will examine the potential of this technological breakthrough g Enhance protections against to reduce trust-based risks and change the way organizations reach a unintended information disclosure. harmonious balance between consumer privacy and information sharing.g Enable multi-party, multi-system discovery without information disclosure.
g Protect anonymity of sensitive data.
g Prevent data re-purposing.
g Permit data to remain in the control of the data owner.
g Protect the privacy of customers and employees.
g Reduce exposure to privacy violations, both regulatory and corporate-based.
g Uncover the true customer value and/or risk of a merger or acquisition.
g Achieve a balance between homeland security missions and privacy interests.
g Enable safe & selective data sharing.IBM DB2 Anonymous Resolution Whitepaper4
Business ChallengeCustomer Pain Points Collaborative sharing of information can raise significant issues, regardless of the application. Often legal, reputational, privacy, and security ramifications g Striking a balance between the present such large barriers that the risk associated with multiparty information demands of sharing information sharing initiatives often outweighs the benefit. (for critical applications, e.g., Homeland Security), and the Consumer Privacypersonal privacy of individuals Under Section 314(b) of the USA PATRIOT Act FSP's (Financial Service whose personally identifiable information (PII) is being shared. Providers) are permitted to share information with one another to identify and report activities to the federal government that may involve money g Finding solutions that do not to laundering or terrorist activity. Although many FSP's have gone through violate host country privacy laws in the not... [download for more]
