RA3 PAPER: Cloud solution for indigenous data...
URL: https://doi.org/10.1111/tgis.13153
A cloud-based solution for trustless indigenous data sovereignty: protecting Māori biodiversity data management in Aotearoa New Zealand
April 2024
Sharma P, Martin M, Swanlund D, Latham C, Anderson D, Wood W. 2024. A cloud-based solution for trustless indigenous data sovereignty: protecting Māori biodiversity data management in Aotearoa New Zealand. Transactions in GIS.
ABSTRACT
Indigenous peoples should be able to govern data about themselves, their territories, resources, and ways of life, collected by themselves or others. However, the progressive use of cloud computing for the geoweb raises data security and privacy concerns. We propose a complete and trustless approach for indigenous geospatial data sovereignty on the cloud by furnishing security functions at the core—the web browser. Geomasking permits sharing an anonymized dataset with less privileged users, while the original is protected and shared with sovereign data owners via public-key encryption. The encrypted dataset's hash value is notarized on the blockchain for the verification of its authenticity when on the cloud. The application was designed for the protection of Biodiversity Management Areas stewarded by the Māori people in Aotearoa New Zealand. It enables diversified functions of geospatial data protection compared with previous works focusing on the cloud by solving data-sharing problems without relying on a third party.
KEYWORDS
Cloud-based solution; Trustless; Indigenous data sovereignty; Māori; Biodiversity management; Aotearoa New Zealand;
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