CIOs balance privacy and accessibility
Information technology departments continually try to stay ahead of privacy and security threats while preserving access to public records and information.
Information technology departments continually try to stay ahead of privacy and security threats while preserving access to public records and information. To help identify privacy threats, the National Association of State Chief Information Officers compiled a research brief entitled, “Keeping Citizen Trust: What Can a State CIO Do to Protect Privacy?” Available on the Web at www.nascio.org/publications/researchBrief.cfm, the brief explores some areas in which privacy issues might emerge, including enterprise architecture, policy, security and business processes. It suggests ways to address those issues, including crafting privacy policies and tracking assets, and cites case studies from Arkansas and North Carolina.