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Big Data: Storage, Sharing, and Security
10.2.2.1 Confidentiality
Confidentiality is the goal of keeping all sensitive data secret from an adversary. More formally,
traditional definitions of confidentiality guarantee that an adversary should learn no information
about the sensitive data, other than its length. Confidentiality is critical in big data applications
to guarantee that sensitive data are not revealed to the wrong parties.
10.2.2.2 Integrity
Integrity is the goal that any unauthorized modification of data should be detectable. That is,
a malicious adversary should not be able to modify such data without leaving a trace. This is
very important ...