Secured Fisheries Database with Role-Based Access Control
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Solution Overview
Problem
The challenge lies in providing industry access to proprietary fisheries dependent data while preserving the confidentiality rights of fishers, as existing systems struggle to balance data traceability and verification with the protection of sensitive information in the seafood supply chain, especially in a globalized trade environment lacking international standards.
Innovation Solution
An industry-accessible secured fisheries database is established, using security measures like encryption and access control to store and manage proprietary data, allowing authorized access while maintaining confidentiality, and implementing APIs for data transfer and verification processes to ensure secure traceability and verification of seafood products.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If proprietary fisheries dependent data is made accessible to industry members for traceability and verification, then the ability to trace seafood products and verify supply chain data is improved, but the confidentiality rights of fishers are compromised
Solution Approach 1:
The system segments data access rights by user role and purpose. Different industry members can access different portions of the fisheries dependent data based on their specific needs for traceability and verification, rather than providing universal access to all data. This segmentation allows traceability functions to be performed while protecting sensitive confidential information that is not relevant to specific traceability tasks.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces an intermediary verification system that acts as a mediator between fishers and industry members. This intermediary layer processes and validates supply chain data against fisheries dependent data without requiring direct access to the underlying confidential information. The intermediary performs verification functions while maintaining data confidentiality through controlled disclosure mechanisms.
2Reliability
If a secured database system is implemented to protect confidentiality, then data security is improved, but system complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The secured database system is designed with multi-functional capabilities that consolidate multiple security operations into unified processes. The system performs authentication, authorization, data encryption, and access logging through integrated modules rather than separate systems, reducing overall complexity while maintaining comprehensive security. The universal design allows the same security framework to serve multiple industry members and data types.
Solution Approach 2:
The system dynamically adjusts security parameters such as access levels, data masking degrees, and verification requirements based on user roles, data sensitivity, and operational context. Rather than implementing fixed complex security protocols, the system modifies security parameters adaptively, simplifying the overall system architecture while maintaining robust protection through context-appropriate security measures.
Data Source
AI summary
Systems and methods may be used to provide industry access to proprietary fisheries dependent data originating from fishers while preserving confidentiality rights of the fishers. An industry-accessible secured fisheries database is established to store proprietary fisheries dependent data, for example, received from a government fisheries database that collects fisheries dependent data in accordance with a fishery regulating authority. User interfaces may be established for database administrators and/or industry members to access the industry-accessible secured fisheries database. Application programming interfaces (APis) may be established for interfacing with other software applications, for example, to transfer the fisheries dependent data into the industry-accessible secured fisheries database and/or to access the proprietary fisheries dependent data for purposes of traceability and/or verification of fish products. The industry-accessible secured fisheries database and the interfaces may use various security measures or techniques to preserve confidentiality rights of the fishers and while providing access to the proprietary data.