Abstract

Information Security Risks and Controls of Public Geospatial Data
Track: Security
Authors: David Lanter

Summary of National Spatial Data Infrastructure facilitated sharing of public geospatial GIS datasets, risks posed by public geospatial datasets to national critical
infrastructure, Federal Geographic Data Committee’s framework for identifying and controlling geospatial data risks, use of FGDC metadata standards to communicate
geospatial data risk and control information, and research directions in automated
controls to mitigate public geospatial data risks to critical national infrastructure.