CEU Electronic Theses and Dissertations, 2020
| Author | Shayegan, Ehsanullah |
|---|---|
| Title | Big Data Utilization in Security Sector: A Case Study of the United States of America |
| Summary | This thesis goal is to assess the use of big data in U.S security sector. It tries to draw recommendation, on the basis of lessons from U.S big data initiatives in security agencies. This is carried out by relying on secondary data; gathered from different academic journals, books, official reports, strategic plans and online archives of the U.S government. Based on the results from this study, U.S is one of the successful examples of big data utilization in public sector. Specifically, the deployment of big data in U.S security agencies, has enormously transcended the effectiveness of security measures; enabling them in better prediction, identification, and mitigation of crimes and threats. Also, this study finds that big data utilization has become a prevalent practice for informing the decisions in U.S security agencies. However, the success in U.S security agencies is understandable in a bigger enabling environment. In addition to the collaboration among sectors, the political and economic factors have greatly contributed to this mission. Despite the optimism in effectiveness of big data utilization in security area, this thesis emphasizes on the importance of data privacy and the necessity of keeping the proper balance between data acquisition and protection of human rights values such as freedom, civil liberties and personal privacy. |
| Supervisor | Hübsche, Evelyne |
| Department | Public Policy MA |
| Full text | https://www.etd.ceu.edu/2020/shayegan_ehsanullah.pdf |
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