Open Data analysis to retrieve sensitive information regarding national-centric critical infrastructures
Renato Fontana · 2014
Open Data repositories store a variety of information from country governments and private sectors that can be used to conduct research, development and analysis. The volume of data made publicly available supporting the Freedom of Information Act is increasing exponentially as new data is being published by government and private sectors upon users request. A concern with the releasing of government and private sector data is that sensitive information can be obtained by means of visualization techiques. The project presented in this report uses a method of visual analytics known as feedback loop process to acquire insights from data. Visualizations were created to identify patterns in areas with a high number of Critical Infrastructures sector. The results show that its possible to retrieve precise locations where critical infrastructures overlaps by applying visual analysis techniques.