Summary - X.1471 (09/2024) - Reference monitor for online analytics services

Big data analysis services are based on undefined unstructured data including user behaviour, purchases, payments, locations and the consumption of various Internet content. It can provide new insights that were not previously discovered and which predict future states. However, some unauthorized data can be used maliciously in the analysis process.
Recommendation ITU-T X.1471 describes a reference monitor for big data analytics and operations to detect unauthorized data use. This Recommendation analyses security threats and challenges in big data analytics and describes security requirements that could mitigate these threats and address security challenges with access control mechanisms. A reference monitor methodology based on access control is provided to determine what security capabilities are required for mitigating security threats and addressing security challenges for big data analytics.