The progress of web security level related to European open access LIS repositories between 2016 and 2018
Date
2019-05-15
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Italian Journal of Library, Archives, and Information Science (JLIS.it)
Abstract
This article focuses on the development of European institutional repositories web security in the field of Library and
Information Science (LIS). Since the first analysis in June 2016, we have been still using the same three independent online
tools to measure the web security score of these repositories. In case of data transfer, the qualitative aspects of the secured
HTTPS protocol are as important as implementing the protocol itself. Our analysis is directly related to the previously
published article where we examined the selected group of LIS repositories. Now, we are focusing on the summarization of
improvements made between 2016-2018. These are based on periodical annual measurements. These may contribute to
increasing the security level of repositories not only in Europe, but also with respect to the GDPR (General Data Protection
Regulation) regulation which came into force a few months ago. It is significant because the GDPR focuses, inter alia, on
the ways of sensitive data transfer over the internet networks
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web security, Insitutional repositories, digital libraries, Library and Information Science, vulnerabilities, web server, digital repository, digitálny repozitar