A Review on Software Deployment Environments for Privacy Protection in an Organizations

Privacy protection is the main issue in many organizations, especially those handling a large volume of personal data in their daily works such as banks, healthcare, and energy such as electricity. An organization needs to manage the personally identifiable information (PII) such as name, address, identification numbers, etc. as well as sensitive data such as financial or medical data. Departments shared these data for day to day operations. Privacy is a concerning issue as software deployment is no longer on a standalone basis. Organizations now may deploy software on cloud, hybrid cloud, web-based, mobile, and the pervasive environment. Thus, incorporating privacy in an existing system or new software deployment in an organization is essential since it will protect the sensitive data. We have studied literature and discussed privacy and organizations to understand how it relates to each other; we also review various environments where software may deploy with privacy in mind.