REACHING ANONYMIZATION SERVICE LEVELS THROUGH ADDED TRANSACTIONS

摘要

Methods, apparatuses, systems, and computer-readable media for an anonymization service level improvement system (“ALI”) are described. One or more transactions may be generated by a system to be transmitted outside of a secure area. The ALI may anonymize these transactions and anonymization may be measured by reference to one or more anonymization metrics, including, but not limited to, k-anonymity, 1-diversity, and t-closeness. The ALI may be configured to determine current values for the metrics and whether current anonymization is sufficient to provide a pre-determined service level. If the service level is not sufficient, then the ALI may generate fake anonymized transactions to be output to satisfy the pre-determined service levels of the one or more anonymization metrics. Results may be received which may include valid and invalid results. The ALI may remove the invalid results before returning the valid results to the system. Other embodiments may be described and/or claimed.

主权项

1. An apparatus, comprising:
one or more computer processors; an anonymous transaction metrics determiner to be executed by the one or more computer processors to determine one or more anonymization metrics for a first set of anonymized transactions to be transmitted out of a secure area; and an anonymization metric satisfier to be executed by the one or more computer processors to:
analyze the one or more anonymization metrics determined for the first set of anonymized transactions with respect to meeting one or more service levels; andgenerate a second set of one or more anonymized transactions that, when combined with the first set, cause the one or more anonymization metrics for the combined first and second sets to meet the one or more service levels.