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A Cross-Disciplinary Review of the Concept of Accountability - A Survey of the Literature

In this paper we discuss previous definitions of the concept of accountability from the literature. Accountability is a multidimensional, context dependent concept that is gaining interest as a means of addressing a number of data protection problems, including global legal uncertainty and lack of trust.

Authors: 
Nick Papanikolaou, Siani Pearson
Publication Date: 
Thursday, June 6, 2013 to Friday, June 7, 2013
Place: 
Malaga, Spain
Publication Reference: 

Papanikolaou N., Pearson S., "A Cross-Disciplinary Review of the Concept of Accountability - A Survey of the Literature", Pre-Proceedings of International Workshop on Trustworthiness, Accountability and Forensics in the Cloud (TAFC), Organised by DIMACS/BIC/A4Cloud/CSA UK Chapter and CSA Irish Chapter, June 6 - 7, 2013, Malaga, Spain held in conjunction with 7th IFIP WG 11.11 International Conference on Trust Management, ISSN: 2079-2247.