An aspect-oriented implementation of e-consent to foster trust

Abstract

As society becomes increasingly dependent on software, there is an increasing expectation of information systems to protect the individual's right to privacy. The process of attaining electronic consent (e-Consent) may perhaps improve the trust that society has in information systems to protect these rights. However, an issue such as e-Consent is usually not given due consideration, as it is a non-functional issue and the implementation of the e-consent mechanism in disparate and legacy systems is difficult. Hence many systems are implemented without such types of controls. Evidently, aspect-oriented software design is highly extensible, as security concerns may be easily integrated into a completed software product. In this paper it is proposed that aspect-oriented programming be used to augment an existing system with electronic consent. © 2006 SAICSIT.