Abstract
A systematic literature review is being carried out as part of a Ph.D. research project, which is focussing on the security problems caused by inference in distributed and autonomous information systems. Inference problems differ from other security problems because they do not directly violate access control mechanisms. For example, a user may infer an aircraft’s secret destination using unclassified values for the range of the aircraft and its direction of flight. The aim of the research is to investigate the effects of inference when information is collated from autonomous, heterogeneous and distributed information systems (Budgen et al., 2005).
Highlights
The lessons learnt are: L1: A single researcher can develop a systematic review protocol using stepwise refinement to make maximal use of the advice provided by a supervisor
L2: The questions in a data extraction form do not have to be as detailed, when used by only one researcher, because they are not required to cater for the different possible interpretations of multiple researchers
L3: To write a protocol requires knowledge of the research area, and this knowledge can be used to aid the generation of search strings, and validate the systematic review search process
Summary
Results: The lessons learnt are: L1: A single researcher can develop a systematic review protocol using stepwise refinement to make maximal use of the advice provided by a supervisor. This is contrasted with piloting the protocol, which is more suitable when multiple researchers can review the protocol, making fewer and more extensive changes.
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