TY - EJOU AU - Yang, Guangyong AU - Yang, Mengke AU - Salam, Shafaq AU - Zeng, Jianqiu TI - Research on Protecting Information Security Based on the Method of Hierarchical Classification in the Era of Big Data T2 - Journal of Cyber Security PY - 2019 VL - 1 IS - 1 SN - 2579-0064 AB - Big data is becoming increasingly important because of the enormous information generation and storage in recent years. It has become a challenge to the data mining technique and management. Based on the characteristics of geometric explosion of information in the era of big data, this paper studies the possible approaches to balance the maximum value and privacy of information, and disposes the Nine-Cells information matrix, hierarchical classification. Furthermore, the paper uses the rough sets theory to proceed from the two dimensions of value and privacy, establishes information classification method, puts forward the countermeasures for information security. Taking spam messages for example, the massive spam messages can be classified, and then targeted hierarchical management strategy was put forward. This paper proposes personal Information index system, Information management platform and possible solutions to protect information security and utilize information value in the age of big data. KW - Big data KW - hierarchical classification KW - rough sets KW - information index system DO - 10.32604/jcs.2019.05947