Internet-enabled calibration services: aspects of laboratory information system security

A growing number of measurements in commercial and industrial sector needs to refer to the traceability to the national (and also international) standards. Since the internet-enabled metrology is rapidly developing in the recent years, it offers new possibilities for calibration services. In the same of time these services must provide the overall security of the calibration data from the point of acquisition to the storage and analysis process. Information security has become a critical part of information and communication systems that are used in ordinary metrology laboratories, especially in those who also perform remote (internet-enabled) calibrations. This paper identifies and explores the different security issues of the internet-enabled metrology and requests for public key infrastructure implementation in a laboratory information system.