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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">Hi, Simon -</div>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">The geodatabase and layer data files
will be as protected as you and your department's IT shop make
them. So make sure to keep them off AWS, Dropbox, Azure, or any
other external service. If anything, you're better off with QGIS
in that regard - especially if you run it built from source -
because if e.g. ArcGIS were beaming everything you were doing to
some unknown offsite entity, you'd only know it by capturing the
network traffic. On the other hand, even if <i>you</i> don't go
through QGIS' source yourself looking for INFOSEC shenanigans, it
being open source ensures that anyone, anywhere, <i>can</i>. It's
not airtight in INFOSEC terms because yes, some miscreant could
write a backdoor into QGIS, <br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">I made a decision a long time ago to
stick with QGIS and other Open Source software for GIS purposes
because my access to ESRI products depends on an employer's or
client's paying for it; if I no longer have that employer or
client, I'll lose that access and I can't afford ArcGIS licenses
on my own, so why don't I keep my expertise going with QGIS since
no one can take it from me? <br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">- Jeff<br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 5/23/23 12:09 PM, Simon via
QGIS-User wrote:<br>
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Hello, </div>
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I work at the Department of National Defense for the Canadian
government and had some questions regarding QGIS. </div>
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Firstly, I'm working on a project to determine the seismic risk
and vulnerability of all the department's buildings different
Canadian Provinces. An important part of the project will be to
create a geodatabase containing crucial information about each
building. After, I plan to create a layer that will show the
location of these buildings on a map. </div>
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Now, a large portion of the information regarding the buildings
and their locations is confidential, and so I'm wondering if the
geodatabase and layer that I plan to create will be safe and
protected, or if other users will have access to them since QGIS
is free and open source?</div>
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At first, I was planning to work with ArcGIS Pro but I'm
currently waiting for a license. When or if it comes through,
I'll stick with ArcGIS but for now QGIS seems to be the best
alternative. </div>
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If QGIS is not safe, are there other safe and similar softwares
you can recommend? </div>
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Thanks, </div>
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Simon</div>
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