Data confidentiality is a central concern in modern computer systems and services, as
sensitive data from users and companies are being increasingly delegated to such systems …

It has developed over the last four decades, becoming an essential component of distributed
systems. At its inception, it was designed to simplify application development by running on …

The evolution of Internet of Things (IoT) led to the construction of many IoT middleware, a
software that plays a key role since it supports the communication among devices, users …

Abstract Internet of Things (IoT) devices are increasingly present in people's daily lives,
collecting different types of data about the environment, user behavior, medical data, and …

Abstract Internet of Things (IoT) devices rely on cloud computing for processing user-
sensitive data, like health recordings and geolocalization. In this case, security primitives like …

Confidential computing has gained prominence due to the escalating volume of data-driven
applications (eg, machine learning and big data) and the acute desire for secure processing …

Cloud services and fog-based solutions can improve the communication and processing
efficiency of the Internet of Things (IoT). Cloud and fog servers offer more processing power …

The Internet-of-Things (IoT) scenarios commonly present security and privacy concerns,
either due to the processing constraints of devices or the employment of external servers to …

Due to the Internet of Things (IoT) devices' processing and memory constraints, the
processing and analysis of data acquired by such devices are generally performed in a fog …

The advances in wireless network technologies and Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT)
devices are easing the establishment of what is called Industry 4.0. For the industrial …