Mobile cloud computing (MCC) is the state-of-the-art mobile distributed computing model
that incorporates multitude of heterogeneous cloud-based resources to augment …

Publish/subscribe services have encountered considerable success in the building of
modern large-scale mission-critical systems. Such systems are characterized by several non …

Techniques for distributed and secure content delivery are provided. Requests for content
are routed to a centralized service where the requestors are authenticated for access to the …

The book deals with the management of information systems security and privacy, based on
a model that covers technological, organizational and legal views. This is the basis for a …

Computer-based information systems in general, and Internet e-commerce and e-business
systems in particular, employ many types of resources that need to be protected against …

Driven by expanding scientific computing and business enterprise needs, the last decade
has seen a shift toward software paradigms in which distribution plays a central role. The …

In highly open systems like the Internet, attributebased access control (ABAC) has proven its
appropriateness. This is reflected in the utilization of ABAC in authentication and …

Purpose The selection of effective library software not only plays an important role for
students, academic staff and the library staff but also helps an institution by having the library …

Electronic services such as virtual communities or electronic commerce demand user
authentication. Several more or less successful federated identity management systems …

An important aspect of e-business is the area of e-commerce. One of the most severe
restraining factors for the proliferation of e-commerce, is the lack of trust between customers …