The information infrastructure--comprising computers, embedded devices, networks and software systems--is vital to day-to-day operations in every sector: information and telecommunications, banking and finance, energy, chemicals and hazardous materials, agriculture, food, water, public health, emergency services, transportation, postal and shipping, government and defense. Global business and i…
This book explains how major world economies are recognizing the need for a major push in cyber policy environments. It helps readers understand why these nations are committing substantial resources to cybersecurity, and to the development of standards, rules and guidelines in order to address cyber-threats and catch up with global trends and technological developments. A key focus is on speci…
This book constitutes the refereed conference proceedings of the 20th Australasian Conference on Information Security and Privacy, ACISP 2015, held in Brisbane, QLD, Australia, in June/July 2015. The 28 revised full papers presented in this volume were carefully revised and selected from 112 submissions. The papers are organized in topical sections on symmetric cryptanalysis; public key cryp…
This book constitutes the thoroughly refereed post-conference proceedings of the 17th International Conference on Information Security and Cryptology, ICISC 2014, held in Seoul, South Korea in December 2014. The 27 revised full papers presented were carefully selected from 91 submissions during two rounds of reviewing. The papers provide the latest results in research, development and applicati…
This book constitutes the thoroughly refereed post-conference proceedings of the 10th International Conference on Information Security and Cryptology, Inscrypt 2014, held in Beijing, China, in December 2014. The 29 revised full papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from 93 submissions. The papers are organized in topical sections on privacy and anonymity, multiparty and outsourc…
This book constitutes the proceedings of the 11th International Conference on Information Security Practice and Experience, ISPEC 2015, held in Beijing China, in May 2015. The 38 papers presented in this volume were carefully reviewed and selected from 117 submissions. The regular papers are organized in topical sections named: system security, stream cipher, analysis, key exchange protocol, e…
This book constitutes the thoroughly refereed proceedings of the 15th International Workshop on Information Security Applications, WISA 2014, held on Jeju Island, Korea, in August 2014. The 30 revised full papers presented in this volume were carefully reviewed and selected from 69 submissions. The papers are organized in topical sections such as malware detection; mobile security; vulnerabilit…
This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 18th International Conference on Information Security, ISC 2015, held in Trondheim, Norway, in September 2015. The 30 revised full papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from 103 submissions. The papers cover a wide range of topics in the area of cryptography and cryptanalysis and are organized in the following topical section…
This book constitutes revised selected papers from the First International Conference on Cryptography and Information Security in the Balkans, Balkan Crypt Sec 2014, held in Istanbul, Turkey, in October 2014. The 15 papers presented in this volume were carefully reviewed and selected from 36 submissions. They were organized in topical sections named: symmetric cryptography, cryptographic hardwa…
This book provides new and stimulating perspectives on how Kosovo has shaped the new Europe. It breaks down traditional assumptions in the field of security studies by sidelining the theoretical worldview that underlies mainstream strategic thinking on recent events in Kosovo. The contributors challenge the epistemological definition of the Kosovo conflict, arguing that we should not only be co…