Addressing social resistance in emerging security technologies

Addressing social resistance in emerging security technologies

In their efforts to enhance the safety and security of citizens, governments and law enforcement agencies look to scientists and engineers to produce modern methods for preventing, detecting, and prosecuting criminal activities. Whole body scanners, lie detection technologies, biometrics, etc., are all being developed for incorporation into the criminal justice apparatus. Yet despite their purp...

Emerging Security Technologies and Applications

Due to the quick increase in number of mobile, ubiquitous, cloud, network and communication applications and studies, many computer and communication systems, wired or wireless, have been released to service their customers (human users or other systems). However, hackers everywhere around the world may attack these systems for some reasons, e.g., stealing one company’s business secrets for ano...

The social implications of emerging technologies

Emerging Technologies: Impact on Information Security Risk Evaluation

The adoption of cloud computing is increasing and its use is becoming widespread in many sectors. As cloud service provision increases, legal and regulatory issues become more significant. In particular, the international nature of cloud provision raises concerns over the location of data and the laws to which they are subject. In this paper we investigate Information Flow Control (IFC) as a po...

Guest Editorial: Emerging Software Reliability and System Security Technologies

Due to the quick development of mobile, ubiquitous, cloud, network and communication systems and applications, many computer and communication systems, wired or wireless, have been proposed to provide their users (human or other systems) with different services. However, hackers may anytime and anywhere attack these systems for stealing a company’s business secrets or a person’s credit card inf...