The Cloud computing paradigm has revolutionised the computer science horizon during the
past decade and has enabled the emergence of computing as the fifth utility. It has captured …

With the rapid development of cloud computing, more and more enterprises/individuals are
starting to outsource local data to the cloud servers. However, under open networks and not …

We present as-strong-as-possible definitions of privacy, and constructions achieving them,
for public-key encryption schemes where the encryption algorithm is deterministic. We …

TrustedDB is an outsourced database prototype that allows clients to execute SQL queries
with privacy and under regulatory compliance constraints without having to trust the service …

Query processing that preserves both the data privacy of the owner and the query privacy of
the client is a new research problem. It shows increasing importance as cloud computing …

The impact of privacy requirements in the development of modern applications is increasing
very quickly. Many commercial and legal regulations are driving the need to develop reliable …

Current access control models typically assume that resources are under the strict custody of
a trusted party which monitors each access request to verify if it is compliant with the …

Data outsourcing is an emerging paradigm that allows users and companies to give their
(potentially sensitive) data to external servers that then become responsible for their storage …

The second volume of this popular handbook demonstrates the richness and breadth of the
IS and IT disciplines. The book explores their close links to the practice of using, managing …

Ensuring proper privacy and protection of the information stored, communicated, processed,
and disseminated in the cloud as well as of the users accessing such an information is one …