This article analyzes trust and security in computing and communications systems. While in human-life, trust usually has some kind of commonly understood meaning, in the realm of computing and communications systems, it could be interpreted differently in different environments and settings. On the other hand, security is about making sure that the participating entities are legitimate in a com...

Food is one of the basic human needsand providing it is directly related to food security. The concept of food security in its historical process has been debated from various aspects of physical and economical access to healthy and nutritious food at all times. Food insecurity is considered a complex policy problem with different aspects. This problem requires a network of communication among ...

Since the early 1990s, the human security movement has sought to expand the concept of security beyond the traditional military defense of national borders to focus on the intra-state security needs of populations at the individual level. Specific initiatives frequently address problems of population health, ethnic conflict, religious extremism, human rights, environmental or natural disasters,...

Due to economic, environmental and political reasons, there is an increasing demand for zero-emission vehicles. With the wide-scale deployment of electric car systems, a variety of parties with conflicting interests will be interacting, and there will be incentives for dishonest behavior. As a consequence, new technical challenges which are related to IT security and embedded security arise in ...

We have entered a new world of retirement income security in America, with older individuals more exposed to market risk and more vulnerable to financial insecurity than prior generations. This reflects an evolution that has altered the historical vision of a financially secure retirement supported by Social Security, a defined-benefit pension plan, and individual savings. Today, 2 of these 3 r...

Transportation lifelines are a vital element in maintaining U.S. security from terrorist attack. They are also vulnerable to attack and disruption. As officials have discovered since September 11, 2001, protecting and preserving the extensive U.S. transportation networks against terrorist attacks remains a daunting task. Fortunately, today’s powerful geospatial tools, especially remote sensing,...

Security and privacy are going to be the key factors for the deployment of new applications, since people will only accept these deployments if these are based on secure, trustworthy and privacy-preserving infra-structures. Cryptography plays a major role in the security of data transmission and the development of computing technology imposes stronger requirements on the cryptography schemes. L...

Security. Originated in the 70’s, security of computer systems became soon an essential requirement for many applications, especially in the last decade, due to the widespread diffusion of distributed systems and networks. Mobility is really shaping these systems, leading to new scenarios in which security problems become more and more urgent. The software executed on a computer needs not to be...