Web application security is a branch of Information Security that deals specifically with security of websites, web applications and web services. Simply, Web Application Security is ―The securing of web applications‖. Web applications are one of the most prevalent platforms for information and services delivery over Internet today. As they are increasingly used for critical services, web appli...

It is commonly believed that good security improves trust, and that the perceptions of good security and trust will ultimately increase the use of electronic commerce. In fact, customers’ perceptions of the security of e-payment systems have become a major factor in the evolution of electronic commerce in markets. In this paper, we examine issues related to e-payment security from the viewpoint...

The need to implement and adopt web 2.0 technologies into teaching and learning is glaring for higher educational institutions. This is because there are increase numbers of students’ visà-vis teaching staff, competition for resources, over-crowded classroom, the need for efficient teaching and learning, as well as the need to learn anytime and anywhere. However, it’s of no doubt that every tec...

Security breaches have increasingly become a major threat to organizations. Nevertheless, according to recent reports, many organizations do not plan to increase spending on information security. In fact, little is known about an organization’s motivation to invest in information security. This paper uses the Technology Acceptance Model as a basis for studying factors that might motivate organi...

WS-Security describes enhancements to SOAP messaging to provide quality of protection through message integrity, message confidentiality, and single message authentication. These mechanisms can be used to accommodate a wide variety of security models and encryption technologies. WS-Security also provides a general-purpose mechanism for associating security tokens with messages. No specific type...

Current trends inspired from the development of the Web 2.0 advocate designing smart things (e.g., wireless sensors nodes or home appliances) as service platforms. Interoperable services are mainly achieved using two different approaches: WS-* and RESTful Web services. These approaches have previously been compared with respect to performance and features, but no work has been done to elicit th...

The promising features of Web services also make them vulnerable to new types of security threats. Web service providers must assure their clients’ confidentiality, integrity and availability over a trusted relationship that may be asynchronous and that may involve multiple business partners. Despite the continued significance of the traditional approaches to securing content, transmission and ...