The vision of ubiquitous computing and ambient intelligence describes a world of technology which is present anywhere, anytime in the form of smart, sensible devices that communicate with each other and provide personalized services. However, open interconnected systems are much more vulnerable to attacks and unauthorized data access. In the context of this threat, this book provides a comprehensive guide to security and privacy and trust in data management.

Milan Petkovic is a senior scientist in the ISS group (Information and System Security) at the Philips Research in Eindhoven, the Netherlands. Among his research interests are information security, secure content management, privacy protection, multimedia information retrieval, and database systems. Willem Jonker is currently department head of the Information and System Security department at Philips Research. In addition, he is a part-time full professor of computer science at Twente University. Among his research interest are secure data management, DRM, copyright protection, secure databases, distributed applications, and content management.

InhaltsangabePrivacy and Security Issues in a Digital World.- Privacy in the Law.- Ethical Aspects of Information Security and Privacy.- Data and System Security.- Authorization and Access Control.- Role-Based Access Control.- XML Security.- Database Security.- Trust Management.- Trusted Platforms.- Strong Authentication with Physical Unclonable Functions.- Privacy Enhancing.- Privacy-Preserving Data Mining.- Statistical Database Security.- Different Search Strategies on Encrypted Data Compared.- Client-Server Trade-Offs in Secure Computation.- Federated Identity Management.- Accountable Anonymous Communication.- Digital Asset Protection.- An Introduction to Digital Rights Management Systems.- Copy Protection Systems.- Forensic Watermarking in Digital Rights Management.- Person-Based and Domain-Based Digital Rights Management.- Digital Rights Management Interoperability.- DRM for Protecting Personal Content.- Enhancing Privacy for Digital Rights Management.- Selected Topics on Privacy and Security in Ambient Intelligence.- The Persuasiveness of Ambient Intelligence.- Privacy Policies.- Security and Privacy on the Semantic Web.- Private Person Authentication in an Ambient World.- RFID and Privacy.- Malicious Software in Ubiquitous Computing.