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Personalized Security in Mobile Environments Using Software Policies

Authors:
Mhammed Chraibi
Hamid Harroud
Abdelilah Maach

Keywords: mobility; security; software policies; context

Abstract:
With the advance of technology and the widespread of mobile devices that enable users to have access to a wide range of services wherever they are, and whenever they want, many security issues arise. Both users and service providers feel the need to protect themselves from the large number of threats that are present on every network. Some time ago, users could have access to services only if they were physically present in a certain, predefined, area. This gave a lot of user personal information to the service providers which helped them secure their systems and their transactions with users. Now, it is not anymore the case. Therefore, the need arose for a novel way, for mobile users and service providers, to secure their information and their transactions. In this paper, we show that combining software policies and context information provides users and service providers with confidentiality, data integrity, data availability, and accountability.

Pages: 27 to 33

Copyright: Copyright (c) IARIA, 2011

Publication date: November 20, 2011

Published in: conference

ISSN: 2308-4278

ISBN: 978-1-61208-171-7

Location: Lisbon, Portugal

Dates: from November 20, 2011 to November 25, 2011