Sushil Jajodia

Dear readers, Although it is well-known that confidentiality, integrity and availability are high­ level objectives of information security, much of the attention in the security arena has been devoted to the confidentiality and availability aspects of security. Meer

Security is probably the most critical factor for the development of the "Information Society". E-government, e-commerce, e-healthcare and all other e-activities present challenging security requirements that cannot be satisfied with current technology, except maybe if the citizens accept to waive their privacy, which is unacceptable ethically and socially. Meer

New technology is always evolving and companies must have appropriate security for their business to be able to keep up-to-date with the changes. Meer

This volume gathers the papers presented at three workshops that are embedded in the IFIP/Sec Conference in 2004, to enlighten specific topics that are currently particularly active in Security. Meer