Adaptive Cryptographic Access Control

• Main Authors: Kayem, Anne V. D. M. (Author), Akl, Selim G. (Author), Martin, Patrick (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Boston, MA : Springer US, 2010.
• Series: Advances in Information Security, 48
• Subjects: Computer science.; Computer software > Reusability.; Data structures (Computer science).; Data encryption (Computer science).; Database management.; Information storage and retrieval.; Computer Science.; Data Structures, Cryptology and Information Theory.; Database Management.; Data Encryption.; Performance and Reliability.; Information Storage and Retrieval.; Information Systems Applications (incl. Internet).

Cryptographic access control (CAC) is an approach to securing data by encrypting it with a key, so that only the users in possession of the correct key are able to decrypt the data and/or perform further encryptions. Applications of cryptographic access control will benefit companies, governments an...