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Cryptography (2017)
Book
Buchanan, B. (2017). Cryptography. River Publishers

Cryptography has proven to be one of the most contentious areas in modern society. For some it protects the rights of individuals to privacy and security, while for others it puts up barriers against the protection of our society. This book aims to d... Read More about Cryptography.

The next cyberattack could come from sound waves (2017)
Newspaper / Magazine
Buchanan, B. (2017). The next cyberattack could come from sound waves. [https://theconversation.com/the-next-cyberattack-could-come-from-sound-waves-74716]. https://theconversation.com/the-next-cyberattack-could-come-from-sound-waves-74716

You might think your smartphone or laptop is relatively safe from cyber attacks thanks to anti-virus and encryption software. But your devices are increasingly at risk from “side-channel” attacks, where an intruder can bypass traditional network entr... Read More about The next cyberattack could come from sound waves.

BARBEI: a new adaptive battery aware and reliable beacon enabled technique for IEEE802.15.4 MAC. (2017)
Book Chapter
Salayma, M., Al-Dubai, A., Romdhani, I., & Yassein, M. B. (2017). BARBEI: a new adaptive battery aware and reliable beacon enabled technique for IEEE802.15.4 MAC. In M. Grzenda, J. Furtak, J. Legierski, & A. I. Awad (Eds.), Advances in Networking Systems Architectures, Security, and Applications (317-335). Springer

The IEEE 802.15.4 standard supports both physical and Media Access Con-trol (MAC) layers of low rate Wireless Sensor Network (WSNs). However, this stand-ard considers only the ideal linear power consumption, omitting the fact that the diffu-sion prin... Read More about BARBEI: a new adaptive battery aware and reliable beacon enabled technique for IEEE802.15.4 MAC..

The Internet of Things: a security point of view. (2016)
Journal Article
Li, S., Tryfonas, T., & Li, H. (2016). The Internet of Things: a security point of view. Internet Research, 26(2), 337-359. https://doi.org/10.1108/IntR-07-2014-0173

Purpose
-- To provide an in-depth overview of the security requirements and challenges for Internet of Things (IoT) and discuss security solutions for various enabling technologies and implications to various applications.
Design/methodology/approa... Read More about The Internet of Things: a security point of view..

When amateurs do the job of a professional, the result is smart grids secured by dumb crypto. (2015)
Newspaper / Magazine
Buchanan, W. J. (2015). When amateurs do the job of a professional, the result is smart grids secured by dumb crypto

Security relies upon good programming and correct adherence to well-designed standards. If the standards are sloppy, then security has been compromised from the outset. Smart grids, which include the smart meters being rolled out to millions of homes... Read More about When amateurs do the job of a professional, the result is smart grids secured by dumb crypto..

US hack shows data is the new frontier in cyber security conflict. (2015)
Newspaper / Magazine
Buchanan, W. J. (2015). US hack shows data is the new frontier in cyber security conflict

More than four million personal records of US government workers are thought to have been hacked and stolen, it has been. With US investigators blaming the Chinese government (although the Chinese deny involvement), this incident shows how data could... Read More about US hack shows data is the new frontier in cyber security conflict..

Hyperlocal Government Engagement online (2015)
Report
Cruickshank, P., & Ryan, B. (2015). Hyperlocal Government Engagement online. Edinburgh, Scotland: Communities and Culture Network

This report presents a seed research project funded by the CCN+, that investigated digital engagement by three neighbouring Scottish Community Councils (CCs) in a distinct area of a Scottish city. Recent work had shown that CCs generally do not use t... Read More about Hyperlocal Government Engagement online.

Requirements Engineering for Digital Health (2015)
Book
Fricker, S. A., Thuemmler, C., & Gavras, A. (2015). Requirements Engineering for Digital Health. Cham, Switzerland: Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-09798-5

Healthcare and well-being have captured the attention of established software companies, start-ups, and investors. Software is starting to play a central role for addressing the problems of the aging society and the escalating cost of healthcare serv... Read More about Requirements Engineering for Digital Health.

Ethical Issues in Digital Health. (2015)
Book Chapter
Lim Jumelle, A. K., & Ispas, I. (2015). Ethical Issues in Digital Health. In Requirements Engineering for Digital Health (75-93). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-09798-5_4

With advancement in technology and breakthrough in Internet connectivity, digital health technologies have penetrated all aspects of our lives. Hospital information systems (HIS), electronic health records (EHR), ePrescriptions, eReferrals, personal... Read More about Ethical Issues in Digital Health..

Roll Project Bin Packing Benchmark Problems. (2015)
Data
Hart, E., & Sim, K. (2015). Roll Project Bin Packing Benchmark Problems. [Dataset]. https://doi.org/10.17869/ENU.2015.9364

This document describes two sets of Benchmark Problem Instances for the One Dimensional Bin Packing Problem. The problem instances are supplied as compressed (zipped) SQLITE database files.

The future internet: a world of secret shares (2015)
Journal Article
Buchanan, W. J., Lanc, D., Ukwandu, E., Fan, L., Russell, G., & Lo, O. (2015). The future internet: a world of secret shares. Future Internet, 7(4), 445-464. https://doi.org/10.3390/fi7040445

The PKI infrastructure is crumbling, especially due to the lack of a strong understanding of how encryption actually works, and in threats around its implementation. This paper outlines an Internet storage using secret sharing methods, and which coul... Read More about The future internet: a world of secret shares.

Roll Project Rich Vehicle Routing benchmark problems. (2015)
Data
Hart, E., & Sim, K. (2015). Roll Project Rich Vehicle Routing benchmark problems. [Data]. https://doi.org/10.17869/ENU.2015.9367

This document describes a large set of Benchmark Problem Instances for the Rich Vehicle Routing Problem. All files are supplied as a single compressed (zipped) archive containing the instances, in XML format, an Object-Oriented Model supplied in XSD... Read More about Roll Project Rich Vehicle Routing benchmark problems..

Roll Project Job Shop scheduling benchmark problems. (2015)
Data
Hart, E., & Sim, K. (2015). Roll Project Job Shop scheduling benchmark problems. [Dataset]. https://doi.org/10.17869/ENU.2015.9365

This document describes two sets of benchmark problem instances for the job shop scheduling problem. Each set of instances is supplied as a compressed (zipped) archive containing a single CSV file for each problem instance using the format described... Read More about Roll Project Job Shop scheduling benchmark problems..

The impact of head movements on user involvement in mediated interaction (2015)
Journal Article
Bamoallem, B. S., Wodehouse, A. J., Mair, G. M., & Vasantha, G. A. (2016). The impact of head movements on user involvement in mediated interaction. Computers in Human Behavior, 55(A), 424-431. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chb.2015.09.016

Communication takes place not only through speech, but also through gestures such as facial expressions, gaze, head movements, hand movements and body posture. Although developing rapidly, current communication platforms do not facilitate the types o... Read More about The impact of head movements on user involvement in mediated interaction.

Evaluation of TFTP DDoS amplification attack (2015)
Journal Article
Sieklik, B., Macfarlane, R., & Buchanan, W. J. (2016). Evaluation of TFTP DDoS amplification attack. Computers and Security, 57, 67-92. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cose.2015.09.006

Web threats are becoming a major issue for both governments and companies. Generally, web threats increased as much as 600% during last year (WebSense, 2013). This appears to be a significant issue, since many major businesses seem to provide these s... Read More about Evaluation of TFTP DDoS amplification attack.

Service evolution in clouds for dementia patient monitoring system usability enhancement. (2015)
Book Chapter
Wang, Z., & Cheng, G. (2015). Service evolution in clouds for dementia patient monitoring system usability enhancement. In E-Health and Telemedicine : Concepts, Methodologies, Tools, and Applications (1606-1634). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-4666-8756-1.ch080

The authors present an analysis which concludes that most e-health system are packaged for large-scale access through cloud-based services shared in a real-time service deployment environment. The service, which has already been deployed in the cloud... Read More about Service evolution in clouds for dementia patient monitoring system usability enhancement..

Architecting the Internet of Things: State of the Art (2015)
Book Chapter
Abdmeziem, M. R., Romdhani, I., & Tandjaoui, D. (2016). Architecting the Internet of Things: State of the Art. In A. Koubaa, & E. Shakshuki (Eds.), Robots and Sensor Clouds; Studies in Systems, Decision and Control (55-75). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-22168-7_3

Internet of things (IoT) constitutes one of the most important technological development in the last decade. It has the potential to deeply affect our life style. However, its success relies greatly on a well-defined architecture that will provide sc... Read More about Architecting the Internet of Things: State of the Art.

Ashley Madison breach reveals the rise of the moralist hacker (2015)
Newspaper / Magazine
Buchanan, W. J. (2015). Ashley Madison breach reveals the rise of the moralist hacker

There’s value in more than just credit card data, as Avid Life Media (ALM), parent company of the extramarital affair website Ashley Madison, has found out after being raided for millions of their customer’s details. All sorts of information that isn... Read More about Ashley Madison breach reveals the rise of the moralist hacker.