Security, Privacy and Data Analytics
This book constitutes refereed proceedings of the International Conference on Security, Privacy and Data Analytics, ISPDA 2021. The volume covers a wide range of topics, including big data and analytics, cloud security and privacy, data intelligence, hardware security, network security, blockchain technology and distributed ledger, machine learning for security, and many others. The volume includes novel contributions and the latest developments from researchers across industry and academia working in security, privacy, and data analytics from technological and social perspectives. The book will serve as a valuable reference resource for academics and researchers across the globe.
Guide to Differential Privacy Modifications
Shortly after it was first introduced in 2006, differential privacy became the flagship data privacy definition. Since then, numerous variants and extensions were proposed to adapt it to different scenarios and attacker models. In this work, we propose a systematic taxonomy of these variants and extensions. We list all data privacy definitions based on differential privacy, and partition them into seven categories, depending on which aspect of the original definition is modified.These categories act like dimensions: Variants from the same category cannot be combined, but variants from different categories can be combined to form new definitions. We also establish a partial ordering of relative strength between these notions by summarizing existing results. Furthermore, we list which of these definitions satisfy some desirable properties, like composition, post-processing, and convexity by either providing a novel proof or collectingexisting ones.
iOS Forensics for Investigators
Extract crucial data and lead successful criminal investigations by infiltrating every level of iOS devicesKey Features: Explore free and commercial tools for carrying out data extractions and analysis for digital forensicsLearn to look for key artifacts, recover deleted mobile data, and investigate processed dataGet up and running with extracting full filesystem images and jailbreak devices to gather the most data possibleBook Description: Professionals working in the mobile forensics industry will be able to put their knowledge to work with this practical guide to learning how to extract and analyze all available data from an iOS device.This book is a comprehensive, how-to guide that leads investigators through the process of collecting mobile devices and preserving, extracting, and analyzing data, as well as building a report. Complete with step-by-step explanations of essential concepts, practical examples, and self-assessment questions, this book starts by covering the fundamentals of mobile forensics and how to overcome challenges in extracting data from iOS devices. Once you've walked through the basics of iOS, you'll learn how to use commercial tools to extract and process data and manually search for artifacts stored in database files. Next, you'll find out the correct workflows for handling iOS devices and understand how to extract valuable information to track device usage. You'll also get to grips with analyzing key artifacts, such as browser history, the pattern of life data, location data, and social network forensics.By the end of this book, you'll be able to establish a proper workflow for handling iOS devices, extracting all available data, and analyzing it to gather precious insights that can be reported as prosecutable evidence.What You Will Learn: Become familiar with the mobile forensics workflowUnderstand how to legally seize iOS devices and preserve their dataExtract evidence through logical and filesystem acquisitionsPerform a deep-dive analysis of user data and system dataGain insights by analyzing third-party applicationsGet to grips with gathering evidence stored on iCloudWho this book is for: Forensic analysts and investigators interested in extending their skills to extract data from iOS devices, including system logs, device usage, and third-party application data, will find this book useful. Anyone familiar with the principles of digital forensics and looking to expand their knowledge base in deep iOS examinations will also benefit from this book.Knowledge of mobile forensic principles, data extraction, Unix/Linux terminal, and some hands-on understanding of databases and SQL query language is assumed.
Microsoft Visual C# Step by Step
Your hands-on guide to Visual C# fundamentals with Visual Studio 2022 Expand your expertise--and teach yourself the fundamentals of programming the latest version of Visual C# with Visual Studio 2022. This book provides software developers all the guidance, exercises, and code needed to start building responsive, scalable, cloud-connected applications that can run almost anywhere. Discover how to: Quickly start creating Visual C# code and projects with Visual Studio Work with variables, operators, expressions, methods, and program flow Build more robust apps with error, exception, and resource management Spot problems fast with the integrated Visual Studio 2022 debugger Master new default interface methods, static local functions, async disposable types, and other enhancements Make the most of the C# object model, and create functional data structures Leverage advanced properties, indexers, generics, and collection classes Create Windows 11 apps that share data, collaborate, and use cloud services Use lightweight records to build immutable reference types more easily Perform complex queries over object collections with LINQ Improve application throughput and response time with asynchronous methods Use delegates and decoupling to construct highly extensible systems Customize C# operator behavior over your own classes and structures Implement the powerful Model-View-ViewModel (MVVM) pattern Build UWP applications that retrieve complex data and present it intuitively
Policy Design in the Age of Digital Adoption
A proven methodology to build a PolicyOps function and public policy design frameworks for digital adoption, supporting your organization's journey into new paradigms and service models such as Cloud, SaaS, CaaS, FaaS, and DevOpsKey Features: Understand and define policies that can be consumed across the businessLeverage a framework to embed Policy as Code into the organizationLearn how to use Open Policy Agent and its powerful policy language, RegoBook Description: Policy as Code (PaC) is a powerful paradigm that enables organizations to implement, validate, and measure policies at scale. Policy Design in the Age of Digital Adoption is a comprehensive guide to understanding policies, their design, and implementation for cloud environments using a DevOps-based framework. You'll discover how to create the necessary automation, its integration, and which stakeholders to involve.Complete with essential concepts, practical examples, and self-assessment questions, this book will help you understand policies and how new technologies such as cloud, microservices, and serverless leverage Policy as Code. You'll work with a custom framework to implement PaC in the organization, and advance to integrating policies, guidelines, and regulations into code to enhance the security and resilience posture of the organization. You'll also examine existing tools, evaluate them, and learn a framework to implement PaC so that technical and business teams can collaborate more effectively.By the end of this book, you'll have gained the confidence to design digital policies across your organizational environment.What You Will Learn: Understand policies, guidelines, regulations and how they fit together in an organizationDiscover policy-related current challenges brought by digital transformation regarding policiesFind out about Open Policy Engine (OPA) and other policy engines for different environmentsGet to grips with the latest developments in PaC through a review of the literature, toolset, and usageExplore the PaC framework to develop trust at scale, leveraging patterns and best practicesBecome familiar with tool evaluation and selection using real-world examplesWho this book is for: From decision-makers, such as chief information officers (CIOs) and chief information security officers (CISOs) responsible for affecting change horizontally in an organization, to cloud and DevOps architects and engineers, this book will help professionals involved in designing, implementing, and measuring policies in their organizations. A basic understanding of concepts such as cloud-native technologies, Infrastructure as Code, DevOps, and automation is necessary to get started with this book.
IP Subnetting for Beginners
Learn IP Subnetting in just 4 simple steps!If you want to know everything about IP Subnetting and how the Internet works, then this book is definitely for you. It doesn't matter if you are studying for the CCNA exam or you are just trying to master all kinds of networking techniques. The book is destined for everyone looking to start learning Networking.You won't have to be tech-savvy to understand what's being explained in the chapters of this book. The content is suitable for both beginners and those who are more knowledgeable on the subject. You won't have to learn all sorts of complicated terminology to understand the content of this book. The steps to IP Subnetting are simple and easy to apply.By reading this book, you will: Learn how to subnet a networkFind out what an IPv4 is and how the IPv4 Protocol worksUnderstand everything about subnetting computer networksLearn how to implement everything you have learned here with Cisco devicesAnd there are many other things you can grasp by reading this book.Get a copy of this book today and you will have a chance to truly understand IP Subnetting. You won't blindly follow some instructions, you will get an insight into everything that you are reading!Topics covered in this book are the following IP Subnetting, Subnetting, IP Network Subnetting, Network Subnetting, Computer Networking, Network Subnet, IP Subnetting Quick Guide, Subnet, IP Subnetting made easy
Reliable Machine Learning
Whether you're part of a small startup or a multinational corporation, this practical book shows data scientists, software and site reliability engineers, product managers, and business owners how to run and establish ML reliably, effectively, and accountably within your organization. You'll gain insight into everything from how to do model monitoring in production to how to run a well-tuned model development team in a product organization. By applying an SRE mindset to machine learning, authors and engineering professionals Cathy Chen, Kranti Parisa, Niall Richard Murphy, D. Sculley, Todd Underwood, and featured guest authors show you how to run an efficient and reliable ML system. Whether you want to increase revenue, optimize decision making, solve problems, or understand and influence customer behavior, you'll learn how to perform day-to-day ML tasks while keeping the bigger picture in mind. You'll examine: What ML is: how it functions and what it relies on Conceptual frameworks for understanding how ML "loops" work How effective productionization can make your ML systems easily monitorable, deployable, and operable Why ML systems make production troubleshooting more difficult, and how to compensate accordingly How ML, product, and production teams can communicate effectively
IoT Security Paradigms and Applications
Present book highlights these challenges and provide an integrating framework for these technologies illustrating role of blockchain in all the possible facets of IoT security. Further, it investigates the security and privacy issues associated with various IoT systems exploring various machine learning based IoT security solutions including 5G.
Privacy by Design for the Internet of Things
Privacy by design is a proactive approach that promotes privacy and data protection compliance throughout project lifecycles when storing or accessing personal data. Privacy by design is essential for the Internet of Things (IoT) as privacy concerns and accountability are being raised in an increasingly connected world. What becomes of data generated, collected or processed by the IoT is clearly an important question for all involved in the development, manufacturing, applications and use of related technologies. But this IoT concept does not work well with the 'big data' trend of aggregating pools of data for new applications. Developers need to address privacy and security issues and legislative requirements at the design stage, and not as an afterthought. In this edited book, the authors draw on a wealth of interdisciplinary research to delineate the challenges of building accountability into the Internet of Things and solutions for delivering on this critical societal challenge. This advanced book brings together legal-tech scholars, computer scientists, human computer interaction researchers and designers and socials scientists to address these challenges and elaborate solutions. It articulates the accountability principle in law and how it impacts IoT development, presents empirical studies of accountability in action and its implications for IoT development, brings technological responses to the requirements of GDPR and ways of building accountability into the IoT, and covers compliant IoT application development, privacy-preserving data analytics, human-centred IoT security, human-data interaction, and the methodological challenge of understanding and responding to the adoption of future technologies in everyday life.
A Brief History of Cyberspace
With the Internet, a new space, cyberspace, has formed, been rapidly integrated into daily life, and become the fourth living space for human beings. Cyberspace is the digital world created based on traditional physical, social, and thinking spaces (PST). The book explores cyberspace's history philosophy, science, and technology.
Cyber Storm
There's a storm brewing, and your business is right in its path! Despite all of the time and money you invested in your business, this cyber storm threatens everything you've built. Your financial portfolio. Your employee productivity. Even your customer base. Years ago, these "cyber storms" were simply rain showers of inconvenience - worms and viruses that merely slowed down your computer. Today, striking without warning, they are virtual F-5 tornadoes that are destroying small businesses in their paths. It all starts with a data breach where hackers steal private data from customers and employees. Next, they lock you out of your files until you shell out tens of thousands of dollars in ransomware payments. Exorbitant fines, lawsuits, lost sales and a crippled reputation quickly follow. That's because today's cybercriminals know the secrets to gain illegal access to most any computer and network. To stay one step ahead of these cybercriminals and protect your network from a data breach and ransomware, you need the right team to safeguard your network and protect your data. The cyber security experts in this book are a great start. These 16 IT services firm owners have years of experience and firsthand knowledge to help protect you and your business from today's hackers. The information in Cyber Storm can save you a ton of time, energy and expense in protecting what you've worked so hard to build.
Accelerating DevSecOps on AWS
Build high-performance CI/CD pipelines that are powered by AWS and the most cutting-edge tools and techniquesKey Features: Master the full AWS developer toolchain for building high-performance, resilient, and powerful CI/CD pipelinesGet to grips with Chaos engineering, DevSecOps, and AIOps as applied to CI/CDEmploy the latest tools and techniques to build a CI/CD pipeline for application and infrastructureBook Description: Continuous integration and continuous delivery (CI/CD) has never been simple, but these days the landscape is more bewildering than ever; its terrain riddled with blind alleys and pitfalls that seem almost designed to trap the less-experienced developer. If you're determined enough to keep your balance on the cutting edge, this book will help you navigate the landscape with ease.This book will guide you through the most modern ways of building CI/CD pipelines with AWS, taking you step-by-step from the basics right through to the most advanced topics in this domain.The book starts by covering the basics of CI/CD with AWS. Once you're well-versed with tools such as AWS Codestar, Proton, CodeGuru, App Mesh, SecurityHub, and CloudFormation, you'll focus on chaos engineering, the latest trend in testing the fault tolerance of your system. Next, you'll explore the advanced concepts of AIOps and DevSecOps, two highly sought-after skill sets for securing and optimizing your CI/CD systems. All along, you'll cover the full range of AWS CI/CD features, gaining real-world expertise.By the end of this AWS book, you'll have the confidence you need to create resilient, secure, and performant CI/CD pipelines using the best techniques and technologies that AWS has to offer.What You Will Learn: Use AWS Codestar to design and implement a full branching strategyEnforce Policy as Code using CloudFormation Guard and HashiCorp SentinelMaster app and infrastructure deployment at scale using AWS Proton and review app code using CodeGuruDeploy and manage production-grade clusters using AWS EKS, App Mesh, and X-RayHarness AWS Fault Injection Simulator to test the resiliency of your appWield the full arsenal of AWS Security Hub and Systems Manager for infrastructure security automationEnhance CI/CD pipelines with the AI-powered DevOps Guru serviceWho this book is for: This book is for DevOps engineers, engineering managers, cloud developers, and cloud architects. Basic experience with the software development life cycle, DevOps, and AWS is all you need to get started.
Distributed Computing for Emerging Smart Networks
This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the Third International Workshop on Distributed Computing for Emerging Smart Networks, DiCES-N 2022, held in Bizerte, Tunisia, in February 2022. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic the conference was held online. The 5 full papers included in this volume were carefully reviewed and selected from 14 submissions. The volume also presents one invited paper. The papers are organized in topical sections on ​emerging networks and communications; cyber security of connected objects.
Security and Privacy
This book consists of refereed selected papers from the International Conference on Security & Privacy - ICSP 2020. The book is focused on the state-of-the-art developments of network security, secure cryptographic protocols, post-quantum cryptography, quantum cryptography, block-chain and cryptocurrency, IoT security and privacy, cloud security, machine learning in cybersecurity, and other disciplines related to security and privacy. In this book, a wide variety of basic security primitives are discussed along with recent developments in some advanced topics like functional encryption, two-party/multi-party computation, bitcoin, cryptocurrency, and post-quantum security.
The Security Culture Playbook
Mitigate human risk and bake security into your organization's culture from top to bottom with insights from leading experts in security awareness, behavior, and culture. The topic of security culture is mysterious and confusing to most leaders. But it doesn't have to be. In The Security Culture Playbook, Perry Carpenter and Kai Roer, two veteran cybersecurity strategists deliver experience-driven, actionable insights into how to transform your organization's security culture and reduce human risk at every level. This book exposes the gaps between how organizations have traditionally approached human risk and it provides security and business executives with the necessary information and tools needed to understand, measure, and improve facets of security culture across the organization. The book offers: An expose of what security culture really is and how it can be measured A careful exploration of the 7 dimensions that comprise security culture Practical tools for managing your security culture program, such as the Security Culture Framework and the Security Culture Maturity Model Insights into building support within the executive team and Board of Directors for your culture management programAlso including several revealing interviews from security culture thought leaders in a variety of industries, The Security Culture Playbook is an essential resource for cybersecurity professionals, risk and compliance managers, executives, board members, and other business leaders seeking to proactively manage and reduce risk.
Distributed Machine Learning with Python
Build and deploy an efficient data processing pipeline for machine learning model training in an elastic, in-parallel model training or multi-tenant cluster and cloudKey Features: Accelerate model training and interference with order-of-magnitude time reductionLearn state-of-the-art parallel schemes for both model training and servingA detailed study of bottlenecks at distributed model training and serving stagesBook Description: Reducing time cost in machine learning leads to a shorter waiting time for model training and a faster model updating cycle. Distributed machine learning enables machine learning practitioners to shorten model training and inference time by orders of magnitude. With the help of this practical guide, you'll be able to put your Python development knowledge to work to get up and running with the implementation of distributed machine learning, including multi-node machine learning systems, in no time. You'll begin by exploring how distributed systems work in the machine learning area and how distributed machine learning is applied to state-of-the-art deep learning models. As you advance, you'll see how to use distributed systems to enhance machine learning model training and serving speed. You'll also get to grips with applying data parallel and model parallel approaches before optimizing the in-parallel model training and serving pipeline in local clusters or cloud environments. By the end of this book, you'll have gained the knowledge and skills needed to build and deploy an efficient data processing pipeline for machine learning model training and inference in a distributed manner.What You Will Learn: Deploy distributed model training and serving pipelinesGet to grips with the advanced features in TensorFlow and PyTorchMitigate system bottlenecks during in-parallel model training and servingDiscover the latest techniques on top of classical parallelism paradigmExplore advanced features in Megatron-LM and Mesh-TensorFlowUse state-of-the-art hardware such as NVLink, NVSwitch, and GPUsWho this book is for: This book is for data scientists, machine learning engineers, and ML practitioners in both academia and industry. A fundamental understanding of machine learning concepts and working knowledge of Python programming is assumed. Prior experience implementing ML/DL models with TensorFlow or PyTorch will be beneficial. You'll find this book useful if you are interested in using distributed systems to boost machine learning model training and serving speed.
Mastering Cyber Intelligence
Develop the analytical skills to effectively safeguard your organization by enhancing defense mechanisms, and become a proficient threat intelligence analyst to help strategic teams in making informed decisionsKey Features: Build the analytics skills and practices you need for analyzing, detecting, and preventing cyber threatsLearn how to perform intrusion analysis using the cyber threat intelligence (CTI) processIntegrate threat intelligence into your current security infrastructure for enhanced protectionBook Description: The sophistication of cyber threats, such as ransomware, advanced phishing campaigns, zero-day vulnerability attacks, and advanced persistent threats (APTs), is pushing organizations and individuals to change strategies for reliable system protection. Cyber Threat Intelligence converts threat information into evidence-based intelligence that uncovers adversaries' intents, motives, and capabilities for effective defense against all kinds of threats.This book thoroughly covers the concepts and practices required to develop and drive threat intelligence programs, detailing the tasks involved in each step of the CTI lifecycle. You'll be able to plan a threat intelligence program by understanding and collecting the requirements, setting up the team, and exploring the intelligence frameworks. You'll also learn how and from where to collect intelligence data for your program, considering your organization level. With the help of practical examples, this book will help you get to grips with threat data processing and analysis. And finally, you'll be well-versed with writing tactical, technical, and strategic intelligence reports and sharing them with the community.By the end of this book, you'll have acquired the knowledge and skills required to drive threat intelligence operations from planning to dissemination phases, protect your organization, and help in critical defense decisions.What You Will Learn: Understand the CTI lifecycle which makes the foundation of the studyForm a CTI team and position it in the security stackExplore CTI frameworks, platforms, and their use in the programIntegrate CTI in small, medium, and large enterprisesDiscover intelligence data sources and feedsPerform threat modelling and adversary and threat analysisFind out what Indicators of Compromise (IoCs) are and apply the pyramid of pain in threat detectionGet to grips with writing intelligence reports and sharing intelligenceWho this book is for: This book is for security professionals, researchers, and individuals who want to gain profound knowledge of cyber threat intelligence and discover techniques to prevent varying types of cyber threats. Basic knowledge of cybersecurity and network fundamentals is required to get the most out of this book.
Multimedia Forensics
This book is open access. Media forensics has never been more relevant to societal life. Not only media content represents an ever-increasing share of the data traveling on the net and the preferred communications means for most users, it has also become integral part of most innovative applications in the digital information ecosystem that serves various sectors of society, from the entertainment, to journalism, to politics. Undoubtedly, the advances in deep learning and computational imaging contributed significantly to this outcome. The underlying technologies that drive this trend, however, also pose a profound challenge in establishing trust in what we see, hear, and read, and make media content the preferred target of malicious attacks. In this new threat landscape powered by innovative imaging technologies and sophisticated tools, based on autoencoders and generative adversarial networks, this book fills an important gap. It presents a comprehensive review of state-of-the-art forensics capabilities that relate to media attribution, integrity and authenticity verification, and counter forensics. Its content is developed to provide practitioners, researchers, photo and video enthusiasts, and students a holistic view of the field.
Building Offline Applications with Angular
Get a complete overview of offline installable applications. Businesses need reliable applications that enable users to access data and their applications in spite of a bad network connection. Traditional websites work only when connected to the network. With a large number of users depending on mobile phones and tablets for work, social interactions, and media consumption, it's important that the web applications can work on a weak network connection and even offline. This step-by-step guide shows you how to build an Angular application that considers offline access and uses its ready-made features and configurations. Build Offline Applications with Angular helps bridge the gap between native apps and web applications.What You Will LearnGet started with an installable Angular applicationUnderstand the importance of performant, reliable, and offline access of a web applicationDiscover solutions for building Angular applications for speedy response in low bandwidth scenariosUse IndexedDB as an offline data store within a browserWho Is This Book ForIdeal for beginner-to-intermediate-level readers with basic understanding of JavaScript and Angular.
Practical Memory Forensics
A practical guide to enhancing your digital investigations with cutting-edge memory forensics techniquesKey Features: Explore memory forensics, one of the vital branches of digital investigationLearn the art of user activities reconstruction and malware detection using volatile memoryGet acquainted with a range of open-source tools and techniques for memory forensicsBook Description: Memory Forensics is a powerful analysis technique that can be used in different areas, from incident response to malware analysis. With memory forensics, you can not only gain key insights into the user's context but also look for unique traces of malware, in some cases, to piece together the puzzle of a sophisticated targeted attack.Starting with an introduction to memory forensics, this book will gradually take you through more modern concepts of hunting and investigating advanced malware using free tools and memory analysis frameworks. This book takes a practical approach and uses memory images from real incidents to help you gain a better understanding of the subject and develop the skills required to investigate and respond to malware-related incidents and complex targeted attacks. You'll cover Windows, Linux, and macOS internals and explore techniques and tools to detect, investigate, and hunt threats using memory forensics. Equipped with this knowledge, you'll be able to create and analyze memory dumps on your own, examine user activity, detect traces of fileless and memory-based malware, and reconstruct the actions taken by threat actors.By the end of this book, you'll be well-versed in memory forensics and have gained hands-on experience of using various tools associated with it.What You Will Learn: Understand the fundamental concepts of memory organizationDiscover how to perform a forensic investigation of random access memoryCreate full memory dumps as well as dumps of individual processes in Windows, Linux, and macOSAnalyze hibernation files, swap files, and crash dumpsApply various methods to analyze user activitiesUse multiple approaches to search for traces of malicious activityReconstruct threat actor tactics and techniques using random access memory analysisWho this book is for: This book is for incident responders, digital forensic specialists, cybersecurity analysts, system administrators, malware analysts, students, and curious security professionals new to this field and interested in learning memory forensics. A basic understanding of malware and its working is expected. Although not mandatory, knowledge of operating systems internals will be helpful. For those new to this field, the book covers all the necessary concepts.
Multimedia Forensics
This book is open access. Media forensics has never been more relevant to societal life. Not only media content represents an ever-increasing share of the data traveling on the net and the preferred communications means for most users, it has also become integral part of most innovative applications in the digital information ecosystem that serves various sectors of society, from the entertainment, to journalism, to politics. Undoubtedly, the advances in deep learning and computational imaging contributed significantly to this outcome. The underlying technologies that drive this trend, however, also pose a profound challenge in establishing trust in what we see, hear, and read, and make media content the preferred target of malicious attacks. In this new threat landscape powered by innovative imaging technologies and sophisticated tools, based on autoencoders and generative adversarial networks, this book fills an important gap. It presents a comprehensive review of state-of-the-art forensics capabilities that relate to media attribution, integrity and authenticity verification, and counter forensics. Its content is developed to provide practitioners, researchers, photo and video enthusiasts, and students a holistic view of the field.
Constructive Side-Channel Analysis and Secure Design
This book constitutes revised selected papers from the 13th International Workshop on Constructive Side-Channel Analysis and Secure Design, COSADE 2022, held in Leuven, Belgium, in April 2022. The 12 full papers presented in this volume were carefully reviewed and selected from 25 submissions. The papers cover the following subjects: implementation attacks, secure implementation, implementation attack-resilient architectures and schemes, secure design and evaluation, practical attacks, test platforms, and open benchmarks.
Selected Areas in Cryptography
This book contains revised selected papers from the 28th International Conference on Selected Areas in Cryptography, SAC 2021, held as a virtual event September and October 2021.* The 23 full papers presented in this volume were carefully reviewed and selected from 60 submissions. They cover the following research areas: design and analysis of symmetric key primitives and cryptosystems, including block and stream ciphers, hash functions, MAC algorithms, and authenticated encryption schemes, efficient implementations of symmetric and public key algorithms, mathematical and algorithmic aspects of applied cryptology, and secure elections and related cryptographic constructions. *The conference was originally planned to take place at the University of Victoria, BC, Canada. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, it was held virtually.
Blockchain-Enabled Fog and Edge Computing: Concepts, Architectures and Applications
This book unveils the working relationship of blockchain and the fog/edge computing. The contents of the book have been designed in such a way that the reader will not only understand blockchain and fog/edge computing, but will also understand their co-existence and their collaborative power to solve a range of versatile problems.
Arduino programming
DO YOUR CUSTOMERS WANT TO DISCOVER THE SECRETS BEHIND PYTHON DATA SCINCE?Are your customers looking for the simplest approach to become an Arduino programming expert?Then, You Need This Book in Your Library and... Your Customers Will Never Stop to Use and Gift It! Don't worry; this book is written with folks like you in mind. You don't need to spend time reading large books, paying for online lessons, or following tough tutorials to learn Arduino programming.? - WHY THIS BOOK CAN HELP YOUR CUSTOMERSArduino is a hardware development platform based on an open-source, configurable circuit board that is affordable and widely available. To comprehend your surroundings and motors, control lights, and play music, this programmable chip may be used in combination with many actuators and sensors. The Arduino board is a flexible and easy-to-use blend of software and hardware that can be used to construct interactive robots. This freshly updated book demonstrates how to program the Arduino board quickly.Getting Started with Sketches includes easy-to-understand explanations, examples, and sample applications. Learn how to use Arduino's modified C programming language to build basic sketches and store data. In addition, you'll get hands-on experience with C++, library development, and Arduino programming. It is not necessary to have any prior programming experience.- Set up the software, then the Arduino, before beginning to upload drawings.- Use Arduino's analog and digital inputs and outputs to program- Learn the fundamentals of the C programming language and its different library- Write projects that can save data- Interact with LCD screens using functions from the Arduino library- Whether you're an artist, designer, or tinker, you may create your own Arduino libraries and then utilize object-oriented programming approaches to create product prototypes and electronic artwork.And there's a whole lot more... So, what exactly are you waiting for?Buy it NOW and let Your Customers get addicted to this amazing book!
Privacy and Identity Management
This book contains selected papers presented at the 15th IFIP WG 9.2, 9.6/11.7, 11.6/SIG 9.2.2 International Summer School on Privacy and Identity Management, held in Maribor, Slovenia, in September 2020.*The 13 full papers included in this volume were carefully reviewed and selected from 21 submissions. Also included is a summary paper of a tutorial. As in previous years, one of the goals of the IFIP Summer School was to encourage the publication of thorough research papers by students and emerging scholars. The papers combine interdisciplinary approaches to bring together a host of perspectives, such as technical, legal, regulatory, socio-economic, social or societal, political, ethical, anthropological, philosophical, or psychological perspectives.*The summer school was held virtually.
Understanding Blockchain and Cryptocurrencies
You have probably noticed that Blockchains are growing in popularity. Governments are investigating Digital Currencies, supply chains are adopting Digital Ledgers, games makers and artists are developing NFTs (Non-Fungible Tokens) and new use-cases are emerging regularly.
Privacy and Identity Management. Between Data Protection and Security
This book contains selected papers presented at the 16th IFIP WG 9.2, 9.6/11.7, 11.6/SIG 9.2.2 International Summer School on Privacy and Identity Management, held online in August 2021.The 9 full papers included in this volume were carefully reviewed and selected from 23 submissions. Also included are 2 invited keynote papers and 3 tutorial/workshop summary papers. As in previous years, one of the goals of the IFIP Summer School was to encourage the publication of thorough research papers by students and emerging scholars. The papers combine interdisciplinary approaches to bring together a host of perspectives, such as technical, legal, regulatory, socio-economic, social or societal, political, ethical, anthropological, philosophical, or psychological perspectives.
Mastering Kali Linux for Advanced Penetration Testing - Fourth Edition
Master key approaches used by real attackers to perform advanced pentesting in tightly secured infrastructure, cloud environments, and applications, and become familiar with the latest hacking techniquesKey Features: Master advanced pentesting tactics and techniques with Kali Linux to build highly secure systemsLeverage Kali Linux to penetrate modern infrastructures and avoid detectionExplore red teaming and play the hackers game to proactively defend your infrastructureBook Description: Remote working has given hackers plenty of opportunities as more confidential information is shared over the internet than ever before. In this new edition of Mastering Kali Linux for Advanced Penetration Testing, you'll learn an offensive approach to enhance your penetration testing skills by becoming aware of the tactics employed by real attackers. You'll go through laboratory integration to cloud services so that you learn another dimension of exploitation that is typically forgotten during a penetration test. You'll explore different ways of installing and running Kali Linux in a VM and containerized environment and deploy vulnerable cloud services on AWS using containers. This book covers the principles of passive and active reconnaissance, from obtaining user information to large-scale port scanning. Building on this, different vulnerability assessments are explored, including threat modeling. You'll also learn about COVID-19 specific cyber failures and understand the cyber risks involved with working from home.By the end of this book, you'll have explored approaches for performing advanced pentesting in tightly secured infrastructure, cloud environments, and applications and hacking techniques employed on IoT, embedded peripheral devices, and radio frequencies.What You Will Learn: Exploit networks using wired/wireless networks, cloud infrastructure, and web servicesLearn embedded peripheral device, radio frequency, and IoT hacking techniquesMaster the art of bypassing traditional antivirus and endpoint detection and response (EDR) toolsTest for data system exploits using Metasploit, PowerShell Empire, and CrackMapExecPerform cloud security vulnerability assessment and exploitation of security misconfigurationTake your physical security testing to the next level with RFID/Bluetooth hacking and learn how to clone identity cardsWho this book is for: This fourth edition is for security analysts, pentesters, ethical hackers, red team operators, and security consultants wanting to learn and optimize infrastructure/application/cloud security using advanced Kali Linux features. Prior penetration testing experience and basic knowledge of ethical hacking will help you make the most of this book.
Python Text Mining
Natural Language Processing (NLP) has proven to be useful in a wide range of applications. Because of this, extracting information from text data sets requires attention to methods, techniques, and approaches.'Python Text Mining' includes a number of application cases, demonstrations, and approaches that will help you deepen your understanding of feature extraction from data sets. You will get an understanding of good information retrieval, a critical step in accomplishing many machine learning tasks. We will learn to classify text into discrete segments solely on the basis of model properties, not on the basis of user-supplied criteria. The book will walk you through many methodologies, such as classification, that will enable you to rapidly construct recommendation engines, subject segmentation, and sentiment analysis applications. Toward the end, we will also look at machine translation and transfer learning.By the end of this book, you'll know exactly how to gather web-based text, process it, and then apply it to the development of NLP applications.1. Basic Text Processing Techniques2. Text to Numbers3. Word Embeddings4. Topic Modeling5. Unsupervised Sentiment Classification6. Text Classification Using ML7. Text Classification Using Deep learning8. Recommendation engine9. Transfer Learning
A Frontend Web Developer's Guide to Testing
Discover expert tips and best practices for maximizing the efficacy of various test automation frameworks and gain a better understanding of their capabilities for your web projectsKey Features: Explore the progressive features of the most advanced cross-browser test automation frameworksFormulate a solid testing strategy and strengthen your test coverage by selecting the right toolsRealize the future of cross-browser test automation and the use of AI and low-code in testingBook Description: Testing web applications during a sprint poses a challenge for frontend web app developers, which can be overcome by harnessing the power of new, open source cross-browser test automation frameworks. This book will introduce you to a range of leading, powerful frameworks, such as Selenium, Cypress, Puppeteer, and Playwright, and serve as a guide to leveraging their test coverage capability. You'll learn essential concepts of web testing and get an overview of the different web automation frameworks in order to integrate them into your frontend development workflow. Throughout the book, you'll explore the unique features of top open source test automation frameworks, as well as their trade-offs, and learn how to set up each of them to create tests that don't break with changes in the app.By the end of this book, you'll not only be able to choose the framework that best suits your project needs but also create your initial JavaScript-based test automation suite. This will enable fast feedback upon code changes and increase test automation reliability. As the open source market for these frameworks evolves, this guide will help you to continuously validate your project needs and adapt to the changes.What You Will Learn: Choose the ideal tool or combination of tools for testing your appContinuously monitor the market and ensure that your developers are using the right toolsAdvance test automation for your web app with sophisticated capabilitiesMeasure both code coverage and test coverage to assess your web application qualityMeasure the success and maturity of web application qualityUnderstand the trade-offs in tool selection and the associated risksBuild Cypress, Selenium, Playwright, and Puppeteer projects from scratchExplore low-code testing tools for web appsWho this book is for: If you are a frontend developer working with popular frameworks, such as Vue or React, and want to develop testing skills by learning the essentials of test automation, this book is for you. An intermediate-level understanding of JavaScript and frontend development is assumed.
Java for Web Development
Play around JavaBeans, NetBeans IDE, and build strong foundation of web development conceptsKey FeaturesExtensive demonstrations of Servlets and JSP in action, including various instances.Prepares you to succeed in Java Full Stack and Web Programming Interviews.Increases familiarity with MVC techniques for web programming.DescriptionThis book is about creating web applications with Java, servlets, Java Server Pages, and struts. Servlets, JSP pages, and database connectivity will be covered in detail. The more you read this book, the better you will be at making GUI apps, using JavaBeans in JSP, and making your tag libraries.The book covers various key topics, including the MVC pattern, servlets, JSP, database connectivity, struts, and localization. With examples and demonstrations, you'll learn about every aspect of web development and how to use Java and associated tools effectively throughout the process. All programmes are made in the NetBeans IDE and run on Tomcat Server. The hierarchy of classes and the architecture are also illustrated graphically. Readers will get comprehensive knowledge of concepts through analogies drawn from real-world situations. Interview questions with solutions are also included for users looking for jobs in software companies.Readers will be able to create dynamic websites and blogs with the help of this book. The book is a wonderful resource for aspiring java programmers and web developers who wish to master both basic and advanced level web application development in Java through their efforts and this book.What you will learnConnect to a database using a thin driver.Create GUI apps, reuse JavaBeans in JSP, and custom tag libraries.Discover how to run a Tomcat server.Acquaint with the NetBeans IDE and create all applications using it.Explore solutions on Java programming to get ready for the workplace.Who this book is forIf you are an aspiring web developer and interested in developing dynamic websites and web applications using Java, this book is the go-to guide for you. Prior knowledge of Java programming is preferred to speed up the learning of the book.Table of Contents1. Database Connectivity2. Internationalization3. Introduction To Java Servlets4. HTTP Servlet5. Working with Servlet Sessions6. Inter Servlet Communication7. Java Server Pages8. Comment Tag and Scripting Element9. JSP Directives10. JSP Action Element and Custom Tags11. Introduction to Struts12. Interview QuestionsRead more
Wireless Security Architecture
Reduce organizational cybersecurity risk and build comprehensive WiFi, private cellular, and IOT security solutions Wireless Security Architecture: Designing and Maintaining Secure Wireless for Enterprise offers readers an essential guide to planning, designing, and preserving secure wireless infrastructures. It is a blueprint to a resilient and compliant architecture that responds to regulatory requirements, reduces organizational risk, and conforms to industry best practices. This book emphasizes WiFi security, as well as guidance on private cellular and Internet of Things security. Readers will discover how to move beyond isolated technical certifications and vendor training and put together a coherent network that responds to contemporary security risks. It offers up-to-date coverage--including data published for the first time--of new WPA3 security, Wi-Fi 6E, zero-trust frameworks, and other emerging trends. It also includes: Concrete strategies suitable for organizations of all sizes, from large government agencies to small public and private companies Effective technical resources and real-world sample architectures Explorations of the relationships between security, wireless, and network elements Practical planning templates, guides, and real-world case studies demonstrating application of the included conceptsPerfect for network, wireless, and enterprise security architects, Wireless Security Architecture belongs in the libraries of technical leaders in firms of all sizes and in any industry seeking to build a secure wireless network.
Mastering Azure Security - Second Edition
Get to grips with artificial intelligence and cybersecurity techniques to respond to adversaries and incidentsKey Features: Learn how to secure your Azure cloud workloads across applications and networksProtect your Azure infrastructure from cyber attacksDiscover tips and techniques for implementing, deploying, and maintaining secure cloud services using best practicesBook Description: Security is integrated into every cloud, but this makes users put their guard down as they take cloud security for granted. Although the cloud provides higher security, keeping their resources secure is one of the biggest challenges many organizations face as threats are constantly evolving. Microsoft Azure offers a shared responsibility model that can address any challenge with the right approach.Revised to cover product updates up to early 2022, this book will help you explore a variety of services and features from Microsoft Azure that can help you overcome challenges in cloud security. You'll start by learning the most important security concepts in Azure, their implementation, and then advance to understanding how to keep resources secure. The book will guide you through the tools available for monitoring Azure security and enforcing security and governance the right way. You'll also explore tools to detect threats before they can do any real damage and those that use machine learning and AI to analyze your security logs and detect anomalies.By the end of this cloud security book, you'll have understood cybersecurity in the cloud and be able to design secure solutions in Microsoft Azure.What You Will Learn: Become well-versed with cloud security conceptsGet the hang of managing cloud identitiesUnderstand the zero-trust approachAdopt the Azure security cloud infrastructureProtect and encrypt your dataGrasp Azure network security conceptsDiscover how to keep cloud resources secureImplement cloud governance with security policies and rulesWho this book is for: This book is for Azure cloud professionals, Azure architects, and security professionals looking to implement secure cloud services using Azure Security Centre and other Azure security features. A solid understanding of fundamental security concepts and prior exposure to the Azure cloud will help you understand the key concepts covered in the book more effectively.
Transformers for Natural Language Processing - Second Edition
OpenAI's GPT-3, ChatGPT, GPT-4 and Hugging Face transformers for language tasks in one book. Get a taste of the future of transformers, including computer vision tasks and code writing and assistance.Purchase of the print or Kindle book includes a free eBook in PDF formatKey Features: Pretrain a BERT-based model from scratch using Hugging FaceFine-tune powerful transformer models, including OpenAI's GPT-3, to learn the logic of your dataPerform root cause analysis on hard NLP problemsBook Description: Transformers are...well...transforming the world of AI. There are many platforms and models out there, but which ones best suit your needs?Transformers for Natural Language Processing, 2nd Edition, guides you through the world of transformers, highlighting the strengths of different models and platforms, while teaching you the problem-solving skills you need to tackle model weaknesses.You'll use Hugging Face to pretrain a RoBERTa model from scratch, from building the dataset to defining the data collator to training the model.If you're looking to fine-tune a pretrained model, including GPT-3, then Transformers for Natural Language Processing, 2nd Edition, shows you how with step-by-step guides.The book investigates machine translations, speech-to-text, text-to-speech, question-answering, and many more NLP tasks. It provides techniques to solve hard language problems and may even help with fake news anxiety (read chapter 13 for more details).You'll see how cutting-edge platforms, such as OpenAI, have taken transformers beyond language into computer vision tasks and code creation using Codex.By the end of this book, you'll know how transformers work and how to implement them and resolve issues like an AI detective!What You Will Learn: Find out how ViT and CLIP label images (including blurry ones!) and create images from a sentence using DALL-EDiscover new techniques to investigate complex language problemsCompare and contrast the results of GPT-3 against T5, GPT-2, and BERT-based transformersCarry out sentiment analysis, text summarization, casual speech analysis, machine translations, and more using TensorFlow, PyTorch, and GPT-3Measure the productivity of key transformers to define their scope, potential, and limits in productionWho this book is for: If you want to learn about and apply transformers to your natural language (and image) data, this book is for you.You'll need a good understanding of Python and deep learning and a basic understanding of NLP to benefit most from this book. Many platforms covered in this book provide interactive user interfaces, which allow readers with a general interest in NLP and AI to follow several chapters. And, don't worry if you get stuck or have questions; this book gives you direct access to our AI/ML community and author, Denis Rothman. So, he'll be there to guide you on your transformers journey!
Wireless and Mobile Networking
The book explains fundamental principles and protocols of key existing and emerging wireless networking technologies. It includes an overview of the basic theories of wireless signals followed by detailed coverage of the evolution and latest developments of popular wireless networks, including WiFi, Bluetooth, LoRa, and 5G.
Computer Networking for Beginners
Do you want to learn how to build your own computer network in a simple and effective way, even if you are just a beginner?Then read on. A computer network is characterised by a set of hardware devices with appropriate switching software, nodes that are connected to each other by special communication channels (links) to provide a communication service that allows data to be exchanged and shared, and communication between several users or devices. Data is transferred in the form of a PDU (Packet Data Unit), consisting of a header (which contains the data for sending the message) and a body (which contains the body of the message), all governed by strict protocols. In order to create a computer network, you need to know all the basic concepts that will allow you to have an efficient and above all secure network from possible external attacks.This book is packed with the information you need to create a network and keep it running. It is every beginner's guide to networking. Topics covered: Mobile communication systemsNetwork protocolsWireless communication technologiesSecurity of wireless technologySecurity issues in wireless networksSecurity architectureWireless cellular networksThe OSI modelWireless network applicationsCisco, CCNA systems. What are you waiting for?Buy it Now and build your first computer network with the help of this fantastic book.
Cybersecurity and Local Government
CYBERSECURITY AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT Learn to secure your local government's networks with this one-of-a-kind resource In Cybersecurity and Local Government, a distinguished team of researchers delivers an insightful exploration of cybersecurity at the level of local government. The book makes a compelling argument that every local government official, elected or otherwise, must be reasonably knowledgeable about cybersecurity concepts and provide appropriate support for it within their governments. It also lays out a straightforward roadmap to achieving those objectives, from an overview of cybersecurity definitions to descriptions of the most common security challenges faced by local governments. The accomplished authors specifically address the recent surge in ransomware attacks and how they might affect local governments, along with advice as to how to avoid and respond to these threats. They also discuss the cybersecurity law, cybersecurity policies that local government should adopt, the future of cybersecurity, challenges posed by Internet of Things, and much more. Throughout, the authors provide relevant field examples, case studies of actual local governments, and examples of policies to guide readers in their own application of the concepts discussed within. Cybersecurity and Local Government also offers: A thorough introduction to cybersecurity generally, including definitions of key cybersecurity terms and a high-level overview of the subject for non-technologists. A comprehensive exploration of critical information for local elected and top appointed officials, including the typical frequencies and types of cyberattacks. Practical discussions of the current state of local government cybersecurity, with a review of relevant literature from 2000 to 2021. In-depth examinations of operational cybersecurity policies, procedures and practices, with recommended best practices. Perfect for local elected and top appointed officials and staff as well as local citizens, Cybersecurity and Local Government will also earn a place in the libraries of those studying or working in local government with an interest in cybersecurity.
Auditing Corporate Surveillance Systems
News headlines about privacy invasions, discrimination, and biases discovered in the platforms of big technology companies are commonplace today, and big tech's reluctance to disclose how they operate counteracts ideals of transparency, openness, and accountability. This book is for computer science students and researchers who want to study big tech's corporate surveillance from an experimental, empirical, or quantitative point of view and thereby contribute to holding big tech accountable. As a comprehensive technical resource, it guides readers through the corporate surveillance landscape and describes in detail how corporate surveillance works, how it can be studied experimentally, and what existing studies have found. It provides a thorough foundation in the necessary research methods and tools, and introduces the current research landscape along with a wide range of open issues and challenges. The book also explains how to consider ethical issues and how to turn research results into real-world change.
How to Start a Podcast
Everything you need to know about how to grow your own podcast today! Have you been struggling to get your head wrapped around the podcasting world? Do you feel you lack ideas of what to do, and has it been hard making a profit? Are you finding writing for your podcast almost unbearable? Do you want to have fun podcasting and get paid to do it? It is time to get a new perspective on all things podcast-related. In this book, you will: - Understand how the podcasting world works.- Learn how to develop the premise for a successful podcast.- Discover how to choose the right niche and audience for you.- Get insight into the business side of podcasting by learning how to start a brand.- Learn all about the different equipment you may need according to your budget.- Learn all you need to know about editing and post-production.- Discover the best places to upload your podcast.- Explore the many ways through which you can monetize your content.- Master how to market your podcast.- Master interviewing techniques for when you bring on guests. As a content creator, your time, effort, and financial resources are too precious to be wasted on techniques that do not work. It's time for you to take a step back and plan a new approach. This insightful book will walk you through the process of building a podcast, distributing it, and profiting from it.
Verification and Evaluation of Computer and Communication Systems
This book constitutes the proceedings of the 15th International Conference on Verification and Evaluation of Computer and Communication Systems, VECoS 2021, which took place in November 2021. Due to COVID-19 pandemic the conference was held virtually. The 5 full papers presented in this volume were carefully reviewed and selected from 12 submissions. The aim of the VECoS conference is to bring together researchers and practitioners in the areas of verification, control, performance, and dependability evaluation in order to discuss state of the art and challenges in modern computer and communication systems in which functional and extra-functional properties are strongly interrelated. Thus, the main motivation for VECoS is to encourage the cross-fertilization between various formal verification and evaluation approaches, methods and techniques, and especially those developed for concurrent and distributed hardware/software systems.
Privacy-Preserving Machine Learning
This book provides a thorough overview of the evolution of privacy-preserving machine learning schemes over the last ten years, after discussing the importance of privacy-preserving techniques. In response to the diversity of Internet services, data services based on machine learning are now available for various applications, including risk assessment and image recognition. In light of open access to datasets and not fully trusted environments, machine learning-based applications face enormous security and privacy risks. In turn, it presents studies conducted to address privacy issues and a series of proposed solutions for ensuring privacy protection in machine learning tasks involving multiple parties. In closing, the book reviews state-of-the-art privacy-preserving techniques and examines the security threats they face.
Zabbix 6 IT Infrastructure Monitoring Cookbook - Second Edition
Discover practical recipes to help you efficiently monitor enterprise IT infrastructure for Microsoft Windows, Linux, networking, and moreKey Features: Find out how you can leverage some of the most exciting features of Zabbix 6Perform professional IT infrastructure and application monitoring on multiple platformsDiscover easy-to-follow, practical solutions to problems in network monitoring with ZabbixBook Description: This updated second edition of the Zabbix 6 IT Infrastructure Monitoring Cookbook brings you new recipes, updated with Zabbix 6 functionality. You'll learn how to set up Zabbix with built-in high availability, use the improved Business Service Monitoring, set up automatic reporting, and create advanced triggers. Zabbix offers useful insights into your infrastructure performance and issues and enables you to enhance your monitoring setup with its powerful features. This book covers hands-on, easy-to-follow recipes for using Zabbix 6 to monitor effectively the performance of devices and applications over the network.You'll start by working your way through the installation and most prominent features of Zabbix and make the right design choices for building a scalable and easily manageable environment. This Zabbix book contains recipes for building items and triggers for different types of monitoring, building templates, and using Zabbix proxies. Next, you'll use the Zabbix API for customization and manage your Zabbix server and database efficiently. Finally, you'll find quick solutions to the common and not-so-common problems that you may encounter in your Zabbix monitoring work.By the end of this book, you'll be able to use Zabbix for all your monitoring needs and build a solid Zabbix setup by leveraging its key functionalities.What You Will Learn: Implement your high-availability Zabbix setupBuild templates and explore the different types of monitoring available in Zabbix 6Use Zabbix proxies to scale your environment effectivelyWork with custom integrations and the Zabbix APISet up advanced triggers and effective alertingMaintain your Zabbix setup for scaling, backups, and upgradesDiscover how to perform advanced Zabbix database managementMonitor cloud-based products such as Amazon Web Services (AWS), Azure, and DockerWho this book is for: This book is for IT engineers who want to get started with Zabbix and anyone with an intermediate-level understanding of Zabbix looking to extend their knowledge. Although not necessary, prior experience with Zabbix will help you to make the most of this book.
Code-Based Cryptography
This book constitutes the proceedings of the 9th International Workshop on Code-Based Cryptography, CBCrypto 2021, which was held during June 21-22, 2021. The workshop was initially planned to take place in Munich, Germany, but changed to an online event due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The 6 papers presented in this volume were carefully reviewed and selected from 14 submissions. These contributions span all aspects of code-based cryptography, from design to implementation, and including studies of security, new systems, and improved decoding algorithms.
Applications and Techniques in Information Security
This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 12th International Conference on Applications and Techniques in Information Security, ATIS 2021, held as a virtual event in December 2021. The 9 full papers along with the 5 short papers presented in the volume were carefully reviewed and selected from 67 submissions. The papers are focused on all aspects on techniques and applications in information security research.
Smart Card Research and Advanced Applications
This book constitutes the proceedings of the 20th International Conference on Smart Card Research and Advanced Applications, CARDIS 2021, which took place in November 2021. The conference took place in L羹beck, Germany, and changed to a hybrid format due to the COVID-19 pandemic.The 16 full papers presented in this volume were carefully reviewed and selected from 32 submissions. They were organized in topical sections named Side-Channel Attacks, Fault Attacks, Public Key and Secure Implementations.