SaaS-model-based approach for mobile government security

International Journal of Mobile Communications

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 654-666

  Zhuo, Jun ^a   Wei, June ^b   Chen, Liangliang ^a   Li, Zhibo ^c  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WEST FLORIDA   (United States)

^c ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

database security model; m government; mobile communication; SaaS; software as a service

Indexed keywords

EID: 81855201967     PISSN: 1470949X     EISSN: 17415217     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJMC.2010.035482     Document Type: Article

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