Design and implementation of a mediation system enabling secure communication among Critical Infrastructures

International Journal of Critical Infrastructure Protection

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 86-97

  Castrucci, Marco ^a   Neri, Alessandro ^b   Caldeira, Filipe ^c   Aubert, Jocelyn ^d   Khadraoui, Djamel ^d   Aubigny, Matthieu ^e   Harpes, Carlo ^e   Simoes, Paulo ^c   Suraci, Vincenzo ^a,f   Capodieci, Paolo ^g  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b Departments of Paediatrics Paediatric Haematology Oncology or Pediatric Surgery   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

^d LUXEMBOURG INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Luxembourg)

^e Ecostart Bât 2   (Luxembourg)

^f ECAMPUS UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^g SELEX Communications   (Italy)

Author keywords

Critical Infrastructure; Information sharing; MICIE; Secure mediation gateway; Web services

Indexed keywords

INFORMATION SHARING; KEY ELEMENTS; MEDIATION SYSTEMS; MICIE; MITIGATION STRATEGY; REAL-TIME INFORMATION; SECURE COMMUNICATIONS; SECURE MEDIATION; SYSTEMIC APPROACH;

CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURES; MIDDLEWARE; WEB SERVICES;

PUBLIC WORKS;

EID: 84863204599     PISSN: 18745482     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcip.2012.04.001     Document Type: Article

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