Trust Management

We present the concept and design of Dynamic Automated Metadata Exchange (DAME) in Security Assertion Markup Language (SAML) based user authentication and authorization infrastructures. This approach solves the real-world limitations in scalability of pre-exchanged metadata in SAML-based federations and inter-federations. The user initiates the metadata exchange on demand, therefore reducing the size of the exchanged metadata compared to traditional metadata aggregation. In order to specify and discuss the necessary changes to identity federation architectures, we apply the Munich Network Management (MNM) service model to Federated Identity Management via a trusted third party (TTP); an overview of all components and interactions is created. Based on this model, the management architecture of the TTP with its basic management functionalities is designed. This management architecture includes further functionality for automated management of entities and dynamic federations.

In recent times, coupled with the emergence of the new cloud paradigm, a number of security related issues have emerged. Therefore, trust and reputation management has become unavoidable challenge in this new cloud computing paradigm. Cloud computing represents a shared and statistical service model that allows software, platform and infrastructure to be shared as service, with high degree of openness and autonomy. Consequently these high degree of openness and autonomy impose the need for surveillance of the services, and profer nearly an ideal condition for a spread of unauthentic files. Although peer- to-peer (P2P) models and their applications are popular depending on their domain of applicability, protecting peer's security remain a challenge. As a result, this research paper presents a novel Peer-to-Peer reputation- based trust management model in a cloud provisioning environment. To validate the proposed model, a simulation environment with different peers and service pro...

Este livro é destinado a estudantes, pesquisadores, profissionais e demais interessados em comércio eletrônico (e-commerce), e faz um resgate histórico do surgimento das compras on-line, sua evolução no decorrer dos anos, além de explanar sobre as vantagens e as desvantagens de se utilizar as ferramentas e os recursos do ambiente virtual. Um dos principais objetivos do autor é apresentar como se relacionam alguns aspectos que, via de regra, estão presentes em tal ambiente, como a privacidade, a segurança, a qualidade das informações, a confiança, a propaganda boca a boca eletrônica e a intenção de recompra. Trata-se de uma leitura envolvente, ilustrada com diversas evidências empíricas nacionais e internacionais, complementada por uma ampla pesquisa realizada entre consumidores brasileiros que costumam realizar compras no formato on-line.

In this work, we present an adversary model that incorporates side channel attacks in the Indistinguishability Experiment for Adaptive Chosen Ciphertext Attack (CCA2). We propose security assumptions and an attack model for a secure SSW-ARQ protocol with an integration of TFTP protocol. We also present the security reduction of SSW-ARQ protocol from Cramer-Shoup encryption scheme, timing and power attacks as side channel security for the SSW-ARQ protocol. We suggest using a lightweight symmetric encryption for data encryption and asymmetric encryption for key exchange protocols in the TFTP. The target implementation of secure TFTP is for embedded devices such as Wi-Fi Access Points (AP) and remote Base Stations (BS). In this paper we present the security proofs based on an attack model (IND-CCA2) for securing TFTP protocol. We have also introduce a novel adversary model in IND-CCA2-(TA, PA, TPA) and it is considered a practical model because the model incorporates the timing attack and power attack.

San Marino trust law is embedded in a consolidated civil law tradition stretching back to the ius commune system of fiduciary instruments, thereby making it possible to trace, to a large extent, an itinerary related to common law trusts, and to challenge unwarranted allegations (now, fortunately, fading away) that trusts cannot be transplanted into civil law countries. San Marino has not confined itself to imitating other offshore legislation, but has drawn up a unique trust system reconciling the typical features of international models - thus embarking on the race to attract the trust business within its borders - with the peculiarities of its own system of sources. Hovering between the principles of confidence and patrimonial separation, the international models and ius commune, San Marino trust law proves to be the perfect combination of innovation and tradition, and longs to become a benchmark for the regulation of trusts established in civil law jurisdictions.

L’opera, dopo aver passato in rassegna le principali caratteristiche del trust, dell’atto di destinazione e del negozio di affidamento fiduciario nonché le più rilevanti questioni problematiche ad essi relative (capitolo 1), esamina in modo assai approfondito (attentamente vagliando le posizioni in merito tanto della dottrina quanto della giurisprudenza, anche inedita) le implicazioni dell’utilizzo di tali negozi in ambito familiare: all’attenzione del lettore vengono così poste (con una costante attenzione all’esigenza – sovente trascurata dalla prassi – del rispetto delle norme imperative del nostro ordinamento) le relazioni fra di essi e la disciplina in tema di regime patrimoniale della famiglia (capitolo 2), di crisi del matrimonio o dell’unione civile (capitolo 3), di accordi fra conviventi (capitolo 4), di incapacità totale o parziale di agire (capitolo 5) e di tutela dei diritti successori dei legittimari (capitolo 6). Il lavoro tiene conto anche dei più recenti provvedimenti legislativi che sono intervenuti nella materia in esame: trattasi  della legge del 20.5.2016, n. 76 (recante “Regolamentazione delle unioni civili tra persone dello stesso sesso e disciplina delle convivenze”) e della c.d. “legge sul dopo di noi” del 22.6.2016, n. 112 (recante “Disposizioni in materia di assistenza in favore delle persone con disabilita' grave prive del sostegno familiare”).

Information overload is a new challenge in e-commerce sites. The problem refers to the fast growing of information that lead following the information flow in real world be impossible. Recommender systems, as the most successful application of information filtering, help users to find items of their interest from huge datasets. Collaborative filtering, as the most successful technique for recommendation, utilises social behaviours of users to detect their interests. Traditional challenges of Collaborative filtering, such as cold start, sparcity problem, accuracy and malicious attacks, derived researchers to use new metadata to improve accuracy of recommenders and solve the traditional problems. Trust based recommender systems focus on trustworthy value on relation among users to make more reliable and accurate recommends. In this paper our focus is on trust based approach and discuss about the process of making recommendation in these method. Furthermore, we review different proposed trust metrics, as the most important step in this process.

This presentation is based on the Reputation Management Certificate Program of the Public Relations Society of America (PRSA) 2017

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Studies of innovative behavior (the generation, dissemination, and implementation of new ideas) have
generally overlooked the agency perspective on this important type of performance behavior. Guided by
social– cognitive theory, we propose a moderated mediation relationship to explain why and how
employees become motivated to make things happen through their innovative endeavors. First, we
propose that within-individual increases in organizational trust and perceived respect by colleagues
promote within-individual increases in creative, persuasion, and change self-efficacy over time. Second,
we propose that within-individual increases in self-efficacy beliefs promote within-individual increases
in idea generation, dissemination, and implementation over time. Finally, we propose that psychological
collectivism (a between-individual variable) is a moderator, and that a higher level of psychological
collectivism weakens the positive relationship between within-individual increases in self-efficacy
beliefs and within-individual increases in innovative behavior. Repeated measures collected from 267
employees in Italy at 3 time points over an 8-month period generally support our proposed dynamic
moderated mediation relationship.

Due to increasing Financial Crimes in Banking Systems Domain, Supervising on Banking Operations Is More Bolder than before. On other Hand, progress in Information Technology has brought significant changes which resulted in emergence of new type of Banking and Supervising. Virtual banking is based on computer software and systems that require minimum manpower and governance, risk and compliance (GRC) Management Systems is a system That Monitors operations of an enterprise in organization and IT view. With considering Background Studies in Application of GRC Systems in banking Scope, We Concentrate on Trust Issues in Relation with Banking and GRC Systems and We present a trust based Model for Supervising of Banking Systems. This paper firstly introduces a Supervisory Model for banking that based of GRC Approaches and Then We Modeling Trust with STS-ML Tropos tools. To end with, we discuss the final result and draw some conclusions about the constructed artifact.

The purpose of this paper is to develop and analyze the relationship between leadership practices and conceptual innovation. Based on theoretical framework the three hypotheses have been formulated, concerning the links between creativity and innovation, knowledge sharing by a leader and innovation and trust in a leader and innovation in organization. Based on a qualitative method a questionnaire has been conducted. The data has been analyzed using t-test and one-way analysis on variance ANOVA to verify the hypothesized relations. The results of the study indicate the leadership practices that are associated with conceptual innovation.

Mobile Ad hoc Network (MANET) is a self-organizing wireless network for mobile devices. It does not require any fixed infrastructure
to be configured which makes it more suitable to be used in environments that require on-the-fly setup. This paper discusses
the challenging issues in MANET routing security. It presents FrAODV, a trust-based scheme for securing AODV routing protocol
in MANET using the friendship mechanism. The nodes can evaluate the routing paths according to some selected features (such
as node reputation and identity information) before forwarding the data through these routes. We have used two types of implementation
in our scheme, simulation (using NS2) and real test-bed (using JADHOC). This scheme is believed to provide a robust environment where MANET nodes can trust each other in a secure community.

Intrusion  Detection  System  (IDS)  is  meant  to  be  a  software  application  which  monitors  the  network  or
system  activities  and  finds  if  any  malicious  operations  occur.  Tremendous  growth  and  usage  of  internet raises  concerns  about  how  to  protect  and  communicate  the  digital  information  in  a  safe  manner. Nowadays,  hackers  use  different  types  of  attacks  for  getting  the  valuable  information.  Many  intrusion detection techniques, methods and algorithms help to detect these attacks. This main objective of this paper is  to  provide  a  complete  study  about  the  definition  of  intrusion  detection,  history,  life  cycle,  types of intrusion detection methods, types of attacks, different tools and techniques, research needs, challenges and applications.

It's time to discover a new way for individuals to lead organizations and societies. Trust in a variety of institutions, including governmental and business, is at an all-time low. In order to strengthen society from its foundations, we need to rebuild trust.  Research shows that leaders are critical to building trust in organizations, and that trust in leadership is significantly related to a number of attitudes, behaviors and performance outcomes. This new book, with its emphasis on the critical role of leadership in trust-building as well as the novel perspective on the trust circle of leadership, will be of interest to all students and researchers studying leadership,  management and organizational behavior.

11 th International Conference on Cryptography and Information Security (CRYPIS 2022) focuses on cutting-edge results in Applied Cryptography and Information security. It aims to bring together scientists, researchers and students to exchange novel ideas and results in all aspects of Cryptography, Coding and Information security. Authors are solicited to contribute to the conference by submitting articles that illustrate research results, projects, surveying works and industrial experiences that describe significant advances in the following areas, but are not limited to.

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The Protection Book describes steps to: *Create a Superior "Private Will" that supersedes typical Wills. *Get Discretionary Benefits and Spendthrift Protection *Protect yourself from the legal and financial ravages of Disability *Provide for Personal Care, Children and Guardianship *Manage & protect assets regarding disability *Keep finances and beneficiaries private. Eliminate publicity *Eliminate probate, attorneys fees, disputes, & court costs *Minimize lawsuit concerns and insurance claims *Eliminate the need for a court appointed Guardianship *Minimize Family Conflicts and disputes with friends *Minimize Support expense & Medical expense *Minimize Education Expense *Manage, defer, reduce, transfer, or eliminate Taxes *Distinguish the hype from Professional Trust Experts *Understand documents Sample documents are provided; all of the legal forms, finance checklists, including many typical examples.

Introduction to the book chapter:
Interest in trust amongst both human resource management (HRM) scholars and practitioners has grown significantly in recent decades. While studies have identified a range of benefits for both employees and organizations, in general terms trust acts as a lubricant, facilitating cooperation and collaboration and strengthening performance (Searle and Skinner, 2011). It is the connection of trust to positive behaviours supporting the achievement of organizational goals which resonates with the central premise of HRM, it being concerned with structuring human interactions within an organizational context in order to maximize performance (Tzafrir, 2005; Tzafrir et al., 2004). Research suggests that organizations with high trust cultures not only attract the best talent, but also are in a position to pay them more, trust promoting superior levels of performance (Hughes et al., 2018; Zak, 2017). Not surprisingly, the importance of trust in the employment relationship has been widely reported, researchers highlighting it as an integral part of the psychological contract (Guest, 2004), being crucial to the success of relationships both within and between organizations (Herriot et al., 1998), and enabling employees to be more engaged, productive and aligned to the organization’s purpose (Zak, 2017). We begin this chapter by defining trust and outlining key trust models which explain its development. We then discuss the different trust relationships within the organizational context before highlighting the benefits of trust and its importance to HRM and the management of people at work. We conclude by discussing areas where knowledge is more limited, particularly in relation to virtual teams and distrust, outlining opportunities for further development of theory and arguing for a more epistemologically pluralist future.

The article discusses the origins of the idea to deploy a territorial defense in Ukraine. The author relies on his own experience of participating in working groups that were created in 2014 at the direction of the National Security and Defense Council.

Il ruolo del trust nel panorama italiano viene analizzato grazie alle evidenze empiriche raccolte tra i professionisti del settore. Nella prima parte dell’elaborato, si esamina l’istituto del trust definendo un quadro storico-giuridico con una speciale attenzione allo sviluppo della figura del trustee nella moderna prassi professionale. La giurisprudenza italiana dell’ultimo decennio mostra una crescente (e talvolta sorprendente) consapevolezza dei meccanismi di funzionamento dell’istituto. Nel presente lavoro di ricerca si raccolgono ed elaborano i dati forniti dagli operatori del trust italiano per conoscerne la diffusione e i tratti distintivi. L’obiettivo è di elaborare un data set di riferimento sia per gli attori professionali presenti che per quelli interessati ad entrare nel settore. L’analisi statistica sviluppata in seguito si interroga sulle relazioni tra le variabili considerate e fornisce una fotografia dell’industria del trust illustrando i futuri sviluppi in materia. Il campione totale è composto da 138 intervistati suddivisi per appartenenza ad associazioni di settore, area geografica, esperienza nel segmento e categoria professionale coinvolta. Ne è emerso che l’assunzione dell’incarico di trustee e l’ammontare dei patrimoni gestiti sono significativamente influenzati dalla categoria professionale considerata. Questo dato ha permesso di individuare prospettive interessanti di crescita nell’offerta di servizi dedicati al trust a fini di tutela patrimoniale e di passaggio successorio, da parte, in particolare, di talune categorie di operatori (private banking e family office).

Product Service Systems (PSS) with the same purpose may be implemented differently across societies. Due to societies having different socio-cultural issues, social norms, and laws, public systems have evolved in specific ways for different societies. One of the factors for making such differences is social trust. This thesis stresses on how a PSS can be an innovative social value creating solution through social trust, while also suggesting social trust level as a parameter for the PSS design. The case study focuses on public transportation systems in Seoul and other cities. A PSS design for a flight luggage weight management is proposed for demonstrating how an appropriate PSS within a social context can be designed. By factoring in a broader social context, the PSS can be more effective for solving societal problems and creating social value. The conclusion emphasizes the importance of designing a PSS within a social context to solve societal issues and to create social value by using a mixed strategy of punishment and reinforcement behaviours. Finally, the PSS may encourage people to build more social value together and choose an ideal system for society.
Society is ever changing and dynamically evolving. Many PSS’s have to be equipped to face conflicts within a social context. Therefore, designing a PSS within a social context is a difficult problem. To design a PSS, designers need to make an assumption in regards to social trust and whether users will behave as expected or not. Therefore, the designer needs to consider the normal usage and typical abuse of the system by stakeholders in order to design a successful PSS.
To find cases of similar PSS’s, this thesis takes examples from public metro transportation systems that have different social trust levels. There are generally no big differences

between metro transportation systems, although cities often choose different PSS styles. Initially, Seoul, Hong Kong, and L.A. chose advanced ICT (information and communication technologies) for the metro transportation system, which included automatic ticketing, check-in terminals, fare gates, transfer control, and electric surveillance systems. These were developed based on lesser trust levels. These systems provide high transparency for the system. Primarily, surveillance systems are designed against fare-dodging passengers, accidents, and terror threats. Meanwhile, honour-based systems of metro transportation are also working in Berlin and Ulm/Neu Ulm. It is based on high trust level among citizens and the operating entity. It can be vulnerable to fare evasions. However, passengers can enjoy convenient travel without the hassles of checking-in or out. Medium trust level systems can be found in the metro transportation systems of Helsinki, Espoo, and Vantaa.
From the case study, the risk/cost scenario for a PSS is analysed. If there were lesser social trust in a society, it would be a rational decision to invest more in security maintenance systems to offset the risk. If there is high social trust in a society, it can be maintained by a system with smaller investments on the security maintenance system, or by investing in more human inspectors. Meanwhile, not enough investment on security maintenance systems for a PSS may cause serious stakeholders’ conflicts in implementation and operation. But the research finds that even choosing defection may be a dominant strategy for passengers, majority of citizen follow social norm and law. This suggests that positive and negative punishments are working and keep the system running efficiently.
Based on the findings, this thesis proposes a PSS design for a flight luggage weight management system with social trust level as a design parameter. The thesis review stakeholder analysis, expert interviews, passenger surveys, and the as-is system analysis, which analyse the current system as a reference, social demands for pollution reduction, business needs for cost reduction, passengers’ pain points, and conflicts among stakeholders. From the review, two design goals are identified initially. The first is, ‘Identify a way to estimate a passenger’s travel weight before a flight’. The PSS may induce cost/pollution reduction by better flight planning and operation. The second is, ‘Identify a way to reduce a passenger’s actual travel weight’. Reduced weight can curtail fuel costs, fuel reserves, pollution, and carbon footprint.
For these goals, design concepts are explored with different social trust levels as a design parameter. By integrating service-element design and product-element design, the designer may explore new and innovative opportunities of creating social value. As iteration goes, a PSS design can find ideas for increasing positive behaviours and decreasing negative behaviours. Iteration of the concepting, design development, and validation steps will yield acceptable solutions that meet stakeholders’ requirements and create social value. Eventually, it will be able to resolve social conflicts and satisfies stakeholders with new social value from the proposed PSS.
In this thesis, three approaches are chosen for building PSS concepts during the first iterative cycle. The auto-weigh gate (AWG) systems, the self-service kiosk (SSK) systems, and the self-service web (SSW) systems are designed as alternatives. In terms of user experience and social value propositions, the as-is system and other alternatives are compared and discussed. Models are evaluated by PC simulation, user interviews, and user surveys. From PC simulations, finding operational boundaries to control behaviours by positive/negative punishment is also discussed. Because of implement cost and scalability, the self-service web system seems most ideal system for airlines. Otherwise, the first, user survey shows that airlines should be clear about their privacy protection policies and practice. It is important to display the benefits clearly, if they are providing personal information to airlines for any alternatives. The second, providing an easy interface is required. Not all passengers prefer the self-service check-in or web-based services. The auto-weigh gate system is most preferred system by the survey respondents. This suggests a conflict between passengers and airlines.
From these finding, goals are reframed as ‘Encourage mutual social trust among stakeholders and utility for all by employing clear communication through sharing benefits and operant conditioning strategies.’ and ‘Drive the PSS to satisfy stakeholders with better social values (cost saving, eco-friendliness, social acceptance, emotional quality, convenience)’.
In the third design round, to resolve conflicts, the positive/negative reinforcement strategy is considered along with the punishment strategy. To motivate passengers, ideas such as an allowance sharing system, award system, donation system, and clearer communication about the benefits are proposed during the new iteration build process. Otherwise to decrease negative behaviours, a random inspection element is added to the system to monitor social trust level and decrease defective behaviours.
The purpose of this research is not to suggest a PSS with high social trust level for every society. The high social trust PSS cannot be a panacea. Instead, user-centred design principles and social norms in a society should be respected and pursued. One good PSS design for a society cannot always be a good solution for another society. It is the PSS designer’s responsibility to find the globally optimal solution for a society within their social context. However, driving a PSS system towards a more ideal state is also the designer’s responsibility. As a social PSS design solution, not only should it be able to resolve conflicts, but should also create new types of behaviours that will help the system create social value that had not previously existed. Eventually, it will not only help maintain the PSS in good

condition but also increase social value in society. In conclusion, this thesis suggests that the PSS designers should endeavour to find a way to drive the system for a better tomorrow.

Research has revealed service industries’ benefits from customer trust including positive effects on commitment, loyalty, sales effectiveness, and collaborative, cooperative, and successful exchange relationships. Yet, despite the relevance of customer trust, gaps remain in our understanding regarding its implications and effective management. Commencing with a consideration of the theoretical foundations of trust, this theoretical review paper highlights the key trust theories synthesising service industries and management literatures on trust, its levels, development, violations and repair. Drawing on this, recommendations are offered for scholars regarding future research, and for service firms and their representatives regarding enabling customer trust.

We identify the trust management problem as a distinct and important component of security in network services. Aspects of the trust management problem include formulating security policies and security credentials, determining whether particular sets of credentials satisfy the relevant policies, and deferring trust to third parties. Existing systems that support security in networked applications, including X.509 and PGP, address only narrow subsets of the overall trust management problem and often do so in a manner that is appropriate to only one application. This paper presents a comprehensive approach to trust management, based on a simple language for specifying trusted actions and trust relationships. It also describes a prototype implementation of a new trust management system, called PolicyMaker, that will facilitate the development of security features in a wide range of network services

Easy Home or Home automation plays a very important role in modern era because of its flexibility in using it at different places with high precision which will save money and time by decreasing human hard work. Prime focus of this technology is to control the household equipment's like light, fan, door, AC etc. automatically. This research paper has detailed information on Home Automation and Security System using Arduino, GSM and how we can control home appliances using Android application. Whenever a person will enter into the house then the count of the number of persons entering in the house will be incremented, in Home Automation mode applicances will be turned on whereas in security light will be turned on along with the alarm. The count of the number of persons entering the house is also displayed on the LCD screen. In Home Automation mode when the room will become empty i.e. the count of persons reduces to zero then the applicances will be turned off making the system power efficient. Moreover a person can control his home appliances by using an android application present in his mobile phone which will reduce the human hard work. At the same time if anyone enters while security mode is on a SMS will be sent to house owner's mobile phone which will indicate the presence of a person inside the house.The alarm can be turned of using SMS or Android application.

The aim of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) is to restore one of the most critical resources for businesses’ sustainability: trust. However, the current practice of CSR begs the question whether CSR initiatives restore trust or simply relieve mistrust in the marketplace. Because people do not really understand what trust implies, they often use CSR activities as publicity stunts, trying to please the public. In particular, they perceive trust as a means of supporting organisational activities rather than a goal of its own. Following Rabbi Elchanan Wasserman, we trust those who fully commit to their goals and are ready to take responsibility for all consequences. Trust is a voluntary and altruistic act and independent of society. Trust, ethics and leadership are interlinked. Leadership requires choosing between two good options according to our Theta-Lambda worldview. Thetas are socially-motivated and seek affiliation and security whereas Lambdas are personally-motivated and seek challenge and achievement. Pursuing these worldviews helps us get closer to the ethical truth, and it is this self-investment in pursuing truth which builds trust.A review of various CSR theories shows that organizational CSR seeks a similar outcome, that is to demonstrate the responsibilities which the organisation is ready to assume.

Purpose – The purpose of this study is to elaborate theory regarding the reasons why collaboration strategies fail. The relational view posits that supply chain integration can be a source of competitive advantage. Few firms, however, successfully co-create value to attain supernormal relational rents.
Design/methodology/approach – This study uses a quasi-longitudinal, multi-case interview methodology to explore the reasons why collaboration strategies fail to deliver intended results. The authors interviewed managers at 49 companies in Period 1 and managers at 57 companies in Period 2. In all, 15 companies participated in both rounds of interviews.
Findings – This study builds and describes a taxonomy of relational resistors. The authors then explore how sociological and structural resistors reinforce each other to undermine collaborative behavior. Specifically, the interplay among resistors: obscures the true sources of resistance; exacerbates a sense of vulnerability to non-collaborative behavior that reduces the willingness to invest in relational architecture; and inhibits the development of essential relational skills and organizational routines.
Originality/value – This research identifies and describes the behaviors and processes that impede successful supply chain alliances. By delving into the interplay among relational resistors, the research explains the detail and nuance of inter-firm rivalry and supply chain complexity. Ultimately, it is the re-enforcing nature of various resistors that make it so difficult for firms to realize relational rents.

Recent advancements in the Internet of Things (IoT) has enabled the collection, processing, and analysis of various forms of data including the personal data from billions of objects to generate valuable knowledge, making more innovative services for its stakeholders. Yet, this paradigm continuously suffers from numerous security and privacy concerns mainly due to its massive scale, distributed nature, and scarcity of resources towards the edge of IoT networks. Interestingly, blockchain based techniques offer strong countermeasures to protect data from tampering while supporting the distributed nature of the IoT. However, the enormous amount of energy consumption required to verify each block of data make it difficult to use with resource-constrained IoT devices and with real-time IoT applications. Nevertheless, it can expose the privacy of the stakeholders due to its public ledger system even though it secures data from alterations. Edge computing approaches suggest a potential alternative to centralized processing in order to populate real-time applications at the edge and to reduce privacy concerns associated with cloud computing. Hence, this paper suggests the novel privacy preserving blockchain called TrustChain which combines the power of blockchains with trust concepts to eliminate issues associated with traditional blockchain architectures. This work investigates how TrustChain can be deployed in the edge computing environment with different levels of absorptions to eliminate delays and privacy concerns associated with centralized processing and to preserve the resources in IoT networks.

At the beginning of the XXI century, human societies are entering a period of "late modernity" characterized by new forms of trust and risk, untransparent social situations and economic, political and cultural globalization. These processes are associated with the presence of abstract systems that surround people and which require support of people with expertise in the fields which include transport, telecommunications, finance, security, media, energy. At the same time, it is noted that the expertise cult is born and specialists not only meet the identified needs, but also produce new, thus contributing to the development of a culture of narcissism. Article aims to explain the characteristics of expert systems and cultural narcissism, experts role as a participant in social change, model types and kinds of experts with their arcane in to ontological and epistemological structures of the social world. I also highlight the problems associated with the suppression of restrictions in to the access of expertise knowledge.
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Wraz z początkiem XXI wieku społeczeństwa ludzkie wchodzą w okres „późnej nowoczesności” cechujący się nowymi formami zaufania i ryzyka, nieprzejrzystością sytuacji społecznych oraz postępującą globalizacją ekonomiczną, polityczną i kulturową. Procesy te wiążą się z obecnością systemów abstrakcyjnych, które otaczają ludzi i do funkcjonowania wymagają wsparcia osób z wiedzą specjalistyczną z zakresu m.in. transportu, telekomunikacji, finansów, bezpieczeństwa, mediów, energetyki. Jednocześnie zauważa się, iż rodzi się kult ekspertyzy a specjaliści nie tylko zaspokajają rozpoznane potrzeby, ale też wytwarzają nowe, przyczyniając się tym samym do rozwoju kultury narcyzmu. Artykuł ma na celu przybliżenie specyfiki systemów eksperckich i narcyzmu kulturowego, roli eksperta jako uczestnika przemian społecznych, modelowych typów ekspertów i rodzajów ich wtajemniczeń w struktury ontologiczne i epistemologiczne świata społecznego oraz zwrócenie uwagi na problemy związane ze znoszeniem ograniczeń dostępu do wiedzy specjalistycznej.

The research problem considered in this paper is how to protect wireless sensor networks (WSN) against cyber-threats by applying trust management and how to strengthen network resilience to attacks targeting the trust management mechanism itself. A new method, called WSN Cooperative Trust Management Method (WCT2M), of distributed trust management in multi-layer wireless sensor networks is proposed and its performance is evaluated. The method is specified by giving its class model in UML and by explaining the related attributes and methods. Different attacks against the network and against WCT2M deployed in the network are considered. The experimental evaluation of WCT2M involves laboratory experiments and simulations using a dedicated simulator. The evaluation focuses on efficiency of detecting and isolating the malicious nodes that implement different attack scenarios in the network and on the method's sensitivity to the changes in effectiveness of the security mechanisms deployed in the network nodes.

11th International Conference on Cryptography and Information Security (CRYPIS
2022) focuses on cutting-edge results in Applied Cryptography and Information security. It aims to
bring together scientists, researchers and students to exchange novel ideas and results in all aspects of
Cryptography, Coding and Information security.
Authors are solicited to contribute to the conference by submitting articles that illustrate research
results, projects, surveying works and industrial experiences that describe significant advances in the
following areas, but are not limited to

India, the growing economic superpower proceeded with lightning speed towards the adoption and successful implementation of e-governance. The Government of West Bengal (federal unit of India) implemented e-governance in pension office i.e. Pension Management System (PMS), for faster and efficient delivery of public services. The success of PMS is dependent on many factors and one among them is the successful adoption by the employee which has been empirically analyzed. The study used the Technology Acceptance Model (TAM) and Trust to build a conceptual model. Data collected from 60 employees working on the system and the model is assessed with regression analyses. The findings show that the determinants of the research model are support. The study also shows that the system doesn't perform completely error free tasks which the Government of West Bengal should address. This is the first study of employee adoption of e-governance in pension office of India.