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| Name | Andrés Marín Lopez |
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| jobline | Associate Professor |
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Publications
Blanco-Romero, Javier; Lorenzo, Vicente; Almenares, Florina; Díaz-Sánchez, Daniel; García-Rubio, Carlos; Campo, Celeste; Marín, Andrés
Evaluating integration methods of a quantum random number generator in OpenSSL for TLS Journal Article
In: vol. 255, 2024, ISBN: 1389-1286.
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abstract = {The rapid advancement of quantum computing poses a significant threat to conventional cryptography. Whilst post-quantum cryptography (PQC) stands as the prevailing trend for fortifying the security of cryptographic systems, the coexistence of quantum and classical computing paradigms presents an opportunity to leverage the strengths of both technologies, for instance, nowadays the use of Quantum Random Number Generators (QRNGs) – considered as True Random Number Generators (TRNGs) – opens up the possibility of discussing hybrid systems. In this paper, we evaluate both aspects, on the one hand, we use hybrid TLS (Transport Layer Security) protocol that leverages the widely used secure protocol on the Internet and integrates PQC algorithms, and, on the other hand, we evaluate two approaches to integrate a QRNG, i.e., Quantis PCIe-240M, in OpenSSL 3.0 to be used by TLS. Both approaches are compared through a Nginx Web server, that uses OpenSSL’s implementation of TLS 1.3 for secure web communication. Our findings highlight the importance of optimizing such integration method, because while direct integration can lead to performance penalties specific to the method and hardware used, alternative methods demonstrate the potential for efficient QRNG deployment in cryptographic systems.},
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The rapid advancement of quantum computing poses a significant threat to conventional cryptography. Whilst post-quantum cryptography (PQC) stands as the prevailing trend for fortifying the security of cryptographic systems, the coexistence of quantum and classical computing paradigms presents an opportunity to leverage the strengths of both technologies, for instance, nowadays the use of Quantum Random Number Generators (QRNGs) – considered as True Random Number Generators (TRNGs) – opens up the possibility of discussing hybrid systems. In this paper, we evaluate both aspects, on the one hand, we use hybrid TLS (Transport Layer Security) protocol that leverages the widely used secure protocol on the Internet and integrates PQC algorithms, and, on the other hand, we evaluate two approaches to integrate a QRNG, i.e., Quantis PCIe-240M, in OpenSSL 3.0 to be used by TLS. Both approaches are compared through a Nginx Web server, that uses OpenSSL’s implementation of TLS 1.3 for secure web communication. Our findings highlight the importance of optimizing such integration method, because while direct integration can lead to performance penalties specific to the method and hardware used, alternative methods demonstrate the potential for efficient QRNG deployment in cryptographic systems.
Lorenzo, Vicente; Blanco-Romero, Javier; Almenares, Florina; Díaz-Sánchez, Daniel; García-Rubio, Carlos; Campo, Celeste; Marín, Andrés
Comparing Pseudo, Classical True and Quantum Random Number Generators Using Standard Quality Assessments Conference
XVIII Reunión Española sobre Criptología y Seguridad de la Información (RECSI 2024), León, 23 al 25 de Octubre, 2024., 2024.
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Chica, Sergio; Marín-López, Andrés; Arroyo, David; Almenares-Mendoza, Florina; Díaz-Sánchez, Daniel
Enhancing the anonymity and auditability of whistleblowers protection Proceedings Article
In: pp. 413 - 422, Springer International Publishing, 2023, ISBN: 978-3-031-21229-1.
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abstract = {In our democracy a trade-off between checks and balances is mandatory. To play the role of balances, it is necessary to have information that is often only obtainable through channels that ensure the anonymity of the source. Here we present a work in progress of a system that provides anonymity to sources in a open and auditable system, oriented to audit systems of critical infrastructure and built on our previous work autoauditor.},
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In our democracy a trade-off between checks and balances is mandatory. To play the role of balances, it is necessary to have information that is often only obtainable through channels that ensure the anonymity of the source. Here we present a work in progress of a system that provides anonymity to sources in a open and auditable system, oriented to audit systems of critical infrastructure and built on our previous work autoauditor.
Díaz-Sanchez, Daniel; Almenarez-Mendoza, Florina; Marín-López, Andres; Rojo-Rivas, Isabel
A Hybrid Approach to Ephemeral PKI Credentials Validation and Auditing Proceedings Article
In: Proceedings of the International Conference on Ubiquitous Computing & Ambient Intelligence (UCAmI 2022), pp. 1043 - 1054, Springer International Publishing, 2022, ISBN: 978-3-031-21332-8.
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abstract = {IoT/M2M solutions are expected to rely on near computing infrastructures for deployment of services, frequently ephemeral, that will need adequate protection. Communication protocols in IoT services have widely adopted TLS/PKI as the de facto security standard despite PKI was not designed for issuing short lived credentials. Moreover, after several Certificate Authorities were compromised, some Certificate Pinning proposal were developed to give an additional verification to PKI certificates. Some Certificate Pinning solutions, as Certificate Transparency, provide long term auditing information for PKI certificates issued by renowned Certificate Authorities only, whereas others, as DANE, are able to verify self-issued certificates and give support for security islands that would benefit the development of IoT/M2M micro services but cannot provide long term auditing information. This article describe DANEAudits, a novel service with the objective of complementing DANE with long term auditing information without the need of new Trusted Third Parties different from the information owner.},
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IoT/M2M solutions are expected to rely on near computing infrastructures for deployment of services, frequently ephemeral, that will need adequate protection. Communication protocols in IoT services have widely adopted TLS/PKI as the de facto security standard despite PKI was not designed for issuing short lived credentials. Moreover, after several Certificate Authorities were compromised, some Certificate Pinning proposal were developed to give an additional verification to PKI certificates. Some Certificate Pinning solutions, as Certificate Transparency, provide long term auditing information for PKI certificates issued by renowned Certificate Authorities only, whereas others, as DANE, are able to verify self-issued certificates and give support for security islands that would benefit the development of IoT/M2M micro services but cannot provide long term auditing information. This article describe DANEAudits, a novel service with the objective of complementing DANE with long term auditing information without the need of new Trusted Third Parties different from the information owner.
Díaz-Sánchez, Daniel; Guerrero, Rosa Sánchez; López, Andrés Marín; Almenares, Florina; Arias, Patricia
A H.264 SVC distributed content protection system with flexible key stream generation Proceedings Article
In: 2012 IEEE Second International Conference on Consumer Electronics - Berlin (ICCE-Berlin), IEEE, 2022, ISSN: 2166-6814.
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Modern scalable coding techniques, as H264 SVC, are adequate to save processing power and bandwidth. Moreover, if the enhancements of a SVC encoded content are protected, it is possible to enable pay-per-quality systems. Transcoding and protection entail huge doses of processing power at provider side and should be distributed. Moreover, processing key streams to decrypt enhancements that were encrypted separately can increase the complexity at receiver side. This abstract describes a distributed system for content encoding and protection that generates a flexible key stream that simplifies the receiver.
Rojo-Rivas, MaríaIsabel; Díaz-Sánchez, Daniel; Almenarez, Florina; Marín-Lopez, Andrés
Kriper: A blockchain network with permissioned storage Journal Article
In: Future Generation Computer Systems, vol. 138, pp. 160-171, 2022, ISSN: 0167-739X.
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abstract = {Blockchain has been a revolution in the past few years. Beyond the new currencies that were created around different incarnations of the blockchain concept, there are many other contributions that provide interesting services as a data linked structure using a decentralized network that provide a high level of security. Companies have developed many projects to incorporate blockchain into their business logic pursuing to incorporate other related services as persistence of large volumes of data, privacy or anonymity of transactions, distributed data processing, security (confidentiality, integrity, and availability), document management or micro messages in real time. Nevertheless, as it will be discussed in this article, current blockchains do not meet the needs of companies in many aspects, leading to a scarce or superficial adoption. This article introduces Kriper, a blockchain that aims at meeting corporate world needs by responding with a community-based, open blockchain that may also be segregated and private for certain uses whereas it provides a permissioned distributed storage and micro message lightweight services.},
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Marín-López, Andrés; Chica-Manjarrez, Sergio; Arroyo, David; Almenares-Mendoza, Florina; Díaz-Sánchez, Daniel
Security Information Sharing in Smart Grids: Persisting Security Audits to the Blockchain Journal Article
In: Electronics, vol. 9, pp. 1865, 2020, ISSN: 2079-9292.
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abstract = {With the transformation in smart grids, power grid companies are becoming increasingly
dependent on data networks. Data networks are used to transport information and commands for
optimizing power grid operations: Planning, generation, transportation, and distribution. Performing
periodic security audits is one of the required tasks for securing networks, and we proposed in a
previous work AUTOAUDITOR, a system to achieve automatic auditing. It was designed according
to the specific requirements of power grid companies, such as scaling with the huge number of
heterogeneous equipment in power grid companies. Though pentesting and security audits are
required for continuous monitoring, collaboration is of utmost importance to fight cyber threats.
In this paper we work on the accountability of audit results and explore how the list of audit result
records can be included in a blockchain, since blockchains are by design resistant to data modification.
Moreover, blockchains endowed with smart contracts functionality boost the automation of both
digital evidence gathering, audit, and controlled information exchange. To our knowledge, no such
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With the transformation in smart grids, power grid companies are becoming increasingly
dependent on data networks. Data networks are used to transport information and commands for
optimizing power grid operations: Planning, generation, transportation, and distribution. Performing
periodic security audits is one of the required tasks for securing networks, and we proposed in a
previous work AUTOAUDITOR, a system to achieve automatic auditing. It was designed according
to the specific requirements of power grid companies, such as scaling with the huge number of
heterogeneous equipment in power grid companies. Though pentesting and security audits are
required for continuous monitoring, collaboration is of utmost importance to fight cyber threats.
In this paper we work on the accountability of audit results and explore how the list of audit result
records can be included in a blockchain, since blockchains are by design resistant to data modification.
Moreover, blockchains endowed with smart contracts functionality boost the automation of both
digital evidence gathering, audit, and controlled information exchange. To our knowledge, no such
system exists. We perform throughput evaluation to assess the feasibility of the system and show
that the system is viable for adaptation to the inventory systems of electrical companies.
dependent on data networks. Data networks are used to transport information and commands for
optimizing power grid operations: Planning, generation, transportation, and distribution. Performing
periodic security audits is one of the required tasks for securing networks, and we proposed in a
previous work AUTOAUDITOR, a system to achieve automatic auditing. It was designed according
to the specific requirements of power grid companies, such as scaling with the huge number of
heterogeneous equipment in power grid companies. Though pentesting and security audits are
required for continuous monitoring, collaboration is of utmost importance to fight cyber threats.
In this paper we work on the accountability of audit results and explore how the list of audit result
records can be included in a blockchain, since blockchains are by design resistant to data modification.
Moreover, blockchains endowed with smart contracts functionality boost the automation of both
digital evidence gathering, audit, and controlled information exchange. To our knowledge, no such
system exists. We perform throughput evaluation to assess the feasibility of the system and show
that the system is viable for adaptation to the inventory systems of electrical companies.
Chica-Manjarrez, Sergio; Marín-López, Andrés; Díaz-Sánchez, Daniel; Almenares-Mendoza, Florina
On the Automation of Auditing in Power Grid Companies Proceedings Article
In: Actas de congreso internacional, Citas Google 2, CORE C, pp. 331 - 340, 2020, ISBN: ISSN/ISBN) 978-1-4503-5988-7.
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Auditing is a common task required to secure networks. This becomes of utter importance in power grid companies, the authorities of electricity supply. An increasing number of connected devices makes the use of semi automatic or fully automated auditing imperative. The inventory system has to incorporate the auditing results and subsequently integrate them in the security assessment of the company. The risk metrics incorporate the severity of exposures and facilitate the selection of vulnerabilities that have to be mitigated, according to the risk appetite of the company. This automatic approach has to address scale and privacy issues of large companies. In addition, connections from foreign domains that carry out the auditing involve additional risks that must be considered to effectively test the likelihood and depth of the found vulnerabilities.
In this paper we discuss the requirements of an automatic auditing system and present AUTOAUDITOR, a highly configurable module which allow companies to automatically perform pentesting in specific assets.
In this paper we discuss the requirements of an automatic auditing system and present AUTOAUDITOR, a highly configurable module which allow companies to automatically perform pentesting in specific assets.
Rubio-Drosdov, Eugenio; Díaz-Sánchez, Daniel; Marín-López, Andrés; Almenares-Mendoza, Florina
A Framework for Microservice Migration and Performance Assessment Proceedings Article
In: pp. 291 - 299, 2020, ISBN: 978-1-4503-5988-7.
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abstract = {In a large Smart Grid, smart meters produce tremendous amount of data that are hard to process, analyze and store. Fog computing is an environment that offers a place for collecting, computing and storing smart meter data before transmitting them to the cloud. Due to the distributed, heterogeneous and resource constrained nature of the fog computing nodes, fog applications need to be developed as a collection of interdependent, lightweight modules. Since this concept aligns with the goals of microservices architecture (MSA), efficient placement of microservices-based Smart Grid applications within fog environments has the potential to fully leverage capabilities of fog devices. Microservice architecture is an emerging software architectural style. It is based on microservices to provide several advantages over a monolithic solution, such as autonomy, composability, scalability, and fault-tolerance. However, optimizing the migration of microservices from one fog environment to other while assuring certain quality is still a big issue that needs to be addressed. In this paper, we propose an approach for assisting the migration of microservices in MSA-based Smart Grid systems, based on the analysis of their performance within the possible candidate destinations. Developers create microservices that will be eventually deployed at a given infrastructure. Either the developer, cosidering the design, or the entity deploying the service have a good knowledge of the quality required by the microservice. Due to that, they can create tests that determine if a destination meets the requirements of a given microservice and embed these tests as part of the microservice. Our goal is to automate the execution of performance tests by attaching a specification that contains the test parameters to each microservice.},
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In a large Smart Grid, smart meters produce tremendous amount of data that are hard to process, analyze and store. Fog computing is an environment that offers a place for collecting, computing and storing smart meter data before transmitting them to the cloud. Due to the distributed, heterogeneous and resource constrained nature of the fog computing nodes, fog applications need to be developed as a collection of interdependent, lightweight modules. Since this concept aligns with the goals of microservices architecture (MSA), efficient placement of microservices-based Smart Grid applications within fog environments has the potential to fully leverage capabilities of fog devices. Microservice architecture is an emerging software architectural style. It is based on microservices to provide several advantages over a monolithic solution, such as autonomy, composability, scalability, and fault-tolerance. However, optimizing the migration of microservices from one fog environment to other while assuring certain quality is still a big issue that needs to be addressed. In this paper, we propose an approach for assisting the migration of microservices in MSA-based Smart Grid systems, based on the analysis of their performance within the possible candidate destinations. Developers create microservices that will be eventually deployed at a given infrastructure. Either the developer, cosidering the design, or the entity deploying the service have a good knowledge of the quality required by the microservice. Due to that, they can create tests that determine if a destination meets the requirements of a given microservice and embed these tests as part of the microservice. Our goal is to automate the execution of performance tests by attaching a specification that contains the test parameters to each microservice.
AGUILAR-IGARTUA, MÓNICA; ALMENARES-MENDOZA, FLORINA; DÍAZ-REDONDO, REBECA; MARTÍN-VICENTE, MANUELA; FORNÉ, JORDI; CAMPO, CELESTE; FERNÁNDEZ-VILAS, ANA; CRUZ-LLOPIS, LUIS; GARCÍA-RUBIO, CARLOS; MARÍN-LÓPEZ, ANDRÉS; MOHAMAD-MEZHER, AHMAD; DÍAZ-SÁNCHEZ, DANIEL; CEREZO-COSTAS, HÉCTOR; REBOLLO-MONEDERO, DAVID; ARIAS-CABARCOS, PATRICIA; RICO-NOVELLA, FRANCISCO JOSÉ
INRISCO: INcident monitoRing in Smart COmmunities Journal Article
In: IEEE Access, vol. 8, pp. 72435 - 72460, 2020, ISSN: 2169-3536.
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Díaz-Sánchez, Daniel; Marín-Lopez, Andrés; Mendoza, Florina Almenárez; Cabarcos, Patricia Arias
DNS/DANE Collision-Based Distributed and Dynamic Authentication for Microservices in IoT † Journal Article
In: Sensors, vol. 19, iss. 15, pp. 1-23, 2019, ISSN: 1424-8220.
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Díaz-Sánchez, Daniel; Marín-López, Andrés; Almenárez-Mendoza, Florina; Arias-Cabarcos, Patricia; Simon-Sherratt, R.
TLS/PKI Challenges and Certificate Pinning Techniques for IoT and M2M Secure Communications Journal Article
In: IEEE Communications Surveys and Tutorials, vol. 21, iss. 4, pp. 3502-3531, 2019, ISSN: 1553-877X.
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Assessment of fitness tracker security: a case of study Proceedings Article
In: 2018, ISSN: 2504-3900.
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DNS-Based Dynamic Authentication for Microservices in IoT Proceedings Article
In: pp. 1-11, 2018, ISSN: 2504-3900.
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RiskLaine: A Probabilistic Approach for Assessing Risk in Certificate-Based Security. Journal Article
In: IEEE Transactions on Information Forensics and Security , vol. 13, iss. 8, pp. 1975-1988, 2018, ISSN: 1556-6013.
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Collaborative eHealth Meets Security: Privacy-Enhancing Patient Profile Management Journal Article
In: IEEE Journal of Biomedical and Health Informatics, vol. 21, iss. 6, pp. 1741-1749, 2017, ISSN: 2168-2194 .
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Rubio-Drosdov, E; Díaz-Sánchez, D; Almenárez, F; Arias-Cabarcos, P; Marín, A
Seamless human-device interaction in the internet of things Journal Article
In: IEEE Transactions on Consumer Electronics, vol. 63, iss. 4, pp. 490-498, 2017, ISSN: 1558-4127.
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Díaz-Sánchez, Daniel; Simon-Sherratt, R.; Almenarez, Florina; Arias, Patricia; Marín, Andrés
Secure store and forward proxy for dynamic IoT applications over M2M networks Journal Article
In: IEEE Transactions on Consumer Electronics, vol. 62, iss. 4, pp. 389-397, 2016, ISSN: 0098-3063.
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Arias-Cabarcos, Patricia; Marín, Andrés; Palacios, Diego; Almenárez, Florina; Díaz-Sánchez, Daniel
Comparing Password Management Software: Toward Usable and Secure Enterprise Authentication Journal Article
In: IT Professional, vol. 18, iss. 5, pp. 34-40, 2016, ISSN: 1941-045X.
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Marín-López, Andrés; Almenáres-Mendoza, Florina; Arias-Cabarcos, Patricia; Díaz-Sánchez, Daniel
Wi-Fi Direct: Lessons learned Proceedings Article
In: 2016 Mediterranean Ad Hoc Networking Workshop (Med-Hoc-Net), Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), 2016, ISBN: 978-1-5090-1984-7.
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Analysis of Secure TCP/IP Profile in 61850 Based Substation Automation System for Smart Grids Journal Article
In: International Journal of Distributed Sensor Networks, vol. 12, iss. 4, pp. 1-11, 2016, ISSN: 1550-1477.
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Díaz-Sánchez, Daniel; Sherratt, Simon; Arias, Patricia; Almenares, Florina; Marín-López, Andrés
Proxy re-encryption schemes for IoT and crowd sensing Proceedings Article
In: IEEE, 2016, ISSN: 2158-4001.
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Distributed access control and privacy for the internet of me Proceedings Article
In: 2016 IEEE International Conference on Consumer Electronics (ICCE), IEEE, 2016, ISSN: 2158-4001.
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This article presents an experimental scalable message driven IoT and its security architecture based on Decentralized Information Flow Control. The system uses a gateway that exports SoA (REST) interfaces to the internet simplifying external applications whereas uses DIFC and asynchronous messaging within the home environment.
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PECEVA: An adaptable and energy-saving credential validation solution for pervasive networks Journal Article
In: INFORMATION SCIENCES, vol. 354, pp. 41-59, 2016, ISSN: 0020-0255.
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Diaz-Sánchez, Daniel; Sherratt, Simon; Arias, Patricia; Almenarez, Florina; Marín, Andrés
Enabling actor model for crowd sensing and IoT Proceedings Article
In: IEEE, 2015, ISSN: 0747-668X.
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Towards a seamless human interaction in IoT Proceedings Article
In: IEEE, 2015, ISSN: 0747-668X.
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This article describes our approach for facilitating the interaction among devices in IoT environments. Our solution provides mechanisms to complement current IoT ontologies with device language annotations to facilitate device communication. This is our first step towards comprehensive user to environment communication that would bring the Internet of Me concept.
Arias-Cabarcos, Patricia; Almenárez, Florina; Trapero, Rubén; Díaz-Sánchez, Daniel; Marín, Andrés
Blended Identity: Pervasive IdM for Continuous Authentication Journal Article
In: IEEE Xplore, vol. 13, iss. 3, pp. 32-39, 2015, ISSN: 1540-7993.
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P2P-based data layer for mobile Media Cloud Proceedings Article
In: IEEE, 2015, ISSN: 2158-3994.
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Elastic participatory sensing systems enabling cooperative meta sensors with consumer devices Proceedings Article
In: 2014 IEEE International Conference on Consumer Electronics (ICCE), IEEE, 2014, ISSN: 2158-3994.
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Díaz-Sánchez, Daniel; Almenarez, Florina; Marín, Andrés; Sánchez-Guerrero, Rosa; Arias, Patricia
Media Gateway: bringing privacy to Private Multimedia Clouds connections Journal Article
In: Telecommunication Systems, vol. 55, iss. 2, pp. 315-330, 2014, ISSN: 1572-9451.
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To Federate or Not To Federate: A Reputation-Based Mechanism to Dynamize Cooperation in Identity Management Journal Article
In: Wireless Personal Communications, vol. 75, iss. 3, pp. 1769-1786, 2013, ISSN: 0929-6212.
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Almenares, Florina; Arias, Patricia; Marín, Andrés; Díaz-Sánchez, Daniel; Sánchez, Rosa
Overhead of using Secure Wireless Communications in Mobile Computing Journal Article
In: IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON CONSUMER ELECTRONICS, vol. 59, iss. 2, pp. 335-342, 2013, ISSN: 0098-3063.
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Flexible Computing for personal electronic devices Proceedings Article
In: 2013 IEEE International Conference on Consumer Electronics (ICCE), IEEE, 2013, ISSN: 2158-3994.
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How costly are secure transactions on handheld devices? Proceedings Article
In: IEEE, 2013, ISSN: 2158-3994.
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A distributed transcoding system for mobile video delivery Proceedings Article
In: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), 2013, ISBN: 978-1-4673-2993-4.
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SuSSo: Seamless and Ubiquitous Single Sign-on for Cloud Service Continuity across devices Journal Article
In: IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON CONSUMER ELECTRONICS, vol. 58, iss. 4, pp. 1425-1433, 2012, ISSN: 0098-3063.
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Private cloud and media privacy in social networks Proceedings Article
In: 2012 IEEE Second International Conference on Consumer Electronics - Berlin (ICCE-Berlin), IEEE, 2012, ISSN: 2166-6814.
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Privacy rules imposed by social networks (SNs) impose several restrictions to user privacy. Though they usually offer the user some control to limit access to his own data, the social network may share uploaded data with other partners and marketing companies. Pictures and videos may have a second life, even after being deleted by the user, and consequently storage and access must take place in the user home domain or facilities managed by the user, following an end to end approach. We propose to combine the usage of private clouds, specialized in media contents, in cooperation with SNs, offering the user complete control over his data, while benefiting from the SNs visibility to announce and spread the data. To achieve transparency, we propose a plug-in system to embed links as annotations in reduced media replacement uploaded in the SN. These links point to the real resource stored in the private cloud, now under complete user control. We perform validation tests which show important improvements in uploading time and user experience.
Arias-Cabarcos, Patricia; Almenárez-Mendoza, Florina; Marín-López, Andrés; Díaz-Sánchez, Daniel; Sánchez-Guerrero, Rosa
A Metric-Based Approach to Assess Risk for "On Cloud" Federated Identity Management Journal Article
In: Journal of Network and Systems Management, vol. 20, iss. 4, pp. 513-533, 2012, ISSN: 1573-7705.
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Sánchez-Guerrero, Rosa; Almenárez, Florina; Díaz-Sánchez, Daniel; Marín, Andrés; Arias, Patricia; Sanvido, Fabio
An Event Driven Hybrid Identity Management Approach to Privacy Enhanced e-Health Journal Article
In: Sensors , vol. 12, iss. 5, pp. 6129-6154, 2012, ISSN: 1424-8220.
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Multi-device Single Sign-on for cloud service continuity Proceedings Article
In: 2012 IEEE International Conference on Consumer Electronics (ICCE), Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), 2012, ISSN: 2158-3994.
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Enhancing privacy and dynamic federation in IdM for consumer cloud computing Journal Article
In: IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON CONSUMER ELECTRONICS, vol. 58, iss. 1, pp. 95-103, 2012, ISSN: 0098-3063.
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Improving privacy in identity management systems for health care scenarios Proceedings Article
In: Proceedings of the 5th International Symposium of Ubiquitous Computing and Ambient Intelligence (UCAMI 2011), December 5-8th, 2011, Riviera Maya, Mexico, UCAMI, 2011, ISBN: 978-84-694-9677-0.
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An identity aware wimax personalization for pervasive computing services Proceedings Article
In: Proceedings of the 5th International Symposium of Ubiquitous Computing and Ambient Intelligence (UCAMI 2011), December 5-9th, 2011, Riviera Maya, Mexico., UCAMI, 2011, ISBN: 978-84-694-9677-0.
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Dynamic Negotiation Layer for Secure Semantic Service Oriented Architectures Proceedings Article
In: UBICOMM 2011 : The Fifth International Conference on Mobile Ubiquitous Computing, Systems, Services and Technologies, pp. 165 - 168, 2011, ISBN: 978-1-61208-171-7 .
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Introducing identity management in WiMAX to enable secure and personalized services Proceedings Article
In: 2011 4th Joint IFIP Wireless and Mobile Networking Conference (WMNC 2011), Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), 2011, ISBN: 978-1-4577-1192-3.
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A privacy aware media gateway for connecting private multimedia clouds to limited devices Proceedings Article
In: 2011 4th Joint IFIP Wireless and Mobile Networking Conference (WMNC 2011), Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), 2011, ISBN: 978-1-4577-1192-3.
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Consumer electronics for social video services Proceedings Article
In: 2011 IEEE International Conference on Consumer Electronics -Berlin (ICCE-Berlin), Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), 2011, ISSN: 2166-6814.
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Sanvido, Fabio; Díaz-Sánchez, Daniel; Almenárez-Mendoza, Florina; Marín-López, Andrés
A Survey on Security in Future Internet and Cloud Proceedings Article
In: International Conference on Advances in Future Internet (UBICOMM 2011), 2011, ISBN: 978-1-61208-148-9.
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Proserpio, Davide; Díaz-Sánchez, Daniel; Almenárez, Florina; Marín, Andrés; Guerrero, Rosa Sánchez
Achieving IPTV Service Portability through Delegation Journal Article
In: IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON CONSUMER ELECTRONICS, vol. 57, iss. 2, pp. 492 - 498, 2011, ISSN: 0098-3063.
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abstract = {IPTV Set-top boxes rely on tamper proof hardware to cope with content protection but hampers enjoying an IPTV subscription in other devices. There are solutions that share the IPTV subscription using the home network but there is no approach to make the IPTV subscription portable. This article describes a solution to delegate IPTV rights to any STB using an inexpensive piece of hardware and the OAuth protocol.},
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IPTV Set-top boxes rely on tamper proof hardware to cope with content protection but hampers enjoying an IPTV subscription in other devices. There are solutions that share the IPTV subscription using the home network but there is no approach to make the IPTV subscription portable. This article describes a solution to delegate IPTV rights to any STB using an inexpensive piece of hardware and the OAuth protocol.
Díaz-Sánchez, Daniel; Almenarez, Florina; Marín, Andrés; Proserpio, Davide; Cabarcos., Patricia Arias
Media Cloud: An Open Cloud Computing Middleware for Content Management Journal Article
In: IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON CONSUMER ELECTRONICS, vol. 57, iss. 2, pp. 970 - 978, 2011, ISSN: 0098-3063.
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title = {Media Cloud: An Open Cloud Computing Middleware for Content Management},
author = {Daniel Díaz-Sánchez and Florina Almenarez and Andrés Marín and Davide Proserpio and Patricia Arias Cabarcos.},
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abstract = {Cloud computing allows accessing resources across Internet transparently: requiring no expertise in, or control over the underlying infrastructure. There is an increasing interest in sharing media files with family and friends. However, UPnP or DLNA were not designed for media distribution beyond the boundaries of a local network and manage media files through web applications can be tedious. To overcome this problem, we propose Media Cloud, a middleware for Set-top boxes for classifying, searching, and delivering media inside home network and across the cloud that interoperates with UPnP and DLNA.},
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Cloud computing allows accessing resources across Internet transparently: requiring no expertise in, or control over the underlying infrastructure. There is an increasing interest in sharing media files with family and friends. However, UPnP or DLNA were not designed for media distribution beyond the boundaries of a local network and manage media files through web applications can be tedious. To overcome this problem, we propose Media Cloud, a middleware for Set-top boxes for classifying, searching, and delivering media inside home network and across the cloud that interoperates with UPnP and DLNA.