Workshops

Securing organisational Web services

The Web services (WS) are emerging as the technology for automating the distribution and heterogeneous business systems. The assumption that security mechanism are static and predefine is not an acceptable ideology in 21st century business norm, therefore no systems are fully secured, or immune to any security breaches. The WS are one of the technologies that have inherited the security problems confronted by the clone of other technologies. However, both soft and hard technologies require innovative and adaptive security solutions, which are critical to organisation success. Apart from the lack of security in WS there are other major problems, which needs immediate solution before organisation can fully embrace the idea e.g. the capacity of performing business activities using WS depends mostly on complex adaptation of open-ended security mechanisms which are layer dependents.

This workshop discussion will be based on ‘what has made WS to become part of inter-organisation operational environment and the composition of users request that are satisfied by combination of available WS?’.

Charles A. Shoniregun, University of East London (UeL), London, UK.

Malicious programs – viruses

Computer worms and viruses have become key subjects that are traversing computing, business and political terrains. It appears that securing the weakest link does not suffice to curtail the strength of an attack. In contrast to the unidirectional approach proposed by anti-virus vendor’s, we propose that a multidirectional approach be employed coupled with the expertise of an up-to-date administrator.

This workshop discussion will be based on ‘the anti-virus programs behaviour, the impacts on current signature approach and their failures to detect new viruses’.

Chris Imafidon, University of East London, London UK
Joseph E. Imafidon, Brookwood Inc, Atlanta, Georgia, USA