The industry has been experiencing the deployment of cloud computing models varying from Private Cloud, Hybrid Cloud to an evolution of InterCloud. There are cloud security implications for each model; and within InterCloud a notion of federation may be implied. How do we define cloud bursting and cloud brokering functions and the security requirements therein? What are the use cases? What is the impact of cloud and virtualization on mobile networks and its services? What is the status of standards activities related to cloud security and these scenarios? Authors were inviteded to submit papers, on these topics for the special issue. Today's Cloud services are deployed by Cloud Service Providers (CSP) via tech- nologies and business architectures at various places in the network and consumed by customers ranging from large enterprises to consumers. Implicit is the notion of federation amongst CSPs to solve use cases such as disaster recovery, burst demands and geographical coverage, as well as federation between provider and customer, also known as hybrid cloud. Current hybrid-cloud offerings are based on static configura- tions and static business relationships between a network and a provider or a series of providers. Intercloud will add flexibility to these relationships so that cloud providers could discover services across multiple providers, agree on a common Service Level agreement or create an auction between CSPs to get the lowest price. Intercloud defines the inter-provider interface (or NNI) between CSPs. In this sense, it is complementary to OpenStack, which focuses on the user-provider in- terface (or UNI). In order to enable cloud interconnection, a complete architecture is under study, which includes a set of available technologies that will be re-used and some new technologies that are under development. The main enablers for a viable inter-cloud architecture are: the development of a service discovery mechanism amongst multiple providers and customers, enabling multiple cloud provider meta- data instantiation, an identity management mechanism between CSPs and real time billing exchange mechanisms. For the industry, as the constructs evolve to hybid and intercloud implementattions, security AND privacy capabilities will contine to be strategic. Concerns articllated in the industry include loss of control and visibility; ser- vice disruption; data security; enterprise isolation and compliance. Cryptography is a fundamental underpinning of nearly all cloud security implementations e.g. emerging homomorphic encryption. Certainly identity management across multiple clouds will also be piovotal. Various standards bodies have been focusing efforts in the development of cloud security architecture e.g NIST, http: //csrc.nist.gov/publications/nistpubs/800-144/SP800-144.pdf; ITU-T, http: //www.itu.int/ITU-T/newslog/New+ITU+Standards+On+Cloud+ Computing+Security+And+Digital+Object+Architecture.aspx; IEEE, http: //cloudcomputing.ieee.org; and so on. It is with great pleasure that we feature two articles in this special edition: 1. Proposed Identity and Access Management in Future Internet (IAMFI): A Be- havioral Modeling Approach by Nancy Ambritta P., Poonam Railkar, Parik- shit N. Mahalle, Department of Computer Engineering, Smt. Kashibai Navale College of Engineering, Pune, India 2. Traffic Offload Guideline and Required Year of the 50% Traffic Offloading, by Shozo Komaki, Naoki Ohshima and Hassan Keshavartz. Malaysia-Japan Inter- national Institute of Technology, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, that addresses wireless cloud and implicit security implications. One can conclude that there is quite a bit of work to do in the cloud security space We will certainly re-visit this topic with best practice guidelines.

Special Issuse on GISFI Standardization Activities In this special issue we bring forth papers reporting the guiding thoughts and key contributions from each of the work groups authored by the leading contributors. Major contributions are from the following work groups. Spectrum Issues Security and Privacy Cloud and Service Oriented Networks (CSeON) Internet of Things (IoT) Green ICT (GICT) Future Radio Networks Special Interest Group

To advance education about ICT standardization, comprehensive and up-to-date teaching materials must be available. With the support of the European Commission, ETSI has developed this textbook to facilitate education on ICT standardization, and to raise the knowledge level of ICT standardization-related topics among lecturers and students in higher education, in particular in the fields of engineering, business administration and law. Readers of this book are not required to have any previous knowledge about standardization. They are introduced firstly to the key concepts of standards and standardization, different elements of the ecosystem and how they interact, as well as the procedures required for the production of standardization documents. Then, readers are taken to the next level by addressing aspects related to standardization such as innovation, strategy, business, and economics. This textbook is an attempt to make ICT standardization accessible and understandable to students. It covers the essentials that are required to get a good overview of the field. The book is organized in chapters that are self-contained, although it would be advantageous to read the book from cover to cover. Each chapter begins with a list of learning objectives and key messages. The text is enriched with examples and case studies from real standardization practice to illustrate the key theoretical concepts. Each chapter also includes a quiz to be used as a self-assessment learning activity. Furthermore, each book chapter includes a glossary and lists of abbreviations and references. Alongside the textbook, we have produced a set of slides that are intended to serve as complementary teaching materials in face-to-face teaching sessions. For all interested parties there is also an electronic version of the textbook as well as the accompanying slides that can be downloaded for free from the ETSI website (www.etsi.org/standardization-education).

This book discusses the impact of information and communication technologies (ICTs) on organizations and on society as a whole. Specifically, it examines how such technologies improve our life and work, making them more inclusive through smart enterprises. The book focuses on how actors understand Industry 4.0 as well as the potential of ICTs to support organizational and societal activities, and how they adopt and adapt these technologies to achieve their goals. Gathering papers from various areas of organizational strategy, such as new business models, competitive strategies and knowledge management, the book covers a number of topics, including how innovative technologies improve the life of the individuals, organizations, and societies; how social media can drive fundamental business changes, as their innovative nature allows for interactive communication between customers and businesses; and how developing countries can use these technologies in an innovative way. It also explores the impact of organizations on society through sustainable development and social responsibility, and how ICTs use social media networks in the process of value co-creation, addressing these issues from both private and public sector perspectives and on national and international levels, mainly in the context of technology innovations.

In fields as diverse as research and development, governance, and international trade, success depends on effective communication and processes. However, limited research exists on how professionals can utilize procedures and express themselves consistently across disciplines. Corporate and Global Standardization Initiatives in Contemporary Society is a critical scholarly resource that examines standardization in organizations. Featuring coverage on a broad range of topics, such as business standards, information technology standards, and mobile communications, this book is geared towards professionals, students, and researchers seeking current research on standardization for diverse settings and applications.

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IT governance seems to be one of the best strategies to optimize IT assets in an economic context dominated by information, innovation, and the race for performance. The multiplication of internal and external data and increased digital management, collaboration, and sharing platforms exposes organizations to ever-growing risks. Understanding the threats, assessing the risks, adapting the organization, selecting and implementing the appropriate controls, and implementing a management system are the activities required to establish proactive security governance that will provide management and customers the assurance of an effective mechanism to manage risks. IT Governance and Information Security: Guides, Standards, and Frameworks is a fundamental resource to discover IT governance and information security. This book focuses on the guides, standards, and maturity frameworks for adopting an efficient IT governance and information security strategy in the organization. It describes numerous case studies from an international perspective and brings together industry standards and research from scientific databases. In this way, this book clearly illustrates the issues, problems, and trends related to the topic while promoting the international perspectives of readers. This book offers comprehensive coverage of the essential topics, including: IT governance guides and practices; IT service management as a key pillar for IT governance; Cloud computing as a key pillar for Agile IT governance; Information security governance and maturity frameworks. In this new book, the authors share their experience to help you navigate today’s dangerous information security terrain and take proactive steps to measure your company’s IT governance and information security maturity and prepare your organization to survive, thrive, and keep your data safe. It aspires to provide a relevant reference for executive managers, CISOs, cybersecurity professionals, engineers, and researchers interested in exploring and implementing efficient IT governance and information security strategies.

The series, Contemporary Perspectives on Data Mining, is composed of blind refereed scholarly research methods and applications of data mining. This series will be targeted both at the academic community, as well as the business practitioner. Data mining seeks to discover knowledge from vast amounts of data with the use of statistical and mathematical techniques. The knowledge is extracted from this data by examining the patterns of the data, whether they be associations of groups or things, predictions, sequential relationships between time order events or natural groups. Data mining applications are in marketing (customer loyalty, identifying profitable customers, instore promotions, e-commerce populations); in business (teaching data mining, efficiency of the Chinese automobile industry, moderate asset allocation funds); and techniques (veterinary predictive models, data integrity in the cloud, irregular pattern detection in a mobility network and road safety modeling.)