Distributed healthcare framework using patient-centric role-based security modelling and workflow
Thesis
Symes, M. (2008)
Distributed healthcare framework using patient-centric role-based security modelling and workflow. (Dissertation). Edinburgh Napier University. Retrieved from http://researchrepository.napier.ac.uk/id/eprint/4008
Healthcare professionals are spending less time with patients and more time on administrative duties (Royal College of Nursing, 2008). This is due to a high bureaucratic deman...
Numerical encoding to tame SQL injection attacks
Conference Proceeding
Uwagbole, S., Buchanan, W. J., & Fan, L. (2016)
Numerical encoding to tame SQL injection attacks. In 2016 IEEE/IFIP Network Operations and Management Symposium (NOMS),https://doi.org/10.1109/NOMS.2016.7502997
Recent years have seen an astronomical rise in SQL Injection Attacks (SQLIAs) used to compromise the confidentiality, authentication and integrity of organisations’ databases....
Applied data communications and networks.
Book
Buchanan, W. J. (1995)
Applied data communications and networks. Springer
This book covers all the key areas of data communications technology including networking and communication systems, signal analysis and transmission systems. It approaches th...
Mastering Global Information Systems.
Book
Buchanan, W. J. (1996)
Mastering Global Information Systems. Macmillan Press
This book provides an excellent foundation in modern information systems and data communications. It has five basic themes:
* Digital Information Sources and Multimedia
* The...
A Lightweight and Efficient Digital Image Encryption Using Hybrid Chaotic Systems for Wireless Network Applications
Journal Article
Almalkawi, I. T., Halloush, . R., Alsarhan, A., Al-Dubai, A., & Al-karaki, J. N. (2019)
A Lightweight and Efficient Digital Image Encryption Using Hybrid Chaotic Systems for Wireless Network Applications. Journal of Information Security and Applications, 49, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jisa.2019.102384
Due to limited processing capabilities and other constraints of most wireless networks, many existing security algorithms do not consider the network efficiency. This is becau...
MARIAN: A hybrid, metric-driven, agent-based routing protocol for multihop ad-hoc networks
Thesis
Migas, N. (2008)
MARIAN: A hybrid, metric-driven, agent-based routing protocol for multihop ad-hoc networks. (Thesis). Edinburgh Napier University. Retrieved from http://researchrepository.napier.ac.uk/id/eprint/4000
Recent advances in technology provided the ground for highly dynamic, mobile, infrastructure-less networks, namely, ad-hoc networks. Despite their enormous benefits, the full ...
Migration of mobile agents in ad-hoc wireless networks.
Conference Proceeding
Migas, N., Buchanan, W. J., & McArtney, K. (2004)
Migration of mobile agents in ad-hoc wireless networks. In Proceeding of the 11th IEEE International Conference and Workshop on the Engineering of Computer-based systems, 530-535. https://doi.org/10.1109/ECBS.2004.1316743
This paper focuses on the design and development of a novel architecture called MARIAN, which utilises static agents, mobile agents, and also a hybrid approach, in order to pe...
Towards a framework for the generation of enhanced attack/background network traffic for evaluation of network-based intrusion detection systems
Conference Proceeding
Lo, O. C. W., Graves, J. R., & Buchanan, W. J. (2010)
Towards a framework for the generation of enhanced attack/background network traffic for evaluation of network-based intrusion detection systems. In J. Demergis (Ed.), Proceedings of 9th European Conference on Information Warfare and Security. , (190-200
There are a multitude of threats faced in computer networks such as viruses, worms, trojans, attempted user privilege gain, data theft and denial of service attacks. To combat...
A supervised energy monitoring-based machine learning approach for anomaly detection in a clean water supply system
Conference Proceeding
Robles-Durazno, A., Moradpoor, N., McWhinnie, J., & Russell, G. (2018)
A supervised energy monitoring-based machine learning approach for anomaly detection in a clean water supply system. In Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Cyber Security and Protection of Digital Services (Cyber Security 2018)https://doi.org/10.1109/CyberSecPODS.2018.8560683
Industrial Control Systems are part of our daily life in industries such as transportation, water, gas, oil, smart cities, and telecommunications. Technological development ov...
Ad-hoc routing metrics and applied weighting for QoS support
Conference Proceeding
Migas, N., & Buchanan, W. J. (2008)
Ad-hoc routing metrics and applied weighting for QoS support. In 22nd IEEE International Parallel & Distributed Processing Symposium. , (1-8). https://doi.org/10.1109/IPDPS.2008.4536496
In the vast majority of ad-hoc routing protocols, the hop-counting mechanisms for identifying the optimal route are dominant. However, this approach oversimplifies such a comp...