SIMICE 2015 - 1st IEEE International Workshop on Secure Identity Management in the Cloud Environment

While identity management solutions are increasingly migrating to cloud, conventional identity management approaches are facing challenges in trust, security, privacy, computational efficiency, interoperability and service reliability in the cloud environment. Security concerns are reportedly among the biggest inhibitors holding back the wider adoption of cloud computing. Secure identity management, required by emerging cloud services, is receiving increasing attention from both service providers' and end users' perspectives, in terms of protection of enterprise assets and customers' privacy in the cloud, respectively. This workshop solicits contributions describing state of the art methodology and technology innovations in the field of secure identity management in the cloud computing environment, encourages experience sharing (both positive and negative ones), and also welcomes disruptive work-in-progress ideas towards future concepts.
SIMICE is dedicated to the security aspect of identity management (IDM) in the cloud. To facilitate the communication between the two domains - conventional cryptography and cloud computing - two trackes, namely "New cryptography and security mechanisms" and "Cloud computing technology innovation to secure IDM in the cloud" are planned to attrack works from the two domains; looking at the same thing from two different perspectives. A third track, "Cross-sectorial aspects of cloud identity management" is also planned to attract works addressing cross-domain challenges.
Any submission whose content is relevant to the area of secure identity management in the cloud environment will be considered, but any submission whose subject matter is related to one of the three track topics will be particularly welcome. Practically-oriented approaches will also be appreciated.
Track 1: New cryptography and security mechanisms for IDM in the cloud
privacy-preserving and trusted identities as services
cloud-based password managers
privacy-preserving biometrics authentication for cloud-based services
biometric data protection and management in the cloud
date processing and analysis in a protected domain
secure operations on encrypted data, e.g., via efficient homomorphic encryption and searchable encryption, for cloud services
private database querying in the cloud environment
digital rights management for media data for cloud storage and sharing
privacy protection of outsourced personal data from mobile device and social network
Track 2: Cloud computing technology innovation to secure IDM in the cloud
data separation design in the cloud environment
hybrid cloud architecture design for secure data management
federated and distributed identity management in the cloud
user-centric identity management in the cloud environment
hybrid hardware (e.g., chip-based) / software security enhancement mechanism
security-enhanced distributed computing framework design, e.g., MapReduce
secure database architecture and services for IDM in the cloud environment
identity management in a cyber-physical cloud
applications of new computer and software technologies to IDM context
Track 3: Cross-sectorial aspects of cloud identity management
lessons and best practice learnt from different sectors
culture, ethical, legal, and regulation factors
discrepancy in the understanding of trust and privacy across different sectors
survey of data security concerns and understandings from various sectors
standardization