This book presents the challenges of designing hierarchical cryptographic key management algorithms to implement adaptive access control in dynamic environments and suggests solutions that will overcome these challenges.

Cryptographic access control (CAC) is an approach to securing data by encrypting it with a key, so that only the users in possession of the correct key are able to decrypt the data and/or perform further encryptions. Applications of cryptographic access control will benefit companies, governments and the military where structured access to information is essential.

The purpose of this book is to highlight the need for adaptability in cryptographic access control schemes that are geared for dynamic environments, such as the Internet. Adaptive Cryptographic Access Control presents the challenges of designing hierarchical cryptographic key management algorithms to implement Adaptive Access Control in dynamic environments and suggest solutions that will overcome these challenges.

Adaptive Cryptographic Access Control is a cutting-edge book focusing specifically on this topic in relation to security and cryptographic access control. Both the theoretical and practical aspects and approaches of cryptographic access control are introduced in this book. Case studies and examples are provided throughout this book.

Presents a cutting-edge text on cryptographic access control Provides case studies and examples throughout the book Introduces both the theoretical and practical aspects and approaches of cryptographic access control Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

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Anne Kayem is an Associate Professor in Cyber-Security and leads the Privacy AnaLytics (PAL) research Group at the University of Exeter. She holds a PhD in Computer Science obtained from Queen's University, Canada in 2009. She is an internationally recognised expert in the field of digital privacy focusing specifically on algorithms for data transformation to support privacy preserving machine learning and data analytics. She has written and edited several books about cyber-security and privacy notably on Access Control, Information Security, Secure micro-grids, and more recently on Digital Privacy. She is a senior member of the ACM and IEEE.

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A Presentation of Access Control Methods.- Efficient Key Management: Heuristics.- Timestamped Key Management.- Controlling Access to Outsourced Data.- Self-Protecting Key Management.- Collusion Detection and Resolution.- Conclusions.