A novel watermarking method for software protection in the cloud

Authors:
Zhiwei Yu;Chaokun Wang;Clark Thomborson;Jianmin Wang;Shiguo Lian;Athanasios V. Vasilakos
Affiliations:
Department of Computer Science and Technology, Tsinghua University, Beijing, People's Republic of China and School of Software, Tsinghua University, Beijing, People's Republic of China;School of Software, Tsinghua University, Beijing, People's Republic of China and Key Laboratory for Information System Security, Ministry of Education, Beijing, People's Republic of China and Tsin ...;Department of Computer Science, The University of Auckland, New Zealand;School of Software, Tsinghua University, Beijing, People's Republic of China and Key Laboratory for Information System Security, Ministry of Education, Beijing, People's Republic of China and Tsin ...;France Telecom R&D (Orange Labs), Beijing, People's Republic of China;University of Western Macedonia, Greece
Venue:
Software—Practice & Experience
Year:
2012

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Abstract

With the rapid development of cloud computing, software applications are shifting onto cloud storage rather than remaining within local networks. Software distributions within the cloud are subject to security breaches, privacy abuses, and access control violations. In this paper, we identify an insider threat to access control which is not completely eliminated by the usual techniques of encryption, cryptographic hashes, and access-control labels. We address this threat using software watermarking. We evaluate our access-control scheme within the context of a Collaboration-oriented Architecture, as defined by The Jericho Forum. Copyright © 2011 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.