Network and System Security : 8th International Conference

This book constitutes the proceedings of the 8th International Conference on Network and System Security, NSS 2014, held in Xian, China, in October 2014. The 35 revised full papers and 12 revised short papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from 155 initial submissions. The papers are organized in topical sections on cloud computing, access control, network security, security analysis, public key cryptography, system security, privacy-preserving systems and biometrics, and key management and distribution.