Welcome!

Dear visitor,

After the success of the last year edition, the MidSec workshop is determined to continue providing a venue that fosters and showcases the research results in the topic area of middleware security.

This year, MidSec will focus on the theme of "Composing secure architectures in the Web 2.0 era". Submissions in all aspects of middleware security are welcome, however we particularly appreciate submissions in the area of security measures for lightweight composition. In this respect, papers are sought after from two complementary angles: middleware platforms and software architectures. Mashup editors provide an easy-to-use facility that brings the power of software composition at the fingertips of any Internet-connected user. The mashup model is catching the enterprise world as well; it all started with situational applications and it is currently spreading further. Ready or not, here it comes. We are about to face times where application composition will be less and less rigid and hence will more and more resemble organized chaos. Enforcing sound security principles in such a muddled environment is an interesting research challenge for both the middleware and the software architecture communities. On one hand, software architectures modeling techniques must provide suitable abstractions to represent and address the above (and many other) security concerns. On the other hand, middleware platforms should support such abstractions in a natural, usable way.

If your research keeps you busy in any of the aspects related to middleware security, please have a look to the Call for Papers.

We are looking forward to receiving your submissions!

Riccardo Scandariato
Giovanni Russello

News

• August 24, 2009 - The workshop has been canceled
• August 4, 2009 - The deadline is extended to August 15, 2009
• May 18, 2009 - Website is online.