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Secure metering for electrical vehicles

This paper addresses the problem of secure data communication in the charging architectures for electrical vehicles. Within the paper the different charging architectures will be described and examined further. The aim is to transfer the charging process data (customer, vehicle, metering and billing information) securely to and from the energy supplier or system provider. The main scope of this paper is to identify the most suitable architecture and meter location to achieve a transparent balancing and end-to-end secure communication between the customer and the energy supplier or provider.

An architecture for secure policy enforcement in e-government services deployment

Citizens interact at regular intervals with municipalities or municipal organizations. Public administrations offer a variety of services like requests/processing of certificates and (local) tax payment. An effective and efficient service provision brings benefits to both municipalities and the involved citizens/customers of a particular service. Due to the fact that exchanged data in forms and documents may contain private or/and sensitive data, it is imperative to introduce security mechanisms that guarantee to citizens a trustworthy means of communication via a network that may be insecure, such as the Internet. Further, cross-border services involve different municipalities and other public authorities in the processes. The described work is derived from research for “eMayor”, a project funded by the EU committee. eMayor addresses the specific audience of Small and Medium sized Governmental Organizations (SMGOs) across Europe. The project looks especially at transactions that are performed on a European level. This paper focuses on an architecture for secure policy enforcement within eGovernment platforms, such as the eMayor platform.