A security model for internet-based digital asset management systems

Usage and exploitation of the Internet is a critical requirement for managing and distributing valuable digital assets. This requirement introduces a great number of threats for commercial (or not) organizations that may cause huge data and financial losses, harm their reputation as well as people's trust on them. In this paper we present the research challenges for secure digital asset management over the web by proposing a model that provides data safety and secure user interaction on especially demanding on-line collaboration environments. © 2008 Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg.