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Securely Storing and Executing Business Processes in the Cloud

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Business Process Management Workshops (BPM 2012)

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This paper proposes an architectural solution that allows organizations to rely on cloud-based services to securely operate their business processes. The solution is built upon a thick client and thin server architectural pattern, where security constructs such as public-key and symmetric cryptographic systems are used to maintain confidentiality between the participants while keeping the server unaware of their participations and business process instances.

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Martinho, D., Ferreira, D.R. (2013). Securely Storing and Executing Business Processes in the Cloud. In: La Rosa, M., Soffer, P. (eds) Business Process Management Workshops. BPM 2012. Lecture Notes in Business Information Processing, vol 132. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-36285-9_70

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