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Electronic Invoicing services (e-Invoicing) will have a pivotal role in all the stages of handling Value Added Tax (VAT) for European Member States. Through a systematic introduction of e-invoicing, tax administrators will be able to implement new tools and procedures to carry out alternative controls that are less intrusive on the trading partners. Nevertheless, successful European e-invoicing implementations need to be in compliance with the corresponding European Directive 2001/115/EC. Most contemporary e-Invoicing implementations are proprietary and based on EDI, thus demonstrating great deficiencies. This paper presents an open electronic invoicing system named eInvoke, based on XML, XML cryptography and Web Services, that addresses all security requirements imposed by the Directive. 1

Port Information and Communication Technology (PICT) systems offer a series of critical services rendering their effective security management an issue of vital importance. Existing regulation, standardization, and risk management methodologies do not adequately address the cyber threats the dependent environment of PICT systems is exposed to. In the SPort project, we identified and addressed these needs by proposing a collaborative environment offering customized security management services targeted at the unique needs of port authorities. The success of S-Port has been deployed in three commercial ports, so as to assist them in self managing security and risks. In this paper, we present the main objectives and core functionalities of S-Port environment, as well as the overall results of its assessment.