Context-based authentication and transport of cultural assets.

We present a ubiquitous system that combines context information, security mechanisms and a transport
infrastructure to provide authentication and secure transport of works of art. Authentication is provided for both auctions and exhibitions, where users can use their own
mobile devices to authenticate works of art. Transport is
provided by a secure protocol that makes use of position–
time information and wireless sensors providing context
information. The system has been used in several real case
studies in the context of the CUSPIS project and continues
to be used as a commercial product for the transportation
and exhibition of cultural assets in Italy.