Cryptography for Internet and Database Applications - Softcover

Galbreath, Nick

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0471210293 ISBN 13: 9780471210290

Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Ltd, 2002

Synopsis

Cryptography is the gold standard for security. It is used to protect the transmission and storage of data between two parties by encrypting it into an unreadable format. Cryptography has enabled the first wave of secure transmissions, which has helped fuel the growth of transactions like shopping, banking, and finance over the world′s biggest public network, the Internet. Many Internet applications such as e–mail, databases, and browsers store a tremendous amount of personal and financial information, but frequently the data is left unprotected. Traditional network security is frequently less effective at preventing hackers from accessing this data. For instance, once–private databases are now completely exposed on the Internet. It turns out that getting to the database that holds millions of credit card numbers–the transmission–is secure through the use of cryptography, but the database itself isn′t, fueling the rise of credit card information theft.
A paradigm shift is now under way for cryptography. The only way to make data secure in any application that runs over the Internet is to use secret (also known as private) key cryptography. The current security methods focus on securing Internet applications using public keys techniques that are no longer effective. In this groundbreaking book, noted security expert Nick Galbreath provides specific implementation guidelines and code examples to secure database and Web–based applications to prevent theft of sensitive information from hackers and internal misuse.

About this title

From the Back Cover

Prevent hackers from stealing your data with this detailed guide on how to implement cryptography and secure your information using java

Today′s e–commerce and business systems store a tremendous amount of personal and financial information in a central location––;the database––;providing a tempting target for hackers, criminals, and rogue employees. While essential to the complete security picture, traditional network security cannot stop every attack.

In this groundbreaking book, noted security expert Nick Galbreath explains how to improve data security using cryptography. He presents specific implementation guidelines and code examples using Java for security database and Web–based applications. In addition, he explores how to use Java cryptography APIs and implement encryption in order to provide you with a complete prevention security strategy. All of this information will help your company prevent theft of sensible information from hackers and internal misuse.

Packed with tips, code examples, and guidelines, this book covers:
∗ Full technical background on industry standard encryption and hashing algorithms
∗ Guidelines on algorithm selection and usage
∗ How to effectively use and generate random numbers.

Data encoding for customer visible applications
∗ Full introduction and reference on Java′s cryptography APIs and architecture
∗ The application and database architecture for encrypted data

About the Author

NICK GALBREATH is a well–known consultant for security. He previously worked as Principal Security Engineer at Upromise, a college funding service where he was responsible for all the encryption policies for storing and transmitting sensitive personal and partner information.

Edition details

• Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Ltd
• Publication date: 2002
• ISBN 10: 0471210293
• ISBN 13: 9780471210290
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 420