Web and Information Security - Hardcover

Ferrari, Elena

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1591405882 ISBN 13: 9781591405887

Publisher: IRM Press Publishing, 2005

Synopsis

Web and Information Security consists of a collection of papers written by leading experts in the field that describe state-of-the-art topics pertaining to Web and information systems security. In particular, security for the semantic Web, privacy, security policy management and emerging topics such as secure semantic grids and secure multimedia systems are also discussed. As well as covering basic concepts of Web and information system security, this book provides new insights into the semantic Web field and its related security challenges. ""Web and Information Security"" is valuable as a reference book for senior undergraduate or graduate courses in information security which have special focuses on Web security. It is also useful for technologists, researchers, managers and developers who want to know more about emerging security technologies.

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About the Author

Elena Ferrari is a full professor of Computer Science at the University of insubria, Como (Italy). From 1998 until January 2001, she was an assistant professor at the Department of Computer Science of the University of Milano (Italy). She received an MS degree in Computer Science from the University of Milano (Italy) in 1992. In 1998, she received a Ph.D. in Computer Science from the same university. During summer 1996 she has been a visiting researcher at the Department of Computer Science of George Mason University, Fairfax (Virginia). During summers 1997 and 1998 she has been a visiting researcher at Rutgers University, Newark (New Jersey). Bhavani Thuraisingham has recently joined The University of Texas at Dallas as a Professor of Computer Science and Director of the Cyber Security Research Center in the Erik Jonsson School of Engineering. She is a Fellow of the IEEE (Institute for Electrical and Electronics Engineers) and AAAS (American Association for the Advancement of Science). She received IEEE Computer Society's prestigious 1997 Technical Achievement Award for ""outstanding and innovative contributions to secure data management"". Thuraisingham was educated in the United Kingdom both at the University of Bristol and at the University of Wales.

Edition details

• Publisher: IRM Press Publishing
• Publication date: 2005
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1591405882
• ISBN 13: 9781591405887
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 336