Securing Information and Communications Systems

Javier Lopez is an associate professor in the Computer Science Department and coordinator of the Information Security Research Group at the University of Malaga, Spain. Steven Furnell is head of the Network Research Group at the University of Plymouth, United Kingdom, and an adjunct associate professor at Edith Cowan University, Australia. Sokratis Katsikas is the rector at the University of the Aegean, Greece, where he is also a professor in the Department of Information & Communication Systems Engineering. Ahmed Patel is a consultant and lecturer in computer networks, distributed systems and computer forensics.

Introduction; Security Concepts, Services and Threats; Business-Integrated Information Security Management; User Authentication Technologies; Authorization and Access Control; Data Centric Applications; Modern Cryptology; Network Security; Standard Public Key and Privilege Management Infrastructures; Smart Cards and Tokens; Privacy and Privacy-Enhancing Technologies (PETs); Content Filtering Technologies and the Law; Model for Cybercrime Investigation; Systemic Holistic Approach to IT Security; Electronic Voting Systems; On Mobile Wiki Systems Security; Author's Biographies.