Information Security Policies and Actions in Modern Integrated Systems is an overview of current research in theoretical and practical aspects of security in distributed systems, in particular in information systems and related security tools. Issues treated in the book are security in XML-based management systems, security of multimedia data, technology and use of smart cards, applications of cryptography, security of distributed applications and adherence to standards, model and security issues associated with the organization of components (architectures) of information systems, such as networked systems (Internet and WWW-based), client/server architectures, and layered architectures. Contributions come both from the academic and the industrial field.
About the Author
Maria Grazia Fugini is currently an Associate Professor of Computer Engineering at the Politecnico di Milano. She has been a Visiting Professor at the University of Maryland, Technical University of Vienna and University of Stuttgart. Her research interests are in information systems, security and development, software reuse, information retrieval, information systems development and re-engineering. She participated in several EC-funded Esprit research projects, namely TODOS, ITHACA, F3 and WIDE. Professor Fugini leads the Politecnico di Milano Operative Unit in the Project "Security in Public Administration," funded by Italian CINI/CNR in cooperation with Ministry of Justice and AIPA (Authority for Information Systems in Public Administrations), and several projects for private and public concerns on distributed services, information system re-engineering and data security.
Carlo Bellettini is currently an Assistant Professor at the University of Milano. Dr. Bellettini received his Ph.D. in Computer Science from the University of Milano in 1998.