Developing Trust: Online Privacy and Security

is an indispensable resource for both novice and expert security professionals alike, providing information on all facets of understanding, creating, and maintaining secure Internet systems.Noted security expert Matt Curtin's instructional approach facilitates a comprehensive understanding of online security through the separation of the core material into three sections: * Understanding Security and Privacy, which introduces attack models, general privacy theory and policy, online privacy concepts, and finally a synopsis of the mechanics of threats to privacy. * Prevention, which delves deep into secure design principles and deployment environments, closing with several case-studies of major security problems uncovered by the author himself. * The Cure" investigates the mechanics of identifying and repairing flawed software design techniques before they are incorporated into the final product. Discussion regarding the failure of "Opt-Out" systems to protect privacy is also included in this section.About the author: As the founder of Interhack Corporation, Matt Curtin is responsible for the technical leadership of Interhack's research, development, and consulting efforts. His present focus is to understand how complex systems interact "in the large" and how that affects security, privacy, and reliability. A frequent lecturer and author, Matt tries to help developers understand how they can avoid mistakes that undermine the trustworthiness of their systems.