Professors Help Business Students Prepare for Tomorrow’s Security Issues

By IGI Global on Mar 10, 2011
Developing computer and Internet features and applications create a constantly changing climate for modern businesses. Most companies find that in order to be competitive in today's market, they must stay as up-to-date as possible with current technologies from overall business information systems to the most intricate Web site features. All of these developments in technology, however, come with a variety of challenges and problems, particularly in the area of security.

Today's students will become tomorrow's corporate leaders. New research is essential to help business professors prepare their students to deal with new security issues. In order to provide for this important research, IGI Global is proud to recommend one of its premier references, Enterprise Information Systems Assurance and System Security: Managerial and Technical Issues, edited by Merrill Warkentin and Rayford Vaughn, both of Mississippi State University, USA. This popular title has been recently reviewed by several professors looking for new course materials.

Enterprise Information Systems Assurance and System Security: Managerial and Technical IssuesThis book brings together authoritative authors to address one of the most pressing challenges in the IT field – how to create secure environments for the application of technology to serve future needs. This book bridges the gap between theory and practice, academia and industry, computer science and MIS. The chapters provide an integrated, holistic perspective on this complex set of challenges, supported with practical experiences of leading figures from all realms. Enterprise Information Systems Assurance and System Security: Managerial and Technical Issues provides an excellent collection for corporate executives who are charged with securing their systems and data, students studying the topic of business information security, and those who simply have an interest in this exciting topic. For more information on this title, please visit www.igi-global.com/bookstore/titledetails.aspx?TitleId=380.


Other related and highly recommended references include:

Digital Business Security Development: Management Technologies (edited by Don Kerr, University of the Sunshine Coast, Australia; John G. Gammack, Grifith University, Australia; and Kay Bryant, Grifith University, Australia) provides comprehensive coverage of issues associated with maintaining business protection in digital environments. Containing state-of-the-art research relevant to informing business practice, this premier reference source provides base-level knowledge for managers who are not specialists in the field, as well as advanced undergraduate and postgraduate students undertaking research and further study. For more information on this title, please visit www.igi-global.com/Bookstore/TitleDetails.aspx?TitleId=266.Digital Business Security Development: Management Technologies


Web Services Security and E-BusinessWeb Services Security and E-Business (edited by G. Radhamani and G.S.V. Radha Krishna Rao, both of Multimedia University, Malaysia) provides insight into uncovering the security risks of dynamically-created content, and how proper content management can greatly improve the overall security. It also studies the security lifecycle and how to respond to an attack, as well as the problems of site hijacking and phishing. For more information on this title, please visit www.igi-global.com/Bookstore/TitleDetails.aspx?TitleId=1051.


Securing Web Services: Practical Usage of Standards and Specifications (edited by Panos Periorellis, Newcastle University, UK) collects a complete set of studies that address the security and dependability challenges of Web services and the development of protocols to meet those challenges. Encompassing a complete range of topics including specifications for message level security, transactions, and identity management, this premier reference source enables libraries to provide researchers with an authoritative guide to one of the most challenging technological topics of our time. For more information on this title, please visit www.igi-global.com/Bookstore/TitleDetails.aspx?TitleId=876.Securing Web Services: Practical Usage of Standards and Specifications


To see IGI Global's course adoption policy and request an exam copy of one of these titles or any other IGI Global book, please visit www.igi-global.com/courseadoption.aspx.

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