The term security assurance has been used in the computer science literature to express theconfidence that one has in the strength of the security measures. The need for a methodology tomeasure current security assurance levels of a system has been reported in the literature as vital inorder to...

The focus is set on the browser as the main source of information risk due to the access provided to the web users. This section assesses the practical arrangements for a secured Internet connection - secure socket layer, avoiding practices like spoofing and phishing with Java script, digital...

Presidential Decision Directive 63 concerning critical infrastructure protection, was signed on May 22, 1998. This order created a Presidential Commission charged with formulating policy recommendations to the President on measures to protect the critical infrastructures of the USA from...

Computer crime and the abuse of computer and telecommunications systems have become a serious threat to the integrity of information systems. The Organization for Economic Co‐operation and Development has addressed this problem as has Interpol. National governments such as Canada have enacted...