PDA security
Incorporating handhelds into your enterprise
David Melnick, Mark Dinman, Alexander Muratov
Résumé
Because of their small, portable nature, PDAs present a unique security dilemma. This is the essential reference for PSA technicians and IT professionals who need to understand and solve this challenge. Written by a security expert, the book explores PDA security issues and details what must be done to establish privacy in the hand-held medium.
- Covers the vast variety of devices available, including Palm, PocketPC, and RIM devices
- Foreword by Rebecca Bace, internationally recognized intrusion detection and network security specialist
- Includes a case study guide: PDA Defense Palm's Choice for Enterprise
- Explains why handheld security is largely about OS (Operating Systems)
- Explores hacking problems
- Answers the questions: When does a handheld become an IT problem and what is a measured IT response?
Contents
- Introduction
- Introduction to PDA security in the enterprise
- Incorporating Handhelds into the Enterprise
- PDAs in the Enterprise
- The Power Resource Guide to Understanding Where Security Must be Achieved
- Handhelds in the enterprise
- When a Handheld Becomes Information Technology's Problem
- The Components of a Measured IT Response
- The How-To Guide
- The technology of PDA security. Cryptography,
passwords, hacking, and more
- Understanding Handheld Security is Largely About the Operating System
- Hacking Threats and Mitigations
- Graduation
- Handhelds
- Where Does Device Security Go from Here?
- Index
L'auteur - David Melnick
David Melnick currently holds the position of President
of PDA Defense, the leading Enterprise PDA Security
offering. Prior to PDA Defense, David helped to pioneer
Internet-based financial transactional systems and security
from the mid-'90s publishing multiple books on the
execution of electronic commerce systems. As early as 1996,
David was the focus of case studies in the area of
Internet-based Electronic Commerce (Microsoft's Merchant
Server Book -- Ventana, 1996). And, by 1997 David had taken
the lead author role in the first book published on
Microsoft's Active Server Pages (QUE/Macmillan Publishing,
1997).
From the beginning of the 1990s David has worked to
leverage technology and manage risk within the Financial
Services industry starting with his work for one of the
largest credit card processors. At GE's Credit Card
companies, David worked with GE Corporate R&D to
implement the first commercial application of Neural
Network technology for risk management socring within the
company, as well as later operationally working in both
Fraud management and Risk Scoring Development groups. After
GE, David's financial services work continued with the
architecting of payment gateways currently in use by Bank
of America and Wells Fargo Bank. In the credit card
processing area, David worked closely with Visa and Bank of
America to pilot early tests with Smart Cards and emerging
security standards such as SET 0.0 for taking transactions
over the Internet.
Through a combination of published work, speaking
engagements, and professional organization involvement.
David has established a reputation fore leadership in the
technology-intensive security and risk management areas,
includingn a specialization in the area of financial
services.
L'auteur - Mark Dinman
Mark Dinman has over 17 years of experience in software systems development and IT project/program management. Mark joined Asynchrony Software when it launched in 2000 and served as the product manager of PDA Defense since its inception. Prior to joining Asynchrony, Mark spent 15 years with EDS in various roles serving a wide variety of clients and industries. His last assignment with EDS was as a Program Manager responsible for a global team developing and supporting a Material Management System for General Motors. Mark earned his master's degree in business administration from Washington University's John M. Olin School of Business and his BA magna cum laude from Brown University. He is also a certified Project Management Professional by the Project Management Institute (PMI) and currently serves as the President for the St. Louis PMI Chapter. Mark lives in Chesterfield, Missouri.
L'auteur - Alexander Muratov
Bob Elfanbaum is the Co-Founder and President of Asynchrony Solutions, Inc., a software technology firm with products and services focused on security, collaboration, and systems integration, including PDA Defense Enterprise, a leading security solution for handheld devices. Since its inception in 1998, Bob has led the company to significant relationships with Fortune 1000 and federal government clients including the U.S. Department of Defense, Boeing, and McKesson Information Solutions. Prior to founding Asynchrony, Bob was Chief Financial Officer of Virbac Corporation (NASDAQ: VBAC), a public animal health company, managing both the company's systems and financial organization. Bob is a CPA who also spent two years running the internal audit division of a Fortune 500 company, as well as eight years in the audit group of Price-WaterhouseCoopers. He earned his Bachelors degree, cum laude, with a major in accounting from Indiana University, Bloomington.
Caractéristiques techniques
| PAPIER | |
| Éditeur(s) | Mc Graw Hill |
| Auteur(s) | David Melnick, Mark Dinman, Alexander Muratov |
| Parution | 09/09/2003 |
| Nb. de pages | 400 |
| Format | 15 x 22,7 |
| Couverture | Broché |
| Poids | 510g |
| Intérieur | Noir et Blanc |
| EAN13 | 9780071424905 |
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