Security in the Information Society - Visions and Perspectives (IFIP INTERNATIONAL FEDERATION FOR INFORMATION PROCESSING Volume 214) (IFIP International Federation for Information Processing)
Contributors: M. Adeeb Ghonaimy (Editor); Mahmoud T. El-Hadidi (Editor); Heba K. Aslan (Editor)
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: Springer
Published: April 30, 2002
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 598
ISBN-13: 9781402070303
Subjects: Data security & data encryption; Security - General; Congresses; Computer Data Security; Computers; Technology & Industrial Arts; International Relations - General; Computer Books: General; International Cooperation; Data protection; General; Computers / Computer Science; Computer security
First sentence: During the last few decades the use of information technology (IT) has become more widespread in all areas of society, and the types of activities that it performs or supports, have become increasingly more important.