Handbook of Research on Information Security and Assurance

While emerging information and internet ubiquitous technologies provide tremendous positive opportunities, there are still numerous vulnerabilities associated with technology. Attacks on computer systems are increasing in sophistication and potential devastation more than ever before. As such, organizations need to stay abreast of the latest protective measures and services to prevent cyber attacks. The Handbook of Research on Information Security and Assurance includes 47 chapters offering comprehensive definitions and explanations on topics such as firewalls, information warfare, encryption standards, and social and ethical concerns in enterprise security. Edited by over 90 scholars in information science, this reference provides tools to combat the growing risk associated with technology.

Jatinder (Jeet) N. D. Gupta is currently eminent scholar of management of technology, professor of management information systems, industrial and systems engineering and engineering management at The University of Alabama in Huntsville, Huntsville, Alabama. Most recently, he was professor of management, information and communication sciences, and industry and technology at Ball State University, Muncie, Indiana. He holds a PhD in industrial engineering (with specialization in production management and information systems) from Texas Tech University. Co-author of a textbook in Operations Research, Dr. Gupta serves on the editorial boards of several national and international journals. Recipient of the Outstanding Faculty and Outstanding Researcher awards from Ball State University, he has published numerous papers in such journals as Journal of Management Information Systems, International Journal of Information Management, Operations Research, INFORMS Journal of Computing, Annals of Operations Research, and Mathematics of Operations Research. More recently, he served as a co-editor of several special issues including the Neural Networks in Business of Computers and Operations Research, Semiconductor Wafer Production, special issue of Production Planning and Control, and Design, Building and Evaluation of Intelligent Decision Making Support Systems: Special Issue of Journal of Decision Systems. He co-edited books that included Decision Making Support Systems: Achievements and Challenges for the New Decade and Creating Knowledge-based Healthcare Organizations published by Idea Group Publishing. He is also the coeditor of the book: Managing E-Business published by Heidelberg Press, Heidelberg, Australia and the book: Intelligent Decision-making Support Systems, published by Springer. His current research interests include information security, e-commerce, supply chain management, information and decision technologies, scheduling, planning and control, organizational learning and effectiveness, systems education, knowledge management, and enterprise integration. Dr. Gupta has held elected and appointed positions in several academic and professional societies including the Association for Information Systems, Production and Operations Management Society (POMS), the Decision Sciences Institute (DSI), and the Information Resources Management Association (IRMA).

Sushil K. Sharma is a Professor of information systems in the Department of Information Systems and Operations Management at Ball State University, Muncie, Indiana. Sharma has the distinction of having earned two doctoral degrees­ one in MIS and the other in management. Prior to joining the faculty at Ball State, Sharma has held the Associate Professor position at the Indian Institute of anagement (India) and as a Visiting Research Associate Professor at the department of Management Science at the University of Waterloo, Canada. Sharma has authored over 100 refereed research papers in many peer-reviewed national and international MIS journals, conferences, proceedings and books. His research, primarily involving e-commerce, computer-mediated communications, information systems security, e-government, ERP systems, community and social informatics, human computer interaction (HCI) and knowledge management has appeared in several reputed MIS and management journals. Sharma is a co-author of Learning UNIX, (Y.K. Publications, India, 1996), Programming C (Y.K. Publications, India, 1997), Co-Editor of Creating Knowledge-Based Health Care Organizations, Intelligent Enterprises of the 21st Century (Idea Group Publishing, 2003, 2004), and Co-Editor of E-Business in the 21st Century (Heidelberg Press, Australia, 2003).