Web Services Security Development and Architecture: Theoretical and Practical Issues

Despite solid advances, numerous challenges have yet to be resolved by Web services-enabled service-oriented architecture systems. Web Services Security Development and Architecture: Theoretical and Practical Issues explores a global approach to methodical development in constructing safety architectures for online systems. Addressing security concerns during the full development lifecycle of Web services-based systems, this critical mass of the most sought after knowledge bridges the gap between practical and theoretical approaches in the field.

Carlos A. Gutiérrez has more than 10 years of professional experience, currently being in the position of IT & e-Business project manager at Correos Telecom (Madrid, Spain). He is also assistant professor of Software Engineering at the University of Castilla - La Mancha (Ciudad Real, Spain). Gutiérrez obtained his doctoral degree in computer sciences at the University of Castilla - La Mancha and his MSc in Computer Sciences at the Autonomous University of Madrid. He is Expert in e-Business from the Technical University of Madrid, holds a postgraduate in Business Administration from the Madrid Chamber of Commerce and is PMP and ITIL foundations-certified. Gutiérrez participates at the ALARCOS Research Group of the Department of Computer Science at the University of Castilla La Mancha. His main research interests are security engineering, software security architectures and security in distributed systems.

Mario Piattini has an MSc and a PhD in computer science (Politechnical University of Madrid) and a MSc in Psychology (UNED). He is also a certified information system auditor and a certified information system manager by ISACA (Information System Audit and Control Association) as well as a full professor in the Department of Computer Science at the University of Castilla-La Mancha (Ciudad Real, Spain). Furthermore, he is the author of several books and papers on databases, software engineering, and information systems. He is a co-editor of several international books including Advanced Databases Technology and Design (2000, Artech House, UK), Information and database quality (2002, Kluwer Academic Publishers, Norwell, USA), Component-based software quality: methods and techniques (2004, Springer, Germany), and Conceptual Software Metrics (Imperial College Press, UK, 2005). He leads the ALARCOS research group of the Department of Computer Science at the University of Castilla-La Mancha (Ciudad Real, Spain). His research interests include advanced databases, database quality, software metrics, security and audit, and software maintenance.