Designing Security Architecture Solutions

The first guide to tackle security architecture at the software engineering level

Computer security has become a critical business concern, and, as such, the responsibility of all IT professionals. In this groundbreaking book, a security expert with AT&T Business?s renowned Network Services organization explores system security architecture from a software engineering perspective. He explains why strong security must be a guiding principle of the development process and identifies a common set of features found in most security products, explaining how they can and should impact the development cycle. The book also offers in–depth discussions of security technologies, cryptography, database security, application and operating system security, and more.