Mobile Commerce Security Practical Guide

Author: Zhan Xiaosu
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Publish Date: 2003-06-01
Features: The readers of this book are divided into two major categories: IT managers and professional business professionals. Business professionals need to understand information about mobile commerce security to make significant decisions. Of course, IT project managers also need to have a certain level of understanding of the details of mobile commerce security. This book is also suitable for college students, researchers, or non-professionals and consultants. By learning the rich examples provided in this book, readers can gain practical experience, which helps in understanding mobile commerce security issues and designing and developing more secure mobile commerce networks. Although the content introduced in this book can be used to guide the development of security policies for mobile devices, the main purpose of this book is to help business professionals and individuals recognize the existence of security risks, thereby formulating more secure mobile commerce plans. The book provides numerous vivid and comprehensive specific examples and some suggestions to help readers create more secure mobile commerce networks in a shorter time and at a lower cost. Most chapters of this book include a dedicated "Advice for IT Managers" section. This part of the content highlights the issues that IT managers should pay special attention to when implementing or considering mobile commerce security. The book discusses how security issues are addressed in the implementation and management of short-range mobile networks, such as Wi-Fi and Bluetooth, and emphasizes the security issues that were previously not considered in these short-range mobile networks. Additionally, the book looks ahead to the security of future mobile applications, such as 3G/4G networks and wearable computers.