04/16/2007: "Book In Production"

I am very happy to announce that the book I have been researching, writing and editing for the last 18 months in finally in production. I had some great contributions from academia and industry and I am sure with the right "marketing tools" it will reach the right audience.

Editing this book is the outcome of several years of research and publishing in the areas of dependability and security which are both fields of high importance that are constantly expanding. The application domain is that of Web Services and my most recent work has been targeted towards making sense of the standards and specifications available in this new arena, while at the same time providing security solution for various distributed applications.

There have been more than 30 standards and specifications proposed to address security issues and provide mechanisms for authorization, authentication, confidentiality, integrity and non-repudiation. Each of these proposed specifications span across a number of security and dependability related issues. However, despite such a large number of specifications, there appears to be no clear consensus regarding the overall architectural framework. This book is a contribution towards this need.

I received a large number of proposals which consequently resulted in large number of potential chapters. I conducted a highly skilled reviewing team composed largely of fellow academics and IT professionals that helped me through the selection process and eventually narrow it down to the 15 chapters included in the book plus some selected readings agreed between myself and the publisher. Will let you know when it is formally out...i.e. on Amazon.

Thanks to Andy G. from Microsoft for providing the foreword, and to Lynley L. and Meg S. for their assistance.