The Critical Infrastructure Protection Survey recently released
by Symantec found that 53% of interviewed IT security experts from
international companies experienced at least ten cyber attacks in
the last five years, and financial institutions were often subject
to some of the most sophisticated and large-scale cyber attacks and
frauds.
The book by Baldoni and Chockler analyzes the structure of
software infrastructures found in the financial domain, their
vulnerabilities to cyber attacks and the existing protection
mechanisms. It then shows the advantages of sharing information
among financial players in order to detect and quickly react to
cyber attacks. Various aspects associated with information sharing
are investigated from the organizational, cultural and legislative
perspectives. The presentation is organized in two parts: Part I
explores general issues associated with information sharing in the
financial sector and is intended to set the stage for the vertical
IT middleware solution proposed in Part II. Nonetheless, it is
self-contained and details a survey of various types of critical
infrastructure along with their vulnerability analysis, which has
not yet appeared in a textbook-style publication elsewhere. Part II
then presents the CoMiFin middleware for collaborative protection
of the financial infrastructure.
The material is presented in an accessible style and does not
require specific prerequisites. It appeals to both researchers in
the areas of security, distributed systems, and event processing
working on new protection mechanisms, and practitioners looking for
a state-of-the-art middleware technology to enhance the security of
their critical infrastructures in e.g. banking, military, and other
highly sensitive applications. The latter group will especially
appreciate the concrete usage scenarios included.
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