Embedded Java Security: Security for Mobile Devices - Softcover

Debbabi, Mourad

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1846285909 ISBN 13: 9781846285905

Verlag: Springer, 2006

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Java brings more functionality and versatility to the world of mobile devices, but it also introduces new security threats.

This book is a comprehensive presentation of embedded Java security. It is compared with the security model of the Java 2 Standard Edition in order to view the impact of limited resources on security. The main components of embedded Java are also generally presented to give an idea about the platform architecture. To assess the effectiveness of the security model, an evaluation of the security features is carried out with results presented in the framework of the MEHARI method for risk analysis, and the Common Criteria methodology of security evaluation. The usefulness of this security evaluation is to point out areas that need security hardening.

This book provides researchers and practitioners alike with a broader and deeper understanding of the issues involved in embedded Java security, and –as a larger view- mobile devices security.

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¿Suryadipta Majumdar is currently an Assistant Professor in the Information Security and Digital Forensics department at University at Albany - SUNY. Suryadipta received his Ph.D. on cloud security auditing from Concordia University, Canada. His research mainly focuses on cloud security, Software Defined Network (SDN) security and Internet of Things (IoT) security.

Taous Madi is currently an Experienced Researcher at Ericsson Canada. She holds a Ph.D. in Information Systems Engineering from Concordia University, Montreal. Previously, she finished her M.Sc. in mobile computing from the University of Science and Technology Houari Boumedien (USTHB), Algiers. Her research interests include cloud computing, network function virtualization security, software-defined networking security, internet of things security, machine learning and formal methods.

Yushun Wang completed his MASc in Information System Security from Concordia University. Previously, he worked as a customer network support engineer, Ericsson (China) for 12 years. He is currently working as a developer at Above Security Canada.

Azadeh Tabiban is currently a Ph.D. student at Concordia Institute for Information Systems Engineering (CIISE). She obtained her Master's degree in Information Systems Security from Concordia University, where she contributed to several research projects on cloud security auditing. Her research interest focuses on the development of more accountable and transparent virtualized environments; particularly on cloud and NFV provenance, intrusion detection, proactive auditing and secure virtualization in untrusted cloud infrastructures.

Momen Oqaily is currently working toward the Ph.D. degree in information and systems engineering at the Concordia Institute for Information Systems Engineering, Concordia University, Montreal, QC, Canada. He received hisB.S. degree in network engineering and security and the master's degree in Information Systems Engineering. His research interests include privacy and cloud computing security auditing.

Amir Alimohammadifar completed his BSc in Information Technology in 2010. He received his first master's in Information Technology, communication and computer networks from Sharif University of Technology, 2012, and his second master's in Information Systems Security from Concordia University. He is currently working as a security DevOps engineer at Gameloft Canada.

Yosr Jarraya is currently a researcher in security at Ericsson. Before that, she had a two-year MITACS postdoctoral fellowship with the company. She was previously Research Associate and Postdoctoral Fellow at Concordia University, Montreal. She received a Ph.D. in Electrical and Computer Engineering from Concordia University. She is the co-author of more than 30 research paperson topics including cloud security, network and software security, formal verification and SDN.

Makan Pourzandi is a research leader at Ericsson, Canada. He received his Ph.D. degree in Computer Science from the University of Lyon I Claude Bernard, France and a M.Sc. in parallel computing from École Normale Supérieure de Lyon, France. He has more than 20 years of experience in the fields of cyber security, Telecom and distributed systems. He co-authored a book on software security published by Springer on 2015 and is the co-inventor of 19 granted US patents. He has published more than 65 research papers in peer-reviewed scientific journals and conferences.

Lingyu Wang is a Professor at the Concordia Institute for Information Systems Engineering (CIISE) at Concordia University, Montreal, Canada. He holds the NSERC/Ericsson Senior Industrial Research Chair in SDN/NFV Security. He received his Ph.D. degree in Information Technology in 2006 from George Mason University. His research interests include cloud computing sec

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Whereas Java brings functionality and versatility to the world of mobile devices, at the same time it also introduces new security threats. The rapid growth of the number of mobile devices that support Java makes this a pressing issue. Embedded Java Security carefully examines the security aspects of Java and offers a security evaluation for the Java platform.

After explaining background material on the architecture of embedded platforms and relating to its role in security, the book deconstructs the security model into its main components: It explains each component and relates it to the aim of securing the applications and the device. Toward this end, several implementations of the Java platform are examined and tested to relate the model to its actual implementation on devices. The security holes found are further used to clarify security issues and point out common errors. Finally, the book provides an evaluation of embedded Java security that includes security models and security tests performed on real-life implementations.

Topics and features:

• Presents the security model underlying Java ME

• Provides a vulnerability analysis of Java CLDL and a risk analysis study of Java ME vulnerabilities

• Supplies an example of a protection profile for Java ME - illustrated using the common criteria framework

• Discusses the most prominent standards that are relevant for Java ME security

• Reports on areas of common vulnerabilities, and considers specifications and programming mistakes

• Hints and suggestions are provided as ways for hardening security

This invaluable volume provides researchers and practitioners with a broader and deeper understanding of the issues involved in embedded Java security, and, as a larger view, mobile-devices security. It can also serve as an ancillary course text or helpful guidefor self study in the field.

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: Springer
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2006
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 1846285909
• ISBN 13: 9781846285905
• Einband: Taschenbuch
• Anzahl der Seiten: 260
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