The Understanding Digital Signatures

• Authors: Gail L. Grant
• Venue: The Understanding Digital Signatures
• Year: 1997

From the Publisher:Discover Digital Signatures,Security For A Commerce-Driven Internet "Gail Grant has captured the essence of on-line authentication and its associated commercial and legal implications—backed with some excellent case studies. This book is a must read for all Internet Entrepreneurs. "—I. O. E. Eze,President,Qspace,Inc. "Gail Grant has authored a truly important and useful exploration of the issues that arise when serious business is secured by public key cryptography. In the long run,understanding the concepts so clearly laid out in this book will be fundamental for smart and sound business decisions into the foreseeable future. "—Daniel Greenwood,Esq.,President,Law and Policy Group. Internet security is a hot topic and justifiably so. Customers are already demanding on-line access to their personal records,bank accounts,and other private information; furthermore,researchers estimate sales on the internet could reach $200 billion by the year 2000,as PCs worldwide link to form a global shopping mall. But how can a company be sure of the identity of the party accessing the information? On a global,interconnected network,how can you be certain: Providers and users are who they say they are? Information being exchanged between provider and user cannot be stolen or altered? Order being offered to you is valid? The answers lie in digital signature,which are based on public key cryptography and its infrastructure to bind unique keys to individuals and corporations through identity verification. Written by leading Internet business consultant Gail Grant,Understanding Digital Signatures: Establishing Trust over the Internet and Other Networks. detailsthebusiness,legal,social,and technological issues surrounding Digital Signatures and key infrastructure. This book explains this complex technology in terms that a businessperson can understand,covering the unique problems of on-line authentication,how digital signatures help to solve these problems,ways companies are using the technology in real life,and issues concerning its usage. The book includes a list of product and service vendors,future potential,and suggestions for companies considering implementation of digital signatures for their customers or employees. ABOUT THE AUTHOR Gail L. Grant is the CEO of GLG Consulting,an Internet business consulting firm,and the executive director of the Financial Services Portfolio for CommerceNet,the leading industry consortium dedicated to accelerating the growth of Internet commerce.