5. IS security: services and applications

The "Applications" section presents a range of applications used by private individuals, operators and companies. These applications can be of direct use to users at their workstations (messaging, e-commerce, IP telephony), or can be used to support the network itself (LDAP or DNS directories).

In this section, we sometimes focus solely on how the application works, or on its security aspects (both in terms of vulnerabilities and the security solutions in place), or on both.

• This section is organized into four topics

  • Electronic commerce

    This vast and rapidly expanding field is covered from technological, functional and organizational angles. Readers may also wish to refer to the article "Use of authentication in banking" in the "Cryptography,...