Publications

Digital Signatures: Security & Controls - Fred Piper, Simon Blake-Wilson and John Mitchell

In the electronic communication environment it is essential to be able to establish that the signatory of a message is indeed its originator. This detailed publication on the security and control issues of digital signatures addresses all of the vital components which are relevant to the IT audit and control community. Written by experts in cryptography to explain what digital signatures are, how they work, and unresolved issues in their use. Includes audit programs.

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Articles

 

John has written scores of articles for prestigious magazines.  Here is an example

 

Computer Forensics

 

Editorials

 

John is editor of The Journal, an award winning publication of the British Computer Society’s (BCS) Information Risk Management & Audit (IRMA) specialist group. 

 

You can find his editorials below.

 

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Papers

 

John has written and presented hundreds of papers to conferences throughout the world.  They are too numerous to list here.