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.

Articles

 

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

 

Computer Forensics

 

Editorials

 

John is a previous editor of The Journal, an award winning publication of the British Computer Society’s (BCS)

Information Risk Management & Assurance (IRMA) specialist group. 

 

You can find his editorials below.

 

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Opinion

 

John has a regular opinion column in IS Now, the security publication of the British Computer Society.

 

You can find his opinions below. 

 

                                    Information Security Now 1.pdf        Information Security Now 2.pdf        Information Security Now 3.pdf    Information Security Now 4.pdf        Information Security Now 5.pdf

                                    Information Security Now 6.pdf        Information Security Now 7.pdf        Information Security Now 8.pdf    Information Security Now 9.pdf        Information Security Now 10.pdf

                                    Information Security Now 11.pdf      Information Security Now 12.pdf      Information Security Now 13.pdf  Information Security Now 14.pdf      Information Security Now 15.pdf

                                    Information Security Now 16.pdf      Information Security Now 17.pdf      Information Security Now 18.pdf  Information Security Now 19.pdf      Information Security Now 20.pdf

                                    Information Security Now 21.pdf      Information Security Now 22.pdf      Information Security Now 23.pdf

 

 

Interviews

 

John has appeared on radio and television throughout the world and his views are often sort on the control implication of emerging technologies.

 An example can be found here.