By Mark Brett Independent Reviewer

Title: PKI Implementing and Managing E-Security

Author: Andrew Nash et al.

Publisher: Osborne Mc Graw-Hill

ISBN: 0-07-213123-3

Public Key Infrastructure (PKI) is not for the faint hearted but is becoming a necessary evil in many organisations including Government and the private sector. The book goes into a lot of detail with case studies and technical explanation.

Apart from covering the technical infrastructure, the financial implications are also covered from the business viewpoint. Detailed explanations include  PKI models, smart cards and encryption.

If you need to know about PKI, this will be a useful book to have. If your going to work on a PKI project, the book will bring you up to speed quickly and painlessly if you are used to IT systems.