Review of "Privacy: What Developers and IT Professionals Should Know by J. C. Cannon," Addison-Wesley Professional, 2004, $49.99. ISBN: 0321224094

ABSTRACT

Addison-Wesley Professional, 2004, $49.99
ISBN: 0321224094

I have been teaching an advanced course on design methodologies for more than a decade, and its content has evolved to keep up with changes in the application domains, implementation technologies, and advancements in design methods. Until I read this book, however, I did not realize that, as designers of software solutions, we need to have a good understanding of how to actually build privacy functionalities into the solutions we develop and deliver. Therefore, just as implementing security in software solutions is now viewed as a responsibility of software architects, I feel that privacy will be the next new responsibility of designers of software solutions. The question arises: What do we need to know to fulfill this new responsibility? This book provides an answer to this question. Specifically, it suggests that software designers need to know about privacy legislation, understand privacy-enhancing technologies, and possess the expertise to build privacy-aware applications.

INDEX TERMS

Primary Classification:
  K. Computing Milieux
  K.4 COMPUTERS AND SOCIETY
      K.4.1 Public Policy Issues
          Subjects: Privacy

Additional Classification:
  K. Computing Milieux
  K.6 MANAGEMENT OF COMPUTING AND INFORMATION SYSTEMS
      K.6.3 Software Management
          Subjects: Software development

General Terms:
Design, Legal Aspects