""[This book] brings to the forefront innovative approaches for analyzing and enhancing the security and privacy dimensions in online social networks, and is the first comprehensive attempt dedicated entirely to this field. In order to facilitate the transition of such methods from theory to mechanisms designed and deployed in existing online social networking services, the book aspires to create a common language between the researchers and practitioners of this new area- spanning from the theory of computational social sciences to conventional security and network engineering." --"
""This book: Presents innovative solutions to social network security challenges ; Defines a new field of research in computer and communications security ; Raises emerging security problems in online social network environments."--Publisher's website."@en