Security is an important part of your application's architecture. In simple terms, security is all about whom gets to use your application and how they get to use it. With a secure application, both the user and the application are confident they are exchanging information within authentic circumstances.
Your application must ensure the privacy of sensitive user information, and also protect the architectural components and processes that run your application from unauthorized tampering or eavesdropping.
The following sections acquaint you with the techniques you can use to implement security for your enterprise application:
| Section | Description |
| What Is Enterprise Application Security? | Defines application security as controlled user access and application resource protection. |
| Understanding Windows NT Security | Describes the basic security features of the Microsoft® Windows NT® operating system. |
| Controlling User Access | Discusses the many ways of controlling user access to your application. |
| Protecting Files | Describes file protection options using either the FAT or NTFS file system. |
| Protecting Distributed Components | Discusses the security requirements of remote components. |
| Protecting Operating System Services | Discusses protection for operating system resource services such as Microsoft® Transaction Server and Microsoft Message Queue Server. |
| Ensuring Secure Data Transmission | Identifies the different options for protecting data transmission. |
| Securing Your Web Application | Explains how to secure your ASP-based applications from unauthorized access and tampering. |
For More Information Microsoft maintains a Web site to provide current security news and solutions to developers worldwide. To access the Web site, use the following address: http://www.microsoft.com/security. Additional whitepapers on Web application security can be viewed at the following address: http://www.microsoft.com/vinterdev/.