This text presents a review of current perspectives in information security management and small systems security, focusing on technical and functional as well as managerial issues. It contains the selected proceedings of the Seventh Annual Working Conference on Information Security Management and Small Systems Security, sponsored by the International Federation for Information Processing (IFIP) and held in Amsterdam, Netherlands, in September/October 1999. Topics in this volume include the latest developments in: secure techniques for smart card technology; information security management issues; risk analysis; intranets; electronic commerce protocols; certification and accreditation; and biometrics authentication. This volume will be useful reading for researchers in computer science, information technology, and business informatics, as well as for information security consultants, systems analysts and engineers and IT managers.