Vesna Hassler received her B.Sc. and M.Sc. degrees in Electrical Engineering from Zagreb University (Croatia), and her Ph.D. degree from Graz University of Technology (Austria).
Dr. Hassler is a member of A-SIT (Secure Information Technology Center, Austria). Her research and teaching focus is on network and e-commerce security. She is also an independent consultant. Dr. Hassler is the author of Security Fundamentals for E-Commerce (Artech House, 2001), and has published a number of conference and journal papers on cryptography, network security, payment systems, and smart cards.
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