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Security in Computing 6th edition


Security in Computing 6th edition

Paperback by Pfleeger, Charles; Pfleeger, Shari; Coles-Kemp, Lizzie

Security in Computing

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ISBN:
9780137891214
Publication Date:
25 Jul 2023
Edition/language:
6th edition / English
Publisher:
Pearson Education (US)
Imprint:
Addison Wesley
Pages:
1040 pages
Format:
Paperback
For delivery:
Estimated despatch 15 May 2024
Security in Computing

Description

The Art of Computer and Information Security: From Apps and Networks to Cloud and Crypto Security in Computing, Sixth Edition, is today's essential text for anyone teaching, learning, and practicing cybersecurity. It defines core principles underlying modern security policies, processes, and protection; illustrates them with up-to-date examples; and shows how to apply them in practice. Modular and flexibly organized, this book supports a wide array of courses, strengthens professionals' knowledge of foundational principles, and imparts a more expansive understanding of modern security. This extensively updated edition adds or expands coverage of artificial intelligence and machine learning tools; app and browser security; security by design; securing cloud, IoT, and embedded systems; privacy-enhancing technologies; protecting vulnerable individuals and groups; strengthening security culture; cryptocurrencies and blockchain; cyberwarfare; post-quantum computing; and more. It contains many new diagrams, exercises, sidebars, and examples, and is suitable for use with two leading frameworks: the US NIST National Initiative for Cybersecurity Education (NICE) and the UK Cyber Security Body of Knowledge (CyBOK). Core security concepts: Assets, threats, vulnerabilities, controls, confidentiality, integrity, availability, attackers, and attack types The security practitioner's toolbox: Identification and authentication, access control, and cryptography Areas of practice: Securing programs, user-internet interaction, operating systems, networks, data, databases, and cloud computing Cross-cutting disciplines: Privacy, management, law, and ethics Using cryptography: Formal and mathematical underpinnings, and applications of cryptography Emerging topics and risks: AI and adaptive cybersecurity, blockchains and cryptocurrencies, cyberwarfare, and quantum computing Register your book for convenient access to downloads, updates, and/or corrections as they become available. See inside book for details.

Contents

Foreword xix Preface xxv Acknowledgments xxxi About the Authors xxxiii Chapter 1: Introduction 1 1.1 What Is Computer Security? 3 1.2 Threats 6 1.3 Harm 24 1.4 Vulnerabilities 30 1.5 Controls 30 1.6 Conclusion 33 1.7 What's Next? 34 1.8 Exercises 36 Chapter 2: Toolbox: Authentication, Access Control, and Cryptography 38 2.1 Authentication 40 2.2 Access Control 78 2.3 Cryptography 93 2.4 Conclusion 137 2.5 Exercises 138 Chapter 3: Programs and Programming 141 3.1 Unintentional (Nonmalicious) Programming Oversights 143 3.2 Malicious Code--Malware 178 3.3 Countermeasures 211 3.4 Conclusion 245 3.5 Exercises 245 Chapter 4: The Internet--User Side 248 4.1 Browser Attacks 251 4.2 Attacks Targeting Users 265 4.3 Obtaining User or Website Data 280 4.4 Mobile Apps 289 4.5 Email and Message Attacks 310 4.6 Conclusion 320 4.7 Exercises 321 Chapter 5: Operating Systems 323 5.1 Security in Operating Systems 323 5.2 Security in the Design of Operating Systems 351 5.3 Rootkits 371 5.4 Conclusion 382 5.5 Exercises 382 Chapter 6: Networks 385 6.1 Network Concepts 386 Part I--War on Networks: Network Security Attacks 399 6.2 Threats to Network Communications 400 6.3 Wireless Network Security 421 6.4 Denial of Service 443 6.5 Distributed Denial of Service 468 Part II--Strategic Defenses: Security Countermeasures 479 6.6 Cryptography in Network Security 479 6.7 Firewalls 497 6.8 Intrusion Detection and Prevention Systems 522 6.9 Network Management 536 6.10 Conclusion 545 6.11 Exercises 545 Chapter 7: Data and Databases 549 7.1 Introduction to Databases 550 7.2 Security Requirements of Databases 555 7.3 Reliability and Integrity 561 7.4 Database Disclosure 566 7.5 Data Mining and Big Data 585 7.6 Conclusion 599 7.7 Exercises 599 Chapter 8: New Territory 601 8.1 Introduction 601 8.2 Cloud Architectures and Their Security 605 8.3 IoT and Embedded Devices 627 8.4 Cloud, IoT, and Embedded Devices--The Smart Home 638 8.5 Smart Cities, IoT, Embedded Devices, and Cloud 643 8.6 Cloud, IoT, and Critical Services 648 8.7 Conclusion 657 8.8 Exercises 658 Chapter 9: Privacy 659 9.1 Privacy Concepts 660 9.2 Privacy Principles and Policies 671 9.3 Authentication and Privacy 688 9.4 Data Mining 694 9.5 Privacy on the Internet 698 9.6 Email and Message Security 713 9.7 Privacy Impacts of Newer Technologies 717 9.8 Conclusion 724 9.9 Exercises 725 Chapter 10: Management and Incidents 727 10.1 Security Planning 727 10.2 Business Continuity Planning 738 10.3 Handling Incidents 742 10.4 Risk Analysis 749 10.5 Physical Threats to Systems 767 10.6 New Frontiers in Security Management 776 10.7 Conclusion 778 10.8 Exercises 779 Chapter 11: Legal Issues and Ethics 781 11.1 Protecting Programs and Data 783 11.2 Information and the Law 800 11.3 Rights of Employees and Employers 805 11.4 Redress for Software Failures 808 11.5 Computer Crime 814 11.6 Ethical Issues in Computer Security 822 11.7 An Ethical Dive into Artificial Intelligence 828 11.8 Incident Analyses with Ethics 830 11.9 Conclusion 846 11.10 Exercises 847 Chapter 12: Details of Cryptography 850 12.1 Cryptology 851 12.2 Symmetric Encryption Algorithms 863 12.3 Asymmetric Encryption 877 12.4 Message Digests 883 12.5 Digital Signatures 888 12.6 Quantum Key Distribution 889 12.7 Conclusion 894 Chapter 13: Emerging Topics 895 13.1 AI and Cybersecurity 896 13.2 Blockchains and Cryptocurrencies 908 13.3 Offensive Cyber and Cyberwarfare 924 13.4 Quantum Computing and Computer Security 936 13.5 Conclusion 937 Bibliography 939 Index 963

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