Guides Students in Understanding the Interactions between Computing/Networking Technologies and Security Issues
Taking an interactive, "learn-by-doing" approach to teaching, Introduction to Computer and Network Security: Navigating Shades of Gray gives you a clear course to teach the technical issues related to security. Unlike most computer security books, which concentrate on software design and implementation, cryptographic tools, or networking issues, this text also explores how the interactions between hardware, software, and users affect system security.
The book presents basic principles and concepts, along with examples of current threats to illustrate how the principles can either enable or neutralize exploits. Students see the importance of these concepts in existing and future technologies. In a challenging yet enjoyable way, they learn about a variety of technical topics, including current security exploits, technical factors that enable attacks, and economic and social factors that determine the security of future systems.
Extensively classroom-tested, the material is structured around a set of challenging projects. Through staging exploits and choosing countermeasures to neutralize the attacks in the projects, students learn:
How computer systems and networks operate
How to reverse-engineer processes
How to use systems in ways that were never foreseen (or supported) by the original developers
Combining hands-on work with technical overviews, this text helps you integrate security analysis into your technical computing curriculum. It will educate your students on security issues, such as side-channel attacks, and deepen their understanding of how computers and networks work.
Rezensionen / Stimmen
"... a comprehensive and adequately 'time-resistant' introduction to the field of computer and network security. ... interesting and useful. It could help the average technical reader acquire an adequate level of introductory knowledge on computer and network security."
-Computers & Security, 46, 2014
"This definitive, comprehensive computer security textbook reflects Brooks's long-term study of this topic and his experience gained through teaching it. ... very well written, readily comprehensible, and thoroughly documented and annotated, and includes an extensive bibliography. ... Highly recommended."
-E.M. Aupperle, Emeritus, University of Michigan, CHOICE Magazine, June 2014 "... a comprehensive and adequately 'time-resistant' introduction to the field of computer and network security. ... interesting and useful. It could help the average technical reader acquire an adequate level of introductory knowledge on computer and network security."
-Computers & Security, 46, 2014
"This definitive, comprehensive computer security textbook reflects Brooks's long-term study of this topic and his experience gained through teaching it. ... very well written, readily comprehensible, and thoroughly documented and annotated, and includes an extensive bibliography. ... Highly recommended."
-E.M. Aupperle, Emeritus, University of Michigan, CHOICE Magazine, June 2014
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Zielgruppe
Für höhere Schule und Studium
Upper undergraduate and graduate students taking computer security courses; computer security researchers.
Illustrationen
56 s/w Abbildungen, 13 s/w Tabellen
13 Tables, black and white; 56 Illustrations, black and white
Maße
Höhe: 240 mm
Breite: 161 mm
Dicke: 22 mm
Gewicht
ISBN-13
978-1-4398-6071-7 (9781439860717)
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Schweitzer Klassifikation
Richard R. Brooks is an associate professor in the Holcombe Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Clemson University. His research has been sponsored by both government and industry, including the U.S. Office of Naval Research, Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, National Institute of Standards and Technology, National Science Foundation, and BMW Manufacturing Co. He received a Ph.D. in computer science from Louisiana State University.
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Clemson University, South Carolina, USA
Brief History of Computers, Communications, and Security. Security and Privacy Overview. Cryptography Primer. SSL/TLS-Case Study Project. Securing Networks. Virtual Private Network-Case Study Project. Insertion Attacks. Buffer Overflow-Case Study Project. Polymorphic Virus-Advanced Case Study Project. Web Security. Privacy and Anonymity. Side-Channel Attacks. Digital Rights Management and Copyright. Security Economics. Conclusions. Bibliography. Index.
