Your expert guide to information security As businesses and consumers become more dependent on complex multinational information systems, the need to understand and devise sound information security systems has never been greater. This title takes a practical approach to information security by focusing on real-world examples. While not sidestepping the theory, the emphasis is on developing the skills and knowledge that security and information technology students and profes sionals need to face their challenges. The book is organized around four major themes:

• Cryptography: classic cryptosystem s, symmetric key cryptography, public key cryptography, hash functions , random numbers, information hiding, and cryptanalysis
• Access control: authentication and authorization, password-based security, ACLs and capabilities, multilevel and multilateral security, covert channels and inference control, BLP and Biba's models, firewalls, and intrusion detection systems
• Protocols: simple authentication protocols, session keys, perfect forward secrecy, timestamps, SSL, IPSec, Kerberos, and GSM
• Software: flaws and malware, buffer overflows, viruses and worms, software reverse engineering, digital rights management, secure software development, and operating systems security

Additional features include numerous figures and tables to illustrate and clarify complex topics, as well as problems-ranging from basic to challenging-to help readers apply their newly developed skills. A solutions manual and a set of classroo m-tested PowerPoint(r) slides will assist instructors in their course development. Students and professors in information technology, comput er science, and engineering, and professionals working in the field will find this reference most useful to solve their information securi ty issues.

ISBN.......: 0471738484
LANGUAGE...: English
FORMAT.....: PDF
PAGES......: 416

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