Managing Computer Viruses - Hardcover

Louw, Eric; Duffy, Neil

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0198539738 ISBN 13: 9780198539735

Publisher: Oxford University Press, 1992

Synopsis

The emergence of a new type of threat to computer security - the computer virus - has attracted much attention from the media, researchers, and entrepreneurs. It is clear that computer viruses and other software menaces, like their biological counterparts, are here to stay. This poses a particular problem for organizations which use computers - how to minimize the threat to their information systems without unduly disrupting their functioning. This book presents a concise overview of the problem and a framework for dealing with computer viruses in organizations. Managers are the target audience and will find that the book offers more than the usual technical information. Advice is offered primarily on the problem of computer security in general. There are also technical appendices and an insight into the biological analogy.

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Review:

'This is a scholarly book citing numerous literature references aimed at the management aspect of computer viruses.' Alan Solomon, The Computer Journal, Vol. 36, N0. 6, 1993 'A concise explanation of cost implications and system vulnerability due to the existance, replication, and mutation of computer viruses. A comprehensive appendix lists viruses known before mid-1992 with symptoms, comments and origins.' Aslib Book List, Vol. 58, No. 2, February 1993

About this edition

• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Publication date: 1992
• ISBN 10: 0198539738
• ISBN 13: 9780198539735
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 184