Computer Security: Principles and Practice (International Edition)

In recent years, the need for education in computer security and related topics has grown dramatically - and is essential for anyone in the fields of Computer Science or Computer Engineering. This is the only book available that provides integrated, comprehensive, up-to-date coverage of the broad range of topics in this subject. Comprehensive treatment of user authentication and access control. Unified approach to intrusion detection and firewalls, giving readers a solid understanding of the threats and countermeasures. More detailed coverage of software security than other books. Exploration of management issues. Systematic, comprehensive discussion of malicious software and denial of service attacks. Coverage of Linux and Windows Vista. Up-to-date coverage of database security. Thorough overview of cryptography, authentication, and digital signatures. Coverage of Internet security. For system engineers, programmers, system managers, network managers, product marketing personnel, system support specialists; a solid, up-to-date reference or tutorial for self-study.

<>Computer Security: Principles and Practice

William Stallings and Lawrie Brown

 

A thorough, up-to-date survey of the entire discipline of computer security.

 

Security experts William Stallings and Lawrie Brown provide a comprehensive survey of computer security threats, technical approaches to the detection and prevention of security attacks, software security issues, and management issues.

 

Throughout, the authors focus on core principles, showing how they unify the field of computer securuity and demonstrating their applications in real-world systems and networks. They examine alternate design approaches to meeting security requirements and illuminate the standards that are central to today's security solutions.

 

Ideal for both academic and professional audiences, Computer Security offers exceptional clarity, careful organization, and extensive pedagogical support - including hundreds of carefully crafted practice problems.

 

COVERAGE

• Security technologies and principles, including cryptography, authentication, and access control
• Threats and countermeasures, from detecting intruders to countering DOS attacks
• Trusted computing and multilevel security
• Secure software: avoiding buffer overflows, malicious input, and other weaknesses
• Linux and Windows security models
• Managing security: physical security, training, audits, policies, and more
• Computer crime, intellectual property, privacy, and ethics
• Cryptographic algorithms, including public-key cryptography
• Internet security: SSL, TLS, IP security, S/MIME, Kerberos, X.509, and federatetd identity management

KEY FEATURES

• Strong coverage of unifying principles and design techniques
• Dozens of figures and tables that clarify key concepts
• Field-tested homework problems
• Extensive Web support at WilliamStallings.com/CompSec/CompSec1e.html
• Keyword/acronym lists, recommended readings, and glossary

About the Authors

 

William Stallings has won the Best Computer Science and Engineering Textbook award seven times. His Prentice Hall books include Operating Systems; Cryptography and Network Security; and Data and Computer Communications. Stallings consults widely with technology providers, customers, and researchers. He holds a Ph.D. in Computer Science from MIT. Dr. Lawrie Brown is Senior Lecturer at the School of Information Technology and Electrical Engineering at the University of New South Wales at the Australian Defence Force Academy, Canberra, Australia.

 

Comprehensive Web support at WilliamStallings.com