Guide to Computer Network Security

Softcover Nachdruck of the original 4th Auflage 2017
ISBN: 978-3-319-85706-0
Verlag: Springer International Publishing

Buch, Englisch, 569 Seiten, Previously published in hardcover, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 890 g

Reihe: Computer Communications and Networks

This fully revised and updated new edition of the definitive text/reference on computer network and information security presents a comprehensive guide to the repertoire of security tools, algorithms and best practices mandated by the technology we depend on. Topics and features: highlights the magnitude of the vulnerabilities, weaknesses and loopholes inherent in computer networks; discusses how to develop effective security solutions, protocols, and best practices for the modern computing environment; examines the role of legislation, regulation, and enforcement in securing computing and mobile systems; describes the burning security issues brought about by the advent of the Internet of Things and the eroding boundaries between enterprise and home networks (NEW); provides both quickly workable and more thought-provoking exercises at the end of each chapter, with one chapter devoted entirely to hands-on exercises; supplies additional support materials for instructors at an associatedwebsite.

Zielgruppe

Lower undergraduate

Autoren/Hrsg.

Kizza, Joseph Migga

Fachgebiete

• Mathematik | Informatik EDV | Informatik Computerkommunikation & -vernetzung Netzwerksicherheit

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Part I: Introduction to Computer Network Security.- Computer Network Fundamentals.- Computer Network Security Fundamentals.- Part II: Security Issues and Challenges in the Traditional Computer Network.- Security Motives and Threats to Computer Networks.- Introduction to Computer Network Vulnerabilities.- Cyber Crimes and Hackers.- Scripting and Security in Computer Networks and Web Browsers.- Security Assessment, Analysis, and Assurance.- Part III: Dealing with Computer Network Security Challenges.- Disaster Management.- Access Control and Authorization.- Authentication.- Cryptography.- Firewalls.- System Intrusion Detection and Prevention.- Computer and Network Forensics.- Virus and Content Filtering.- Standardization and Security Criteria: Security Evaluation of Computer Products.- Computer Network Security Protocols.- Security in Wireless Networks and Devices.- Security in Sensor Networks.- Other Efforts to Secure Data in Computer Networks.- Part IV: The Emergence of a Digital and Social Network Ecosystem.- Virtualization Technology and Security.- Cloud Computing Technology and Security.- Digital Mobile Systems and Corresponding Intractable Security Issues.- The Internet of Things (IoT): Challenges and Security.- Part V: Securing the Last Frontier in the New Ecosystem – The Home Front.- Conquering the Last Frontier in the New Network Ecosystem: The Invasion of the Home Front.- Part VI: Hands-on Projects.- Projects.

Über Autor(innen)

Dr. Joseph Migga Kizza is Head and Professor, Department of Computer Science and Engineering, and past Director of the Center for Information Security and Assurance at the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga, TN, USA. Among his other publications are the successful Springer textbooks Ethical and Social Issues in the Information Age and Ethics in Computing: A Concise Module.