This book provides a concise yet comprehensive overview of computer
and Internet security, suitable for a one-term introductory course for
junior/senior undergrad or first-year graduate students. It is also
suitable for self-study by anyone seeking a solid footing in security
– including software developers and computing professionals,
technical managers and government staff. An overriding focus is on
brevity, without sacrificing breadth of core topics or technical
detail within them. The aim is to enable a broad understanding in
roughly 350 pages. Further prioritization is supported by designating
as optional selected content within this. Fundamental academic
concepts are reinforced by specifics and examples, and related to
applied problems and real-world incidents. The first chapter provides
a gentle overview and 20 design principles for security. The ten
chapters that follow provide a framework for understanding computer
and Internet security. They regularly refer back to the principles,
with supporting examples. These principles are the conceptual
counterparts of security-related error patterns that have been
recurring in software and system designs for over 50 years. The book
is “elementary” in that it assumes no background in security, but
unlike “soft” high-level texts it does not avoid low-level
details, instead it selectively dives into fine points for exemplary
topics to concretely illustrate concepts and principles. The book is
rigorous in the sense of being technically sound, but avoids both
mathematical proofs and lengthy source-code examples that typically
make books inaccessible to general audiences. Knowledge of elementary
operating system and networking concepts is helpful, but review
sections summarize the essential background. For graduate students,
inline exercises and supplemental references provided in per-chapter
endnotes provide a bridge to further topics and a springboard to the
research literature; for those in industry and government, pointers
are provided to helpful surveys and relevant standards, e.g.,
documents from the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF), and the
U.S. National Institute of Standards and Technology.
Les mer
Produktdetaljer
ISBN
9783030336493
Publisert
2020
Utgiver
Vendor
Springer
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Digital bok
Forfatter