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Security in Computing, 4th Edition

ISBN: 0132390779
EAN: 2147483647

Year: 2002
Pages: 129

Authors: Charles P. Pfleeger, Shari Lawrence Pfleeger

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• Security in Computing, Third Edition
• Table of Contents
• Copyright
• About Prentice Hall Professional Technical Reference
• Foreword
• Citations
• Preface to the Third Edition
• Why Read This Book?
• Users and Uses of This Book
• What Is New in This Book?
• Acknowledgments
• Chapter 1. Is There a Security Problem in Computing?
• 1.1 What Does Secure Mean?
• 1.2 Attacks
• 1.3 The Meaning of Computer Security
• 1.4 Computer Criminals
• 1.5 Methods of Defense
• 1.6 What s Next
• 1.7 Summary
• 1.8 Terms and Concepts
• 1.9 Where the Field Is Headed
• 1.10 To Learn More
• 1.11 Exercises
• Chapter 2. Elementary Cryptography
• 2.1 Terminology and Background
• 2.2 Substitution Ciphers
• 2.3 Transpositions (Permutations)
• 2.4 Making Good Encryption Algorithms
• 2.5 The Data Encryption Standard (DES)
• 2.6 The AES Encryption Algorithm
• 2.7 Public Key Encryption
• 2.8 The Uses of Encryption
• 2.9 Summary of Encryption
• 2.10 Terms and Concepts
• 2.11 Where the Field Is Headed
• 2.12 To Learn More
• 2.13 Exercises
• Chapter 3. Program Security
• 3.1 Secure Programs
• 3.2 Nonmalicious Program Errors
• 3.3 Viruses and Other Malicious Code
• 3.4 Targeted Malicious Code
• 3.5 Controls Against Program Threats
• 3.6 Summary of Program Threats and Controls
• 3.7 Terms and Concepts
• 3.8 Where the Field Is Headed
• 3.9 To Learn More
• 3.10 Exercises
• Chapter 4. Protection in General-Purpose Operating Systems
• 4.1 Protected Objects and Methods of Protection
• 4.2 Memory and Address Protection
• 4.3 Control of Access to General Objects
• 4.4 File Protection Mechanisms
• 4.5 User Authentication
• 4.6 Summary of Security for Users
• 4.7 Terms and Concepts
• 4.8 Where the Field Is Headed
• 4.9 To Learn More
• 4.10 Exercises
• Chapter 5. Designing Trusted Operating Systems
• 5.1 What Is a Trusted System?
• 5.2 Security Policies
• 5.3 Models of Security
• 5.4 Trusted Operating System Design
• 5.5 Assurance in Trusted Operating Systems
• 5.6 Implementation Examples
• 5.7 Summary of Security in Operating Systems
• 5.8 Terms and Concepts
• 5.9 Where the Field Is Headed
• 5.10 To Learn More
• 5.11 Exercises
• Chapter 6. Database Security
• 6.1 Introduction to Databases
• 6.2 Security Requirements
• 6.3 Reliability and Integrity
• 6.4 Sensitive Data
• 6.5 Inference
• 6.6 Multilevel Databases
• 6.7 Proposals for Multilevel Security
• 6.8 Summary of Database Security
• 6.9 Terms and Concepts
• 6.10 Where the Field Is Headed
• 6.11 To Learn More
• 6.12 Exercises
• Chapter 7. Security in Networks
• 7.1 Network Concepts
• 7.2 Threats in Networks
• 7.3 Network Security Controls
• 7.4 Firewalls
• 7.5 Intrusion Detection Systems
• 7.6 Secure E-Mail
• 7.7 Summary of Network Security
• 7.8 Terms and Concepts
• 7.9 Where the Field Is Headed
• 7.10 To Learn More
• 7.11 Exercises
• Chapter 8. Administering Security
• 8.1 Security Planning
• 8.2 Risk Analysis
• 8.3 Organizational Security Policies
• 8.4 Physical Security
• 8.5 Summary
• 8.6 Terms and Concepts
• 8.7 To Learn More
• 8.8 Exercises
• Chapter 9. Legal, Privacy, and Ethical Issues in Computer Security
• 9.1 Protecting Programs and Data
• 9.2 Information and the Law
• 9.3 Rights of Employees and Employers
• 9.4 Software Failures
• 9.5 Computer Crime
• 9.6 Privacy
• 9.7 Ethical Issues in Computer Security
• 9.8 Case Studies of Ethics
• 9.9 Terms and Concepts
• 9.10 To Learn More
• 9.11 Exercises
• Chapter 10. Cryptography Explained
• 10.1 Mathematics for Cryptography
• 10.2 Symmetric Encryption
• 10.3 Public Key Encryption Systems
• 10.4 Quantum Cryptography
• 10.5 Summary of Encryption
• 10.6 Terms and Concepts
• 10.7 Where the Field Is Headed
• 10.8 To Learn More
• 10.9 Exercises
• Bibliography