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Security in Computing, Fourth Edition
By Charles P. Pfleeger -  Pfleeger Consulting Group, Shari Lawrence Pfleeger -  RAND Corporation
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Publisher: Prentice Hall
Pub Date: October 13, 2006
Print ISBN-10: 0-13-239077-9
Print ISBN-13: 978-0-13-239077-4
Pages: 880

Table of Contents  | Index

		Copyright
		Foreword
		Preface
		Chapter 1.  Is There a Security Problem in Computing?
			Section 1.1.  What Does "Secure" Mean?
			Section 1.2.  Attacks
			Section 1.3.  The Meaning of Computer Security
			Section 1.4.  Computer Criminals
			Section 1.5.  Methods of Defense
			Section 1.6.  What's Next
			Section 1.7.  Summary
			Section 1.8.  Terms and Concepts
			Section 1.9.  Where the Field Is Headed
			Section 1.10.  To Learn More
			Section 1.11.  Exercises
		Chapter 2.  Elementary Cryptography
			Section 2.1.  Terminology and Background
			Section 2.2.  Substitution Ciphers
			Section 2.3.  Transpositions (Permutations)
			Section 2.4.  Making "Good" Encryption Algorithms
			Section 2.5.  The Data Encryption Standard
			Section 2.6.  The AES Encryption Algorithm
			Section 2.7.  Public Key Encryption
			Section 2.8.  The Uses of Encryption
			Section 2.9.  Summary of Encryption
			Section 2.10.  Terms and Concepts
			Section 2.11.  Where the Field Is Headed
			Section 2.12.  To Learn More
			Section 2.13.  Exercises
		Chapter 3.  Program Security
			Section 3.1.  Secure Programs
			Section 3.2.  Nonmalicious Program Errors
			Section 3.3.  Viruses and Other Malicious Code
			Section 3.4.  Targeted Malicious Code
			Section 3.5.  Controls Against Program Threats
			Section 3.6.  Summary of Program Threats and Controls
			Section 3.7.  Terms and Concepts
			Section 3.8.  Where the Field Is Headed
			Section 3.9.  To Learn More
			Section 3.10.  Exercises
		Chapter 4.  Protection in General-Purpose Operating Systems
			Section 4.1.  Protected Objects and Methods of Protection
			Section 4.2.  Memory and Address Protection
			Section 4.3.  Control of Access to General Objects
			Section 4.4.  File Protection Mechanisms
			Section 4.5.  User Authentication
			Section 4.6.  Summary of Security for Users
			Section 4.7.  Terms and Concepts
			Section 4.8.  Where the Field Is Headed
			Section 4.9.  To Learn More
			Section 4.10.  Exercises
		Chapter 5.  Designing Trusted Operating Systems
			Section 5.1.  What Is a Trusted System?
			Section 5.2.  Security Policies
			Section 5.3.  Models of Security
			Section 5.4.  Trusted Operating System Design
			Section 5.5.  Assurance in Trusted Operating Systems
			Section 5.6.  Summary of Security in Operating Systems
			Section 5.7.  Terms and Concepts
			Section 5.8.  Where the Field Is Headed
			Section 5.9.  To Learn More
			Section 5.10.  Exercises
		Chapter 6.  Database and Data Mining Security
			Section 6.1.  Introduction to Databases
			Section 6.2.  Security Requirements
			Section 6.3.  Reliability and Integrity
			Section 6.4.  Sensitive Data
			Section 6.5.  Inference
			Section 6.6.  Multilevel Databases
			Section 6.7.  Proposals for Multilevel Security
			Section 6.8.  Data Mining
			Section 6.9.  Summary of Database Security
			Section 6.10.  Terms and Concepts
			Section 6.11.  Where the Field Is Headed
			Section 6.12.  To Learn More
			Section 6.13.  Exercises
		Chapter 7.  Security in Networks
			Section 7.1.  Network Concepts
			Section 7.2.  Threats in Networks
			Section 7.3.  Network Security Controls
			Section 7.4.  Firewalls
			Section 7.5.  Intrusion Detection Systems
			Section 7.6.  Secure E-Mail
			Section 7.7.  Summary of Network Security
			Section 7.8.  Terms and Concepts
			Section 7.9.  Where the Field Is Headed
			Section 7.10.  To Learn More
			Section 7.11.  Exercises
		Chapter 8.  Administering Security
			Section 8.1.  Security Planning
			Section 8.2.  Risk Analysis
			Section 8.3.  Organizational Security Policies
			Section 8.4.  Physical Security
			Section 8.5.  Summary
			Section 8.6.  Terms and Concepts
			Section 8.7.  To Learn More
			Section 8.8.  Exercises
		Chapter 9.  The Economics of Cybersecurity
			Section 9.1.  Making a Business Case
			Section 9.2.  Quantifying Security
			Section 9.3.  Modeling Cybersecurity
			Section 9.4.  Current Research and Future Directions
			Section 9.5.  Summary
			Section 9.6.  Terms and Concepts
			Section 9.7.  To Learn More
			Section 9.8.  Exercises
		Chapter 10.  Privacy in Computing
			Section 10.1.  Privacy Concepts
			Section 10.2.  Privacy Principles and Policies
			Section 10.3.  Authentication and Privacy
			Section 10.4.  Data Mining
			Section 10.5.  Privacy on the Web
			Section 10.6.  E-Mail Security
			Section 10.7.  Impacts on Emerging Technologies
			Section 10.8.  Summary
			Section 10.9.  Terms and Concepts
			Section 10.10.  Where the Field Is Headed
			Section 10.11.  To Learn More
			Section 10.12.  Exercises
		Chapter 11.  Legal and Ethical Issues in Computer Security
			Section 11.1.  Protecting Programs and Data
			Section 11.2.  Information and the Law
			Section 11.3.  Rights of Employees and Employers
			Section 11.4.  Redress for Software Failures
			Section 11.5.  Computer Crime
			Section 11.6.  Ethical Issues in Computer Security
			Section 11.7.  Case Studies of Ethics
			Section 11.8.  Terms and Concepts
			Section 11.9.  To Learn More
			Section 11.10.  Exercises
		Chapter 12.  Cryptography Explained
			Section 12.1.  Mathematics for Cryptography
			Section 12.2.  Symmetric Encryption
			Section 12.3.  Public Key Encryption Systems
			Section 12.4.  Quantum Cryptography
			Section 12.5.  Summary of Encryption
			Section 12.6.  Terms and Concepts
			Section 12.7.  Where the Field Is Headed
			Section 12.8.  To Learn More
			Section 12.9.  Exercises
		Bibliography
		Index