This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 6th International Conference on Information Security, ISC 2003, held in Bristol, UK in October 2003. The 31 revised full papers presented together with 2 invited papers were carefully reviewed and selected from 133 submissions. The papers are organized in topical sections on network security, public key algorithms, cryptographic protocols, protocol attacks, attacks on public key cryptosystems, block ciphers, authorization, water marking, software security, and codes and related issues.
As part of the Syngress Basics series, The Basics of Information Security provides you with fundamental knowledge of information security in both theoretical and practical aspects.
Style and approach This book takes a practical approach, walking you through information security fundamentals, along with information security best practices.
Designed specifically to meet the needs of those studying information systems, this edition's balanced focus addresses all aspects of information security, rather than simply offering a technical control perspective.
You'll also learn the basics of topics like: Multifactor authentication and how biometrics and hardware tokens can be used to harden the authentication process The principles behind modern cryptography, including symmetric and asymmetric ...
This project provided for voluntary passage of communication between sites on the network, with negotiation between sites SRI UTAH CASE CARNEGIE HARVARD BBN MIT LINCOLN STANFORD UCLA SDC RAND UCSB as to which network services would be ...
The book covers two fully functional Python code packages that will speed up development of graphical user interface (GUI) programs in Python.
Covert channels. These are hidden (covert) ways of passing information against organizational policy. There are two main types of covert channels: timing (signaling from one system to another) and storage (the storing of data in an ...
Rather than emphasizing memorization, this text challenges students to learn how to analyze a variety of security problems and gain experience with the basic tools of this growing trade.Key Features:-Covers all topics required by the US ...
While ProPublica had always taken security seriously, the software developer Mike Tigas and ProPublica's deputy managing editor Scott Klein really “started getting buy in and resources behind security” after the email attack.
This is not a traditional IT security book since it includes methods of information compromise that are not typically addressed in textbooks or journals.