Guide to Computer Network Security (eBook)

Joseph Migga Kizza (Autor)

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2013 | 2., nd ed. 2013
XXIV, 521 Seiten
Springer London (Verlag)
978-1-4471-4543-1 (ISBN)

Infos

This book explores security risks and vulnerabilities of computer networks and networked devices, offering improved algorithms and best practices for enhancing system security. This revised, updated edition encompasses agile mobile systems and social networks.

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This comprehensive guide exposes the security risks and vulnerabilities of computer networks and networked devices, offering advice on developing improved algorithms and best practices for enhancing system security. Fully revised and updated, this new edition embraces a broader view of computer networks that encompasses agile mobile systems and social networks. Features: provides supporting material for lecturers and students, including an instructor's manual, slides, solutions, and laboratory materials; includes both quick and more thought-provoking exercises at the end of each chapter; devotes an entire chapter to laboratory exercises; discusses flaws and vulnerabilities in computer network infrastructures and protocols; proposes practical and efficient solutions to security issues; explores the role of legislation, regulation, and law enforcement in maintaining computer and computer network security; examines the impact of developments in virtualization, cloud computing, and mobile systems.

Autor

Dr. Joseph Migga Kizza is a Professor and Director of the Center for Information Security and Assurance at the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga, TN, USA. Among his other publications is the successful Springer textbook Ethical and Social Issues in the Information Age.

Inhalt

Part I: Understanding Traditional Computer Network Security
Computer Network Fundamentals
Understanding Computer Network Security
Part II: Security Challenges to Traditional Computer Networks
Security Threats to Computer Networks
Computer Network Vulnerabilities
Cyber Crimes and Hackers
Hostile Scripts
Security Assessment, Analysis, and Assurance
Part III: Dealing with 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
Part IV: Elastic Extension Beyond the Traditional Computer Network – Virtualization, Cloud Computing and Mobile Systems
Mobile Communication Systems and Related Security Issues
Virtualization Infrastructure and Related Security Issues
Cloud Computing and Related Security Issues
Other Efforts to Secure Information and Computer Networks
Part V: Hands-On Projects
Hands-On Projects

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 3.1.2013
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Mathematik / Informatik ► Informatik ► Datenbanken
• Themenwelt: Informatik ► Netzwerke ► Sicherheit / Firewall
• ISBN-10: 1-4471-4543-7 / 1447145437
• ISBN-13: 978-1-4471-4543-1 / 9781447145431