Computing & IT Security

This book provides thorough coverage of transportation security by examining sea, land, and air transportation systems and linkages. Its topics include hazardous material handling, securing transportation networks, logistics essentials, supply chain security, risk assessment, the regulatory framewor..

Originally designed to sabotage or annihilate websites, computerized "bots" are increasingly being used in mass spamming events, fraud, extortion, identity theft, and software theft. Focusing on the malicious use of bots and bot herder means and motivations, this volume provides a much needed resour..

Offers a formal framework for finding and eliminating network security threats. This title focuses on the steps necessary to manage an assessment, including the development of a scope statement, the understanding and use of assessment methodology, the creation of an assessment team, and the producti..

Managing A Network Vulnerability Assessment provides a formal framework for finding and eliminating network security threats. It focuses on the steps necessary to manage an assessment, including the development of a scope statement, the understanding and use of assessment methodology, the creation o..

Effective and fool-proof user identification and authentication are essential to modern security. Providing a hacker perspective, this text introduces the philosophy behind user authentication and access control and presents key concepts for practical applications. It outlines the process of control..

Learn network and data security by analyzing the Anthem breach and step-by-step how hackers gain entry, place hidden software, download information, and hide the evidence of their entry. Understand the tools, establishing persistent presence, use of sites as testbeds to determine successful variatio..

This book discusses the detection of anomalies in computer networks from a machine learning perspective. It examines how computer networks work and how they can be attacked by intruders in search of fame, fortune, or challenge. You’ll learn how to look for patterns in captured network traffic data t..

This text reveals how readers can evaluate the security needs of their networks, develop a security policy for their companies, and create a budget based upon that policy. It assists them in designing the security model and outlines the testing process. Through the concepts and case studies presente..

The conference on network security and communication engineering is meant to serve as a forum for exchanging new developments and research progresss between scholars, scientists and engineers all over the world and providing a unique opportunity to exchange information, to present the latest results..

This volume introduces Nostega—a novel noiseless steganography paradigm. Rather than hiding data in noise or producing noise, Nostega camouflages messages as well as their transmission in the form of unquestionable data in the generated steganographic cover. The book explains how to use Nostega to d..

This volume introduces Nostega—a novel noiseless steganography paradigm. Rather than hiding data in noise or producing noise, Nostega camouflages messages as well as their transmission in the form of unquestionable data in the generated steganographic cover. The book explains how to use Nostega to d..

Providing an overview of certification and accreditation, the second edition of this officially sanctioned guide demonstrates the effectiveness of C&A as a risk management methodology for IT systems in public and private organizations. It enables readers to document the status of their security cont..