Computing & IT Security

Internal auditors are expected to perform risk-based audits, but do so partially because they focus on financial and compliance risks at the expense of operational, strategic and technological ones. This limits their ability to evaluate critical risks and processes. This book merges traditional inte..

This book explains the payment card industry (PCI) security standards required for organizations storing, processing, or transmitting credit card holder information. This step-by-step guide outlines application development and implementation strategies for Payment Application Data Security Standard ..

Melvin Greer and Kevin Jackson have assembled a comprehensive guide to industry-specific cybersecurity threats and provide a detailed risk management framework required to mitigate business risk associated with the adoption of cloud computing. This book can serve multiple purposes, not the least of ..

First published in 1993, this volume emerged in response to the genesis of the Internet and provides early considerations on issues including computer viruses, cyber security and network encryption management, with a particular focus on applying risk analysis to the data security of financial instit..

Examines computer security from the hacker's perspective, demonstrating how a security system can be designed and structured to repel an attack. This book shows how an attack is conceptualized, formulated and performed. It also covers such topics as footprinting, scanning, sniffing, passwords, and o..

This insider’s guide examines computer security from the hacker's perspective, demonstrating how a security system can be designed and structured to repel an attack. It shows how an attack is conceptualized, formulated, and performed. With the VMware® Workstation software package available on the ac..

This book illustrates the importance of business impact analysis, which covers risk assessment, and moves towards better understanding of the business environment, industry specific compliance, legal and regulatory landscape and the need for business continuity. The book provides charts, checklists ..

The threat that is posed by 'cyber warriors' is illustrated by recent incidents such as the Year 2000 'Millenium Bug'. Strategies to reduce the risk that cyber-attack poses, at both individual and national level, are described and compared with the actions being taken by a number of Western governme..

Comprehensive treatment of strategic options; proposes solutions or both governments and infrastructure owners...

This book gathers and analyzes the latest attacks, solutions, and trends in mobile networks. Its broad scope covers attacks and solutions related to mobile networks, mobile phone security, and wireless security. It examines the previous and emerging attacks and solutions in the mobile networking wor..

This comprehensive compendium of the protocols for securing online commerce and payments provides a broad overview of electronic commerce, money, payment systems, and business-to-business commerce, followed by an examination of well-known protocols (SSL, TLS, WTLS, and SET). The book also explores e..

Real-World Electronic Voting: Design, Analysis and Deployment captures all major developments in electronic voting since 2003 in a real-world setting. It covers three broad categories: e-voting protocols, attacks reported on e-voting and new developments on the use of e-voting._x005F_x000D_ This boo..