Security category: 5602 books
Security Studies
A Reader
Language: English
Release Date: February 18, 2011
This reader brings together key contributions from many of the leading scholars in the field, offering students an informed overview of the most significant work in security studies.
The editors chart the development of the key theoretical and empirical debates in security studies in the Cold...
CompTIA Security+ Certification Study Guide
Exam SY0-201 3E
Language: English
Release Date: August 17, 2009
CompTIA Security+ Certification Study Guide: Exam SYO-201, Third Edition, offers a practical guide for those interested in pursuing CompTIA Security+ certification.
The book is organized into six parts. Part 1 deals with general security issues including security threats; hardware and peripheral security...
by Frank R. Spellman
Language: English
Release Date: May 17, 2019
Language: English
Release Date: May 17, 2019
The eleventh volume of a new, well-received, and highly acclaimed series on critical infrastructure and homeland security, Information Technology Protection and Homeland Security is an eye-opening account of a diverse and complex sector. This book describes the processes needed to identify assets,...
Japan's Security Policy and the ASEAN Regional Forum
The Search for Multilateral Security in the Asia-Pacific
Language: English
Release Date: March 27, 2007
Based on primary resources, including documents and extensive interviews with Japanese policy makers, this book provides a comprehensive and detailed empirical analysis of Japan’s involvement in Asia-Pacific security multilateralism after the end of the Cold War with special reference to the ARF....
Measuring and Communicating Security's Value
A Compendium of Metrics for Enterprise Protection
Language: English
Release Date: March 28, 2015
In corporate security today, while the topic of information technology (IT) security metrics has been extensively covered, there are too few knowledgeable contributions to the significantly larger field of global enterprise protection. Measuring and Communicating Security’s Value addresses this...
Becoming a Global Chief Security Executive Officer
A How to Guide for Next Generation Security Leaders
Language: English
Release Date: October 13, 2015
Becoming a Global Chief Security Executive Officer provides tangible, proven, and practical approaches to optimizing the security leader’s ability to lead both today’s, and tomorrow’s, multidisciplined security, risk, and privacy function.
The need for well-trained and effective executives...
by Allan Liska
Language: English
Release Date: December 10, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: December 10, 2014
As recently as five years ago, securing a network meant putting in a firewall, intrusion detection system, and installing antivirus software on the desktop. Unfortunately, attackers have grown more nimble and effective, meaning that traditional security programs are no longer effective.
Today's...
by John R. Vacca
Language: English
Release Date: November 5, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: November 5, 2012
The second edition of this comprehensive handbook of computer and information security provides the most complete view of computer security and privacy available. It offers in-depth coverage of security theory, technology, and practice as they relate to established technologies as well as recent...
Computer Security
Art and Science
Language: English
Release Date: November 27, 2018
The Comprehensive Guide to Computer Security, Extensively Revised with Newer Technologies, Methods, Ideas, and Examples
In this updated guide, University of California at Davis Computer Security Laboratory co-director Matt Bishop offers clear, rigorous, and thorough coverage of modern computer...
Mobile Security and Privacy
Advances, Challenges and Future Research Directions
Language: English
Release Date: September 14, 2016
Mobile Security and Privacy: Advances, Challenges and Future Research Directions provides the first truly holistic view of leading edge mobile security research from Dr. Man Ho Au and Dr. Raymond Choo—leading researchers in mobile security. Mobile devices and apps have become part of everyday life...
Practical Linux Security Cookbook
Secure your Linux environment from modern-day attacks with practical recipes, 2nd Edition
Language: English
Release Date: August 31, 2018
Enhance file system security and learn about network attack, security tools and different versions of Linux build.
Key Features
Hands-on recipes to create and administer a secure Linux system
Enhance file system security and local and remote user authentication
Use various security tools and...
Independent Testing for Risk Management Framework (RMF)
Assessment Test Plan (ATP)
Language: English
Release Date: April 15, 2013
The purpose of this document is to describe the method by which the security controls will be assessed. In addition, the test methodology, test procedures, and test tools are described to ensure consistency and repeatability of the assessment process. The execution of this plan provides the assessment...
by Chey Cobb
Language: English
Release Date: May 9, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: May 9, 2011
CNN is reporting that a vicious new virus is wreaking havoc on the world’s computer networks. Somebody’s hacked one of your favorite Web sites and stolen thousands of credit card numbers. The FBI just released a new report on computer crime that’s got you shaking in your boots. The experts will...
Terror, Security, and Money:Balancing the Risks, Benefits, and Costs of Homeland Security
Balancing the Risks, Benefits, and Costs of Homeland Security
Language: English
Release Date: September 9, 2011
In seeking to evaluate the efficacy of post-9/11 homeland security expenses--which have risen by more than a trillion dollars, not including war costs--the common query has been, "Are we safer?" This, however, is the wrong question. Of course we are "safer"--the posting of a single...