Security category: 5602 books
Information Security
19th International Conference, ISC 2016, Honolulu, HI, USA, September 3-6, 2016. Proceedings
Language: English
Release Date: August 25, 2016
This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 19th International Conference on Information Security, ISC 2016, held in Honolulu, HI, USA, in September 2016. The 19 revised full papers presented together with 7 short papers were carefully reviewed and selected from 76 submissions.
The...
by Michael Roland
Language: English
Release Date: February 11, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: February 11, 2015
This work provides an assessment of the current state of near field communication (NFC) security, it reports on new attack scenarios, and offers concepts and solutions to overcome any unresolved issues. The work describes application-specific security aspects of NFC based on exemplary use-case scenarios...
The EU and the European Security Strategy
Forging a Global Europe
Language: English
Release Date: September 12, 2007
The European Security Strategy (ESS) has become an important reference framework for the EU since its inception in 2003. Without strategy an actor can only really be a ‘reactor’ to events and developments. In the ESS the EU now has a strategy, with which it has the potential of shifting boundaries...
The Securitisation of Climate Change
Actors, Processes and Consequences
Language: English
Release Date: April 28, 2016
This book provides the first systematic comparative analysis of climate security discourses.
It analyses the securitisation of climate change in four different countries: USA, Germany, Turkey, and Mexico. The empirical analysis traces how specific climate-security discourses have become dominant,...
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Language: English
Release Date: September 27, 2006
Language: English
Release Date: September 27, 2006
In this much-needed study of current strategic thinking on both sides of the Atlantic, a diverse collection of leading European and American analysts are assembled to tackle key questions that remain unanswered in the existing literature:
how much do new security strategies signal convergence...
International Law, Security and Ethics
Policy Challenges in the post-9/11 World
Language: English
Release Date: February 4, 2014
This book examines the different ways in which the laws governing the use of force and the conduct of warfare have become subject to intense scrutiny and contestation since the initiation of the war on terror.
Since the end of the Cold War, the nature of security challenges has changed radically...
Kali Linux 2018: Assuring Security by Penetration Testing
Unleash the full potential of Kali Linux 2018, now with updated tools, 4th Edition
Language: English
Release Date: October 26, 2018
Achieve the gold standard in penetration testing with Kali using this masterpiece, now in its fourth edition
Key Features
Rely on the most updated version of Kali to formulate your pentesting strategies
Test your corporate network against threats
Explore new cutting-edge wireless penetration...
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Language: English
Release Date: February 2, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: February 2, 2018
Responding to security scholars’ puzzling dearth of attention to children and childhoods, the contributors to this volume reveal the ways in which they not only are already present in security discourses but are actually indispensable to them and to the political projects they make possible. From...
by Frank R. Spellman
Language: English
Release Date: March 4, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: March 4, 2016
In the post-9/11 world, the possibility of energy infrastructure-terrorism—the use of weapons to cause devastating damage to the energy industrial sector and cause cascading effects—is very real. Energy Infrastructure Protection and Homeland Security, Second Edition, is a reference for those involved...
Ballistic Missile Defence and US National Security Policy
Normalisation and Acceptance after the Cold War
Language: English
Release Date: April 12, 2013
This book examines the transformation in US thinking about the role of Ballistic Missile Defence (BMD) in national security policy since the end of the Cold War.
The evolution of the BMD debate after the Cold War has been complex, complicated and punctuated. As this book shows, the debate and...
by Astrid Arrarás, Luis Bitencourt, José Miguel Cruz
Language: English
Release Date: January 31, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: January 31, 2017
With contributions from leading experts, Culture and National Security in the Americas examines the most influential historical, geographic, cultural, political, economic, and military considerations shaping national security policies throughout the Americas. In this volume, contributors explore the...
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Language: English
Release Date: June 17, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: June 17, 2013
Security Dynamics in the Former Soviet Bloc focuses on four former Soviet sub-regions (the Baltic Sea region, the Slavic republics, the Black Sea region, and Central Asia) to explore the degree to which 'democratic security', which includes de-politicisation of, and civilian oversight of, the military,...
Gender, National Security, and Counter-Terrorism
Human rights perspectives
Language: English
Release Date: February 15, 2013
In the name of fighting terrorism, countries have been invaded; wars have been waged; people have been detained, rendered and tortured; and campaigns for "hearts and minds" have been unleashed. Human rights analyses of the counter-terrorism measures implemented in the aftermath of 11 September 2001...
Security and Privacy in Cyber-Physical Systems
Foundations, Principles, and Applications
Language: English
Release Date: September 11, 2017
Written by a team of experts at the forefront of the cyber-physical systems (CPS) revolution, this book provides an in-depth look at security and privacy, two of the most critical challenges facing both the CPS research and development community and ICT professionals. It explores, in depth, the key...