Security category: 5602 books
Android Security Internals
An In-Depth Guide to Android's Security Architecture
Language: English
Release Date: October 14, 2014
There are more than one billion Android devices in use today, each one a potential target. Unfortunately, many fundamental Android security features have been little more than a black box to all but the most elite security professionals—until now.
In Android Security Internals, top Android...
European Security Governance
The European Union in a Westphalian World
Language: English
Release Date: May 11, 2009
This book focuses on the problems of, and prospects for, strengthening the global system of security governance in a manner consistent with the aspirations and practices of the EU. The EU approach to security governance has been successful in its immediate neighbourhood: it has successfully exported...
Security Protocols XXV
25th International Workshop, Cambridge, UK, March 20–22, 2017, Revised Selected Papers
Language: English
Release Date: November 28, 2017
This book constitutes the thoroughly refereed post-workshop proceedings of the 25th International Workshop on Security Protocols, held in Cambridge, UK, in March 2017.
The volume consists of 16 thoroughly revised invited papers presented together with the respective transcripts of discussions. ...
Emerging Technologies for Promoting Food Security
Overcoming the World Food Crisis
Language: English
Release Date: November 13, 2015
Emerging Technologies for Promoting Food Security: Overcoming the World Food Crisis discusses rising energy prices, increased biofuel use, water scarcity, and the rising world population, all factors that directly affect worldwide food security. The book examines the range of approaches to promoting...
The National Security Enterprise
Navigating the Labyrinth
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2011
Recent breakdowns in American national security have exposed the weaknesses of the nation’s vast overlapping security and foreign policy bureaucracy and the often dysfunctional interagency process. In the literature of national security studies, however, surprisingly little attention is given to the...
Security Intelligence
A Practitioner's Guide to Solving Enterprise Security Challenges
Language: English
Release Date: April 16, 2015
Similar to unraveling a math word problem, Security Intelligence: A Practitioner's Guide to Solving Enterprise Security Challenges guides you through a deciphering process that translates each security goal into a set of security variables, substitutes each variable with a specific security technology...
Security and Privacy in Communication Networks
SecureComm 2017 International Workshops, ATCS and SePrIoT, Niagara Falls, ON, Canada, October 22–25, 2017, Proceedings
Language: English
Release Date: April 24, 2018
This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of two workshops held at the 13th International Conference on Security and Privacy in Communications Networks, SecureComm 2017, held in Niagara Falls, ON, Canada, in October 2017: the 5th International Workshop on Applications and Techniques in Cyber...
The Ethical Subject of Security
Geopolitical Reason and the Threat Against Europe
Language: English
Release Date: February 15, 2011
While critical security studies largely concentrates on objects of security, this book focuses on the subject position from which ‘securitization’ and other security practices take place.
First, it argues that the modern subject itself emerges and is sustained as a function of security...
US National Security Reform
Reassessing the National Security Act of 1947
Language: English
Release Date: July 12, 2018
This collection of essays considers the evolution of American institutions and processes for forming and implementing US national security policy, and offers diverse policy prescriptions for reform to confront an evolving and uncertain security environment.
Twelve renowned scholars and practitioners...
International Security Studies
Theory and Practice
Language: English
Release Date: February 20, 2015
This new textbook provides students with a comprehensive and accessible introduction to the subject of security studies, with a strong emphasis on the use of case studies.
In addition to presenting the major theoretical perspectives, the book examines a range of important and controversial...
U.S. Security Cooperation with Africa
Political and Policy Challenges
Language: English
Release Date: April 14, 2016
As Africa’s strategic importance has increased over the past decade and a half, United States security cooperation with the continent has expanded. The most visible dimension of this increased engagement was the establishment of the U.S. Military Command for Africa (AFRICOM). Some critics are skeptical...
by Bhushan Lakhe
Language: English
Release Date: December 12, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: December 12, 2014
Practical Hadoop Security is an excellent resource for administrators planning a production Hadoop deployment who want to secure their Hadoop clusters. A detailed guide to the security options and configuration within Hadoop itself, author Bhushan Lakhe takes you through a comprehensive study of...
Security Planning
An Applied Approach
Language: English
Release Date: June 11, 2015
This book guides readers through building an IT security plan. Offering a template, it helps readers to prioritize risks, conform to regulation, plan their defense and secure proprietary/confidential information. The process is documented in the supplemental online security workbook. Security Planning...
Human Security
Theory and Action
Language: English
Release Date: March 15, 2018
Human security refers in its broadest sense to the protection of individuals from harm. Human Security: Theory and Action explores the theory and application of concepts central to this notion of security. It examines the conceptual roots of human security, connecting its origins to its applications...