Security Engineering: A Guide to Building Dependable Distributed Systems, Second Edition

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Written by one of the world's foremost security experts, this guide covers many different aspects of computer security. It distils business-critical information on building a secure distributed system.

Program

Written by a leading information security expert, Ross J. Anderson, this book conveys business-critical information on building secure distributed systems.

Anderson conveys many salient points on how to keep a system dependable and secure. Topics covered are, and include:

• Technical Engineering Basics - cryptography, protocols, access controls, and distributed systems.
• Types of Attack - phishing, Web exploits, card fraud, hardware hacks, and electronic warfare.
  
• Specialised Protection Mechanisms - what biometrics, seals, smartcards, alarms, and DRM do, and how they fail.
  
• Security Economics - why companies build insecure systems, why it's tough to manage security projects, and how to cope.
  
• Security Psychology - the privacy dilemma, what makes security too hard to use, and why deception will keep increasing.
  
• Policy - why governments waste money on security, why societies are vulnerable to terrorism, and what to do about it.
  

If there is one book that is a must-have on building secure and dependable business critical systems, then this is that book.


Peer Review:'Security engineering is different from any other kind of programming. . . . if you're even thinking of doing any security engineering, you need to read this book.'
- Bruce Schneier



Author: Ross J. Anderson
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
ISBN 10: 0470068523
ISBN 13: 9780470068526
Pages: 1080
Format: Hard Cover
Published Date: 11 April 2008
Availability: In Stock

If you are implementing, or are about to implement your own distributed system, security should be one of your prime concerns. Learn how to build secured distributed systems using this book. Order today!