Computer Security: Art and Science

The Comprehensive Guide to Computer Security, Extensively Revised with Newer Technologies, Methods, Ideas, and Examples, is a comprehensive text that covers core principles, policies, cryptography, systems design, assurance, and best-practice responses to attacks. It is written for advanced undergraduates, graduate students, and IT professionals and provides new examples and chapters on availability policy models and attack analysis.

\n Format: Hardback
\n Length: 1440 pages
\n Publication date: 01 September 2019
\n Publisher: Pearson Education (US)
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In this comprehensive guide, University of California at Davis Computer Security Laboratory co-director Matt Bishop provides a detailed and rigorous exploration of modern computer security. Recognizing the significant increase in the frequency, complexity, and impact of security incidents, the second edition of Computer Security seamlessly integrates core principles with emerging technologies, methodologies, and ideas. Written for advanced undergraduates, graduate students, and IT professionals, Bishop covers a wide range of topics, including foundational issues, policies, cryptography, systems design, assurance, and much more. He delves into malware, vulnerability analysis, auditing, intrusion detection, and effective responses to attacks.

To enhance the learning experience, the book includes new examples throughout and introduces entirely new chapters on availability policy models and attack analysis. By understanding computer security goals, problems, and challenges, readers gain a deep understanding of the connections between theory and practice. They learn how computer scientists strive to prove the security of systems and define security policies that prioritize confidentiality, integrity, availability, and other critical aspects.

The book also offers practical guidance on analyzing policies to address core questions of trust and using them to constrain operations and drive change. It emphasizes the importance of implementing cryptography as a component of a comprehensive computer and network security strategy. System-oriented techniques are employed to establish robust security mechanisms, defining who can act and what they can do. Readers are taught to set appropriate security goals for systems or products and assess their effectiveness. They are also equipped to recognize program flaws and malicious logic, and detect attackers seeking to exploit them.

This guide serves as a comprehensive resource, covering all the essential aspects of computer security. It is an invaluable tool for students, professionals, and anyone interested in enhancing the security of their systems and protecting against emerging threats.

\n Weight: 2043g\n
Dimension: 240 x 195 x 50 (mm)\n
ISBN-13: 9780321712332\n
Edition number: 2 ed\n