Security Engineering: A Guide to Building Dependable Distributed Systems

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John Wiley & Sons, Nov 5, 2010 - Computers - 1088 pages
The world has changed radically since the first edition of this book was published in 2001. Spammers, virus writers, phishermen, money launderers, and spies now trade busily with each other in a lively online criminal economy and as they specialize, they get better. In this indispensable, fully updated guide, Ross Anderson reveals how to build systems that stay dependable whether faced with error or malice. Here's straight talk on critical topics such as technical engineering basics, types of attack, specialized protection mechanisms, security psychology, policy, and more.

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Contents

Cover
Foreword
About the Author
Legal Notice
Usability and Psychology
Protocols
Access Control
Crytography
Nuclear Command and Control
Security Printing and Seals
Biometrics
Physical Tamper Resistance
Emission Security
API Attacks
Electronic and Information Warfare
Telecom System Security

Distributed Systems
Economics
Part II
Multilateral Security
Banking and Bookkeeping
Physical Protection
Monitoring and Metering
Network Attack and Defense
Copyright and
The Bleeding Edge
Part III
System Evaluation and Assurance
Conclusions
End User License Agreement

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Ross Anderson is Professor of Security Engineering at Cambridge University and a pioneer of security economics. Widely recognized as one of the world's foremost authorities on security, he has published many studies of how real security systems fail and made trailblazing contributions to numerous technologies from peer-to-peer systems and API analysis through hardware security.

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