Cyber Security and IT Infrastructure Protection - Brossura

Vacca, John R.

Brossura

ISBN 10: 0124166814 ISBN 13: 9780124166813

Casa editrice: Syngress, 2013

Riassunto

This book serves as a security practitioner's guide to today's most crucial issues in cyber security and IT infrastructure. It offers in-depth coverage of theory, technology, and practice as they relate to established technologies as well as recent advancements. It explores practical solutions to a wide range of cyber-physical and IT infrastructure protection issues. Composed of 11 chapters contributed by leading experts in their fields, this highly useful book covers disaster recovery, biometrics, homeland security, cyber warfare, cyber security, national infrastructure security, access controls, vulnerability assessments and audits, cryptography, and operational and organizational security, as well as an extensive glossary of security terms and acronyms. Written with instructors and students in mind, this book includes methods of analysis and problem-solving techniques through hands-on exercises and worked examples as well as questions and answers and the ability to implement practical solutions through real-life case studies. For example, the new format includes the following pedagogical elements: Checklists throughout each chapter to gauge understanding. Chapter Review Questions/Exercises and Case Studies. Ancillaries: Solutions Manual; slide package; figure files This format will be attractive to universities and career schools as well as federal and state agencies, corporate security training programs, ASIS certification, etc.

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Informazioni sull?autore

John Vacca is an independent information technology consultant and researcher, professional writer, editor, reviewer, and author based in Pomeroy, Ohio, USA. Since 1982, John has authored, edited, and published more than 85 books, including Smart Cities Policies and Financing: Approaches and Solutions, Elsevier; Cloud Computing Security: Foundations and Challenges, Taylor and Francis/CRC Press; Solving Urban Infrastructure Problems Using Smart City Technologies: Handbook on Planning, Design, Development, and Regulation, Elsevier; Online Terrorist Propaganda, Recruitment, and Radicalization, Taylor and Francis/CRC Press; Nanoscale Networking and Communications Handbook, Taylor and Francis/CRC Press; Handbook of Sensor Networking: Advanced Technologies and Applications, Taylor and Francis/CRC Press; Network and System Security 2/e, Elsevier/Syngress; Cyber Security and IT Infrastructure Protection, Elsevier/Syngress; and Managing Information Security 2/e, Elsevier/Syngress; among many others.
John was a Configuration Management Specialist, Computer Specialist, and the Computer Security Official (CSO) for NASA’s space station program (Freedom) and the International Space Station Program from 1988 until his retirement from NASA in 1995. John has also been a security consultant for major motion pictures, including AntiTrust, Collateral, and Identity Theft: The Michelle Brown Story. He received his M.Sc. from Kansas State University and an MBA from Emporia State University and served in the United States Air Force from 1967-1971.

Dalla quarta di copertina

If you are looking for the most well-rounded and well-written book on cyber-physical security and IT infrastructure protection out there, look no further! This must-have reference provides you with the most well-rounded view of cyber-physical security and IT infrastructure protection available. It offers in-depth coverage of the theory, technology, and practice as they relate to cyber-physical security and IT infrastructure protection. It explores practical solutions to a wide range of cyber-physical security and IT infrastructure protection issues. Individual chapters are authored by leading experts in the field and address the immediate and long-term challenges in the authors respective areas of expertise.

The book is organized into 11 contributed chapters by leading experts in the areas of cyber-physical security and IT infrastructure protection as well as an extensive glossary of computer and cyber security terms and acronyms.

Dettagli dell'edizione

• Editore: Syngress
• Data di pubblicazione: 2013
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 0124166814
• ISBN 13: 9780124166813
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero edizione: 1
• Numero di pagine: 380
• Contatto del produttore: non disponibile
• Persona responsabile: non disponibile