Managing Computer Viruses - Brossura

Brossura

ISBN 10: 0198539746 ISBN 13: 9780198539742

Casa editrice: OUP Oxford, 1992

Riassunto

The emergence of a new type of threat to computer security - the computer virus - has attracted much attention from the media, researchers, and entrepreneurs. It is clear that computer viruses and other software menaces, like their biological counterparts, are here to stay. This poses a particular problem for organizations which use computers - how to minimize the threat to their information systems without unduly disrupting their functioning.

This book presents a concise overview of the problem and a detailed framework for dealing with computer viruses in organizations. Managers are the target audience, and will find that it offers more than the usual technical information. There is a wealth of advice, much of which applies to the problem of computer security in general. There are also a number of useful technical appendices and an in-depth insight into the biological analogy.

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Recensione

'A concise explanation of cost implications and system vulnerability due to the existance, replication, and mutation of computer viruses. A comprehensive appendix lists viruses known before mid-1992 with symptoms, comments and origins.'Aslib Book List, Vol. 58, No. 2, February 1993

'This is a scholarly book citing numerous literature references aimed at the management aspect of computer viruses.'Alan Solomon, The Computer Journal, Vol. 36, N0. 6, 1993

Contenuti

The destructive potential of computer viruses; The nature of computer viruses; The biological analogy; Protection against computer viruses; Computer viruses - current and future; Virus control methodologies; Conclusions; A generic DOS virus; Known viruses; Turing machines; Biological viruses; Information storage in cells; Reviews of anti-virus software

Dettagli dell'edizione

• Editore: OUP Oxford
• Data di pubblicazione: 1992
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 0198539746
• ISBN 13: 9780198539742
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 182
• Contatto del produttore: Oxford University Press; https://corp.oup.com/; ; WMF Platz 1; Geislingen/Steige; Baden-W?rttemberg; 73312; Germania