Internet Security Dictionary - Softcover

Phoha, Vir V.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0387952616 ISBN 13: 9780387952611

Publisher: Springer, 2002

Synopsis

The explosive growth of the Internet, inherent flaws in its basic structure, and the need to transfer sensitive information for Internet applications like electronic mail, Internet banking and Internet commerce have resulted in serious security concerns. This dictionary provides authoritative definitions and descriptions of terms related to Internet security. The Internet Security Dictionary details over 1,800 terms and covers eight main areas: * Authentication, including biometrics, encryption/public key infrastructure, digital signatures, time-stamping, and certificate management * Encryption * Network-level security, including IP, IPSec, SHTTP, and SSL * Firewalls and remote management * Internet security policies, risk analysis, integration across platforms, management and auditing * Mobile code security, Java/Active X/scripts, and mobile agent code * Virus protection and intrusion detection * Security in Internet commerce. Security experts from around the world have been consulted in both the content and organization of the dictionary to ensure authoritative, comprehensive coverage. An accompanying CD-ROM contains the entire content of the dictionary as well as additional web resources.

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Review

From the reviews:

I found the greatest strengths of this book are the short, simple and very lucid illustrations of numerous important security related terms....Overall, this book is a very useful reference for professionals..." --Computing Reviews

"...a useful resource for anyone who has to communicate about Internet security." --Computerworld 

"The purpose of this dictionary is to provide reliable definitions and descriptions of Internet security terms in clear and precise English. Designed as a tool to bring about a common understanding of technical terms to the lay user and the professional, the dictionary will serve as an introduction to Internet security for the nonprofessional user who is looking for the precise meaning(s) of a specific term or for a cursory overview of the field." (Zentralblatt MATH, Vol. 998 (23), 2002)

About the Author

ADVISORY EDITORIAL BOARD Dr. Elisa Bertino, Member of the editorial boards of several scientific journals, including ACM Transactions on Information and System Security, IEEE Internet Computing, and International Journal of Information Security. Dr. Dorothy E. Denning, Member of the President's Expert Council Subcommittee on Encryption Policy. Author of Information Warfare and Security and Cryptography and Data Security. Dr. Csilla Farkas, Professor of the Department of Computer Science and Engineering at University of South Carolina. Her research includes database security, access control models and security of web-based applications. Dr. Robert Filman, Associate Editor-in-Chief of IEEE Internet Computing and on the Editorial Board of the International Journal of Artificial Intelligence Tools. Dr. Dieter Gollmann, Co-Editor-in-Chief of the International Journal of Information Security. He has been serving on the program committees of the major European conferences on computer security (ESORICS) and cryptography (EUROCRYPT), and of other international conferences in these areas. Dr. Li Gong, Sun's Chief Java Security Architect. Author of Inside Java 2 Platform Security. Dr. S.S. Iyengar, Series Editor of Neuro Computing of Complex Systems and Area Editor for the Journal of Computer Science and Information. Over 250 research publications. Dr. Stephen Kent has chaired the Privacy and Security Research Group of the Internet Research Task Force since its inception in 1985. He is also the co-chair of the Public Key Infrastructure working group. Dr. John McLean, Director of the Center for High Assurance Computer Systems and Senior Scientist for Information Assurance at the Naval Research Laboratory. Dr. Alfred Menezes is on the editorial board of Designs, Codes, and Cryptography and an accreditation board member of Computer & Communications Security Reviews. Dr. Flemming Nielson, Site leader for the project Secure and

Edition details

• Publisher: Springer
• Publication date: 2002
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0387952616
• ISBN 13: 9780387952611
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 284