Protection and Security on the Information Superhighway - Softcover

Cohen, Frederick B.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0471113891 ISBN 13: 9780471113898

Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, 1995

Synopsis

Discusses the wide realm of issues facing the world′s information security, focusing on the practical solutions to a variety of specific problems confronting small to large businesses, government, the military and individuals. Contains a wealth of examples that will attract the attention of anyone concerned with protecting information assets while offering a plan for attacking the problem in an organization.

About this title

About the Author

Frederick B. Cohen, PhD, is a principal of Management Analytics. Perhaps best known for his pioneering work on computer viruses, he also invented the integrity mechanisms used in most of the PC–based protection products now on the market. The author of several books and dozens of research papers on computer security, Professor Cohen is one of the most sought–after speakers on the subject.

From the Back Cover

The FBI estimates that each year as much as $5 billion is lost to computer crime. And, incredibly, that′s just the tip of the iceberg. Weaknesses in information systems have also been exploited to gain the upper hand in negotiations, ruin reputations, win military conflicts, and even commit murder. Just how serious is the problem of information security and how can it affect your life? How vulnerable is your organization′s information system? And most importantly, what can you do to protect yourself from the bandits, terrorists, and cyberthugs who roam the information superhighway?

Now get the answers to these and other critical questions in the most penetrating and broad–ranging investigation ever written on the problems of protection and security on the information superhighway. Moving from one seemingly unbelievable case study to the next, Frederick B. Cohen, one of the world′s foremost experts on computer security:
∗ Explores the entire spectrum of communications systems, including the Internet, cable television, microwave and satellite communications, electronic banking and trading, and more
∗ Reveals the full magnitude of the problem of computer security in a world ever more dependent on electronic information systems
∗ Examines the impact of faulty security on large and small businesses, government, the military, and individuals
∗ Offers practical steps organizations and individuals can take to protect themselves against security breaches

Edition details

• Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
• Publication date: 1995
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0471113891
• ISBN 13: 9780471113898
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 320