Network Security Essentials: Applications and Standards, Global Edition - Softcover

Stallings, William

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1292154853 ISBN 13: 9781292154855

Publisher: Pearson, 2016

Synopsis

For courses in Corporate, Computer and Network Security .

 

Network Security: Innovations and Improvements

Network Securities Essentials: Applications and Standards introduces students to the critical importance of internet security in our age of universal electronic connectivity. Amidst viruses, hackers, and electronic fraud, organizations and individuals are constantly at risk of having their private information compromised. This creates a heightened need to protect data and resources from disclosure, guarantee their authenticity, and safeguard systems from network-based attacks.

 

The Sixth Edition covers the expanding developments in the cryptography and network security disciplines, giving students a practical survey of applications and standards. The text places emphasis on applications widely used for Internet and corporate networks, as well as extensively deployed internet standards.

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Product Description

Network Security Essentials: Applications And Standards, Global Edition, With Access Card, 6 Ed by William Stallings, 9781292154855, Pearson

About the Author

Dr. William Stallings has authored 18 titles, and counting revised editions, over 40 books on computer security, computer networking, and computer architecture. His writings have appeared in numerous publications, including the Proceedings of the IEEE, ACM Computing Reviews and Cryptologic.

He has 13 times received the award for the best Computer Science textbook of the year from the Text and Academic Authors Association.

In over 30 years in the field, he has been a technical contributor, technical manager, and an executive with several high-technology firms. He has designed and implemented both TCP/IP-based and OSI-based protocol suites on a variety of computers and operating systems, ranging from microcomputers to mainframes. As a consultant, he has advised government agencies, computer and software vendors, and major users on the design, selection, and use of networking software and products.

He created and maintains the Computer Science Student Resource Site at ComputerScienceStudent.com. This site provides documents and links on a variety of subjects of general interest to computer science students (and professionals). He is a member of the editorial board of Cryptologia, a scholarly journal devoted to all aspects of cryptology.

Dr. Stallings holds a Ph.D. from MIT in Computer Science and a B.S. from Notre Dame in electrical engineering.

Edition details

• Publisher: Pearson
• Publication date: 2016
• ISBN 10: 1292154853
• ISBN 13: 9781292154855
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Edition number: 6
• Number of pages: 464