Securing Information and Communications Systems: Principles, Technologies, and Applications (Information Security & Privacy) - Hardcover

Javier Lopez

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1596932287 ISBN 13: 9781596932289

Publisher: Artech House, 2008

Synopsis

Slamming the door on security threats just got easier for IT professionals. This total resource on security design and operations puts today's most powerful tools and techniques at their command, providing the latest hands-on expertise on everything from access control to privacy enhancement. Written by an international team of experts, this one-stop reference maps out the latest user authentication methods, as well as authorization and access controls and their applications in today's database systems. The book addresses network security in depth, offering a fresh look at anti-intrusion approaches, intrusion detection systems, authentication and authorization infrastructures, identity certificates, smart cards, and tokens.

About this title

About the Author

Javier Lopez is an associate professor in the Computer Science Department and coordinator of the Information Security Research Group at the University of Malaga, Spain. Steven Furnell is head of the Network Research Group at the University of Plymouth, United Kingdom, and an adjunct associate professor at Edith Cowan University, Australia. Sokratis Katsikas is the rector at the University of the Aegean, Greece, where he is also a professor in the Department of Information & Communication Systems Engineering. Ahmed Patel is a consultant and lecturer in computer networks, distributed systems and computer forensics.

Edition details

• Publisher: Artech House
• Publication date: 2008
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1596932287
• ISBN 13: 9781596932289
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 289
• Editor: Javier Lopez, Steven Furnell, Sokratis K. Katsikas, Ahmed Patel