Elementary Information Security

by Smith

• ISBN13: 9780763761417
• ISBN10: 0763761419
• eBook ISBN(s): 9781284049312
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2011-10-18
• Publisher: Jones & Bartlett Learning
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Summary

This comprehensive, accessible Information Security text is ideal for the one-term, undergraduate college course. The author integrates risk assessment and security policy throughout the text, believing that security systems work best at achieving goals they are designed to meet, and security policy ties real-world goals to security mechanisms. Early chapters in the text discuss individual computers and small LANS, while later chapters deal with distributed site security and the Internet. Cryptographic topics follow the same progression, starting on a single computer and evolving to Internet-level connectivity. Mathematical concepts throughout the text are defined and tutorials with mathematical tools are provided to ensure students grasp the information at hand.

Table of Contents

Chapter1 Security From the Ground Up
Chapter2 Controlling a Computer
Chapter3 Controlling Files
Chapter4 Sharing Files
Chapter5 Storing Files
Chapter6 Authenticating People
Chapter7 Encrypting Files
Chapter8 Secret and Public Keys
Chapter9 Encrypting Volumes
Chapter10 Connecting Computers
Chapter11 Networks of Networks
Chapter12 End-to-End Networking
Chapter13 Enterprise Computing
Chapter14 Network Encryption
Chapter15 Internet Services and Email
Chapter16 The World Wide Web
Chapter17 Governments and Secrecy