A guide to computer network security

✍ Scribed by Joseph Migga Kizza (auth.), Joseph Migga Kizza (eds.)

• Publisher: Springer London
• Year: 2009
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 476
• Series: The Computer Communications and Networks
• Category: Library

✦ Table of Contents

Front Matter....Pages I-XXIV
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Computer Network Fundamentals....Pages 3-41
Understanding Computer Network Security....Pages 43-59
Front Matter....Pages 62-62
Security Threats to Computer Networks....Pages 63-88
Computer Network Vulnerabilities....Pages 89-106
Cyber Crimes and Hackers....Pages 107-131
Hostile Scripts....Pages 133-143
Security Assessment, Analysis, and Assurance....Pages 145-169
Front Matter....Pages 172-172
Disaster Management....Pages 173-184
Access Control and Authorization....Pages 185-204
Authentication....Pages 207-225
Cryptography....Pages 227-248
Firewalls....Pages 249-271
System Intrusion Detection and Prevention....Pages 273-298
Computer and Network Forensics....Pages 299-328
Virus and Content Filtering....Pages 331-350
Standardization and Security Criteria: Security Evaluation of Computer Products....Pages 351-363
Computer Network Security Protocols....Pages 365-395
Security in Wireless Networks and Devices....Pages 397-422
Security in Sensor Networks....Pages 423-438
Other Efforts to Secure Information and Computer Networks....Pages 439-447
Front Matter....Pages 172-172
Security Beyond Computer Networks: Information Assurance....Pages 449-453
Front Matter....Pages 455-455
Projects....Pages 457-469
Back Matter....Pages 471-476

✦ Subjects

Information Storage and Retrieval; Data Storage Representation; Management of Computing and Information Systems; Computer Communication Networks