Dictionary of Information Security

✍ Scribed by Robert Slade

• Publisher: Syngress
• Year: 2006
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 256
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

The Dictionary of Information Security is a compilation of security terms and definitions that working security professionals and IT students will find helpful.IT professionals and IT students will find this a handy reference to help them identify terms used in practice, in journals and articles, and on websites. The dictionary has complete coverage of security terms and includes cutting-edge technologies and newer terminology only now becoming accepted use amongst security practitioners. Certification candidates for security specializations like CISSP and Security+ will also find this a valuable resource. * Your one stop shop coverage of malware, wireless technologies, and phishing An easy to use tol featuring the ability to cross references makeing navigation easy Includes special coverage of military and government terms for the latest hot topics

✦ Table of Contents

Author Acknowledgments......Page 15
Preface......Page 17
Foreword by Gene Spafford, Purdue University......Page 23
Foreword by Fred Cohen, Security Posture, University of New Haven......Page 25
Foreword by Hal Tipton, CISSP, ISSAP, ISSMP......Page 27
Foreword by Peter G. Neumann, ACM Risks Forum Moderator......Page 29
Foreword by Jack Holleran, CISSP......Page 30
Introduction......Page 31
Numbers......Page 35
A......Page 36
B......Page 53
C......Page 64
D......Page 86
E......Page 101
F......Page 109
G......Page 121
H......Page 124
I......Page 130
J......Page 141
K......Page 142
L......Page 145
M......Page 150
N......Page 161
O......Page 166
P......Page 171
Q......Page 184
R......Page 185
S......Page 194
T......Page 216
U......Page 225
V......Page 226
W......Page 230
X......Page 235
Y......Page 236
Z......Page 237
Appendix A......Page 239
Appendix B......Page 241