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For courses in Computer/Network Security.
In recent years, the need for education in computer security and related topics has grown dramatically – and is essential for anyone studying Computer Science or Computer Engineering. This is the only text available to provide integrated, comprehensive, up-to-date coverage of the broad range of topics in this subject. In addition to an extensive pedagogical program, the book provides unparalleled support for both research and modeling projects, giving students a broader perspective. The Text and Academic Authors Association have named Computer Security: Principles and Practice the winner of the Textbook Excellence Award for the best Computer Science textbook of 2008.
Visit Stallings Companion Website at http://williamstallings.com/CompSec/CompSec1e.html for student and instructor resources and his Computer Science Student Resource site http://williamstallings.com/StudentSupport.html
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William Stallings and Lawrie Brown
A thorough, up-to-date survey of the entire discipline of computer security.
Security experts William Stallings and Lawrie Brown provide a comprehensive survey of computer security threats, technical approaches to the detection and prevention of security attacks, software security issues, and management issues.
Throughout, the authors focus on core principles, showing how they unify the field of computer securuity and demonstrating their applications in real-world systems and networks. They examine alternate design approaches to meeting security requirements and illuminate the standards that are central to today's security solutions.
Ideal for both academic and professional audiences, Computer Security offers exceptional clarity, careful organization, and extensive pedagogical support - including hundreds of carefully crafted practice problems.
COVERAGE
- Security technologies and principles, including cryptography, authentication, and access control
- Threats and countermeasures, from detecting intruders to countering DOS attacks
- Trusted computing and multilevel security
- Secure software: avoiding buffer overflows, malicious input, and other weaknesses
- Linux and Windows security models
- Managing security: physical security, training, audits, policies, and more
- Computer crime, intellectual property, privacy, and ethics
- Cryptographic algorithms, including public-key cryptography
- Internet security: SSL, TLS, IP security, S/MIME, Kerberos, X.509, and federatetd identity management
KEY FEATURES
- Strong coverage of unifying principles and design techniques
- Dozens of figures and tables that clarify key concepts
- Field-tested homework problems
- Extensive Web support at WilliamStallings.com/CompSec/CompSec1e.html
- Keyword/acronym lists, recommended readings, and glossary
About the Authors
William Stallings has won the Best Computer Science and Engineering Textbook award seven times. His Prentice Hall books include Operating Systems; Cryptography and Network Security; and Data and Computer Communications. Stallings consults widely with technology providers, customers, and researchers. He holds a Ph.D. in Computer Science from MIT. Dr. Lawrie Brown is Senior Lecturer at the School of Information Technology and Electrical Engineering at the University of New South Wales at the Australian Defence Force Academy, Canberra, Australia.
Comprehensive Web support at WilliamStallings.com
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I am an MSc student and I got the book as most of the topics here is what we cover in class and it was worth it!
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minimal maths treatment,
By W Boudville - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Computer Security: Principles and Practice (Hardcover)
Stallings and Brown directs the book at a computer professional, who might be a programmer or system administrator. The book deliberately minimises the mathematical aspects. Much of the topic consists of layers above sophisticated encryption algorithms. Alas, a detailed treatment of the latter often requires heavy math background. If you do desire such a treatment, I recommend Matt Bishop's Introduction to Computer Security. That book was deprecated by some reviewers, who found it too mathematical.
Anyway, back to Stallings and Brown. It does proffer good technical explanations of various malware. Like worms and viruses. And attack modes like Denial of Service, and Distributed Denial of Service. Important variants are also covered - reflector and amplifier attacks. Countermeasures to malware then naturally enter the narrative. So you learn how a firewall functions. Plus how to set up a honeypot to attract spam, phishing and malware. So far, the above might be regarded as external attacks on your system. Sometimes, worms or viruses might try to take advantage of weaknesses in installed programs. Hence, another section of the book is for those of you who write such programs. Explaining how to guard against buffer and stack overflows, for example. These 2 are perhaps the most common entry points for malware. 5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
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Okay content but they need to hire a proof-reader,
By Rich - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Computer Security: Principles and Practice (Hardcover)
The content is okay. I would prefer some more detail and less "fluff" that's been pulled from old papers about security. My main complaint about this book is the sheer number of misspellings and typos. For example, I've just read one section that says "see section E" for further detail. There isn't a section "E" -- contextually, you can determine quickly that they mean section "D". I feel like I'm reading someone's draft and not a final product.
Also, most modern books include either a self-testing CD or a web site where you can quiz yourself. If you're using this book for self-study (as opposed to being in a class), it's difficult to gauge how well you're retaining the information. This book does not include a CD. It does, however have a companion web site but I was unable to find a self-assessment tool on that website. 5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars
High level book on computer security lacks sufficient detail,
By calvinnme - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Computer Security: Principles and Practice (Hardcover)
The author of this book also wrote the widely used text "Cryptography and Network Security". I like that book well enough, but you have to use outside resources to understand what's going on in that book, and I would say that is even more true for this textbook. That is because the author is basically taking subjects discussed in the Cryptography and Network Security book and adding topics like management issues and security of specific operating systems - without getting specific enough that you could actually solve too many problems. To me the best parts of the book are the appendices. The information on number theory is quite good, as are the suggestions for projects and labs. Unfortunately, this book does not contain sufficient information to perform those projects and labs. The contents make a good starting point for the study of computer security, but if you are an instructor be prepared to use lots of supplemental material or your students are going to be left high and dry. Currently the table of contents is not shown, so I include it next. This book is just under 900 pages long, so its 24 chapters are covering their subject matter in under 40 pages each, which does not give much room for detail.
Chapter 1 Overview PART ONE COMPUTER SECURITY TECHNOLOGY AND PRINCIPLES Chapter 2 Cryptographic Tools Chapter 3 User Authentication Chapter 4 Access Control Chapter 5 Database Security Chapter 6 Intrusion Detection Appendix 6A:The Base-Rate Fallacy Chapter 7 Malicious Software Chapter 8 Denial of Service Chapter 9 Firewalls and Intrusion Prevention Systems Chapter 10 Trusted Computing and Multilevel Security PART TWO SOFTWARE SECURITY Chapter 11 Buffer Overflow Chapter 12 Other Software Security Issues PART THREE MANAGEMENT ISSUES Chapter 13 Physical and Infrastructure Security Chapter 14 Human Factors Appendix 14A: Security Awareness Standard of Good Practice Appendix 14B: Security Policy Standard of Good Practice Chapter 15 Security Auditing Chapter 16 IT Security Management and Risk Assessment Chapter 17 IT Security Controls, Plans and Procedures Chapter 18 Legal and Ethical Aspects Appendix 18A: Information Privacy Standard of Good Practice PART FOUR CRYPTOGRAPHIC ALGORITHMS Chapter 19 Symmetric Encryption and Message Confidentiality Chapter 20 Public-Key Cryptography and Message Authentication PART FIVE INTERNET SECURITY Chapter 21 Internet Security Protocols and Standards Chapter 22 Internet Authentication Applications PART SIX OPERATING SYSTEM SECURITY Chapter 23 Linux Security Chapter 24 Windows Security APPENDICES Appendix A Some Aspects of Number Theory A.1 Prime and Relatively Prime Numbers A.2 Modular Arithmetic A.3 Fermat's and Euler's Theorems Appendix B Random and Pseudorandom Number Generation B.1 The Use of Random Numbers B.2 Pseudorandom Number Generators (PRNGs) B.3 True Random Number Generators Appendix C Projects for Teaching Computer Security C.1 Research Projects C.2 Programming Projects C.3 Laboratory Exercises C.4 Writing Assignments C.5 Reading/Report Assignments ONLINE APPENDICES Appendix D Standards and Standard-Setting Organizations Appendix E TCP/IP Protocol Architecture Appendix F Glossary |
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