The Essential Guide To Computer Security: Principles And Practice Guide

An updated survey of the fast-moving field of machine and network security, balancing theory and reality

The Essential Guide To Computer Security: Principles and Practice Guide is suitable for computer/network security courses. Data security and related education are becoming increasingly important–and is required for anyone pursuing Computer Science or Computer Engineering.  Updated aims to set the benchmark for information security with a balanced presentation of principles and experience, written for both a scholarly and technical audience.

While retaining extensive and thorough coverage of the whole industry, the latest version captures the most up-to-date inventions and enhancements. The several projects available have hands-on experience to validate lessons learned in the book. Instructors may use a variety of supplementary online tools to complement their teaching of this fast-paced topic.

The latest version addresses all security subjects in the ACM/IEEE Computer Science Curricula 2013, as well as CISSP (Certified Information Systems Security Professional) certification subject areas.

This textbook is also referred to as the “gold standard” in the field of information security certification since it can be used to prepare for the CISSP exam. Computer Security, Technology and Principles, Software Security, Management Issues, Cryptographic Algorithms, Internet Security, and other topics are all covered in detail in this book.