Cyber Security and IT Infrastructure Protection
eBook - ePub

Cyber Security and IT Infrastructure Protection

  1. 380 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

Cyber Security and IT Infrastructure Protection

About this book

This book serves as a security practitioner's guide to today's most crucial issues in cyber security and IT infrastructure. It offers in-depth coverage of theory, technology, and practice as they relate to established technologies as well as recent advancements. It explores practical solutions to a wide range of cyber-physical and IT infrastructure protection issues.Composed of 11 chapters contributed by leading experts in their fields, this highly useful book covers disaster recovery, biometrics, homeland security, cyber warfare, cyber security, national infrastructure security, access controls, vulnerability assessments and audits, cryptography, and operational and organizational security, as well as an extensive glossary of security terms and acronyms.Written with instructors and students in mind, this book includes methods of analysis and problem-solving techniques through hands-on exercises and worked examples as well as questions and answers and the ability to implement practical solutions through real-life case studies. For example, the new format includes the following pedagogical elements: ā€¢Checklists throughout each chapter to gauge understandingā€¢Chapter Review Questions/Exercises and Case Studiesā€¢Ancillaries: Solutions Manual; slide package; figure filesThis format will be attractive to universities and career schools as well as federal and state agencies, corporate security training programs, ASIS certification, etc.- Chapters by leaders in the field on theory and practice of cyber security and IT infrastructure protection, allowing the reader to develop a new level of technical expertise- Comprehensive and up-to-date coverage of cyber security issues allows the reader to remain current and fully informed from multiple viewpoints- Presents methods of analysis and problem-solving techniques, enhancing the reader's grasp of the material and ability to implement practical solutions

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Table of contents

  1. Cover image
  2. Title page
  3. Table of Contents
  4. Copyright
  5. Dedication
  6. Acknowledgements
  7. About the Editor
  8. Contributors
  9. Introduction
  10. Chapter 1. Fault Tolerance and Resilience in Cloud Computing Environments
  11. Chapter 2. Data Encryption
  12. Chapter 3. Public Key Infrastructure
  13. Chapter 4. Physical Security Essentials
  14. Chapter 5. Disaster Recovery
  15. Chapter 6. Biometrics
  16. Chapter 7. Homeland Security
  17. Chapter 8. Cyber Warfare
  18. Chapter 9. System Security
  19. Chapter 10. Securing the Infrastructure
  20. Chapter 11. Access Controls
  21. Chapter 12. Assessments and Audits
  22. Chapter 13. Fundamentals of Cryptography
  23. Chapter 14. Satellite Cyber Attack Search and Destroy
  24. Chapter 15. Advanced Data Encryption
  25. Index