6th Edition
by Charles P. Pfleeger, Shari Lawrence Pfleeger, Lizzie Coles-Kemp
The New State of the Art in Information Security: From Cloud to Crypto, AI-Driven Security to Post-Quantum Computing
Now
extensively updated throughout, Security in Computing, Sixth Edition,
is today's one-stop, primary text for everyone teaching, learning, and
practicing information cybersecurity. It defines core principles
associated with modern security policies, processes, and protection;
illustrates them with up-to-date sidebars and examples; and shows how
to apply them in practice. Modular and flexibly organized, it supports a
wide array of courses, strengthens professionals' knowledge of
foundational principles; and imparts a more expansive understanding of
modern security.
This edition adds
or expands coverage of artificial intelligence and machine learning
tools; app and browser security; security by design; securing cloud,
IoT, and embedded systems; privacy-enhancing technologies; protecting
vulnerable individuals and groups; strengthening security culture;
cryptocurrencies and blockchain; offensive cyberwarfare; post-quantum
computing; and more. It contains many new diagrams, exercises,
sidebars, and examples, and is mapped to two leading frameworks: the US
NIST National Initiative for Cybersecurity Education (NICE) and the UK
Cyber Body of Knowledge (CyBOK).
- Core
security concepts: Assets, threats, vulnerabilities, controls,
confidentiality, integrity, availability, attackers, and attack types
- The security practitioner's toolbox: Identification, authentication, access control, and encryption
- Areas
of practice: Securing programs, user–internet interaction, operating
systems, networks, data, databases, and cloud computing
- Cross-cutting disciplines: Privacy, management, law, and ethics
- Using cryptography: Solve real problems, and explore its formal and mathematical underpinnings
- Emerging
topics and risks: AI and adaptive cybersecurity, blockchains and
cryptocurrencies, computer-assisted offensive warfare, and quantum
computing
