eBook By Category (Computer Security)

This is your ticket into the elusive underworld of the Internet, home to millions of elite computer hackers...

“Ninety-five percent of software bugs are caused by the same 19 programming flaws...

This groundbreaking book helps you master the management of information security, concentrating on the proactive recognition and resolution of the practical issues of developing and implementing IT security for the enterprise...

A Practical Guide to Security Engineering and Information Assurance provides insight into the broader realm of information assurance (IA)...

Batten down the hatches! Hackers, spammers and thieves (oh my!) are after you! The mere act of turning on an Internet-connected computer can put you, your family, and your personal finances at risk by exposing you to viruses, scam artists, hackers, identity thieves, and spammers...

Access Control Systems: Security, Identity Management and Trust Models provides a thorough introduction to the foundations of programming systems security, delving into identity management, trust models, and the theory behind access control models...

Biometrics technology continues to stride forward with its wider acceptance and its real need in various new security facets of modern society...

Advances in Enterprise Information Technology Security provides a broad working knowledge of all the major security issues affecting todays enterprise IT activities...

The more our society relies on electronic forms of communication, the more the security of these communication networks is essential for its well-functioning...

Explains how to use 100 plus software tools for auditing systems on a network, auditing a network, and investigating incidents...

THWART THE LATEST DISASTROUS ATTACKS Mount a comprehensive, proactive defense against the most sinister cyber-criminals using the tricks and techniques contained in this unique resource...

The primary goal of this work is the methodical analysis of the potential, limitations, advantages, and drawbacks of anti-spam measures...

Long ago, unsolicited commercial email graduated from annoyance to serious problem...

Symantec's chief antivirus researcher has written the definitive guide to contemporary virus threats, defense techniques, and analysis tools...

Members of AVIEN (the Anti-Virus Information Exchange Network) have been setting agendas in malware management for several years: they led the way on generic filtering at the gateway, and in the sharing of information about new threats at a speed that even anti-virus companies were hard-pressed to match...

Biometric user authentication techniques evoke an enormous interest by science, industry and society...

Discover how to make biometrics -- the technology involving scanning and analyzing unique body characteristics and matching them against information stored in a database -- a part of your overall security plan with this hands-on guide...

This book contains over 30 articles by well-known scientists/engineers reflecting the latest developments in advanced computer systems and their applications within Biometrics, Information Technology Security and Artificial Intelligence...

An insight into the biometric industry and the steps for successful deployment Biometrics technologies verify identity through characteristics such as fingerprints, voices, and faces...

Attacking & Defending Physical Devices for Software and Hardware EngineersThe security devices of today are much more complex than those long ago...

The book begins with real world cases of botnet attacks to underscore the need for action...

Will the Code You Write Today Headline Tomorrow's BugTraq Mail List?

• Includes Numbered-by-Line Exploit Code Examples That Illustrate the Differences Between Stack Overflows, Heap Corruption, and Format String Bugs
• Provides Case Studies for Most Major Platforms and Environments, Including Windows, FreeBSD, FrontPage, and Linux
• Avoid Worm or Custom Exploits by Analyzing Your Source Code to Detect Buffer Overflow Vulnerabilities

A manual on protecting CDs against illegal copying, this book shows how crackers copy CDs using various access methods...

Check Point NG aims to teach its readers how to install and set up VPN-1/FireWall-1 Next Generation, the latest version of the highly respected firewall software from Check Point...

Gain the skills and knowledge needed to create effective data security systems

This book updates readers with all the tools, techniques, and concepts needed to understand and implement data security systems...

This is the must-have book for a must-know field...

Computer Security in the 21^st Century shares some of the emerging important research trends reflected in recent advances in computer security, including: security protocol design, secure peer-to-peer and ad hoc networks, multimedia security, and intrusion detection, defense and measurement...

Our Internet-connected society increasingly relies on computers...

Offers real, practical solutions to help ordinary users keep viruses out of their e-mail in-boxes-and explains how to respond when one slips through
* In 2003, there was a major virus attack almost every month, which cost businesses worldwide an estimated $55 billion and did untold damage to home computers
* Explains what viruses are and how they work, profiles major anti-virus software packages, shows how to keep anti-virus software updated, and helps people adopt safer computer work habits
* The book's value price and compact size will make it irresistible to people who need to protect their home PC or network

This book deals with computer viruses envisaged from three different points of view, namely the theoretical fundamentals of computer virology, algorithmic and practical aspects of viruses and their potential applications to various areas...

“This book is the most current and comprehensive analysis of the state of Internet security threats right now...

A cryptographic security architecture is the collection of hardware and software that protects and controls the use of encryption keys and similar cryptovariables...

Software that covertly monitors user actions, also known as spyware, has become a first-level security threat due to its ubiquity and the difficulty of detecting and removing it...

Develop a Well-Measured Defense Against CybercriminalsWhen we speak of the hacker mind, then, we have come to mean the mind of a miscreant motivated by a broad range of ulterior purposes...

Written by a former NYPD cyber cop, this is the only book available that discusses the hard questions cyber crime investigators are asking...

Enormous efficiencies have been gained over the past twenty-five years as a result of the introduction of computers and telecommunications technologies...

The Definitive Guide to Protecting Enterprise Data Your enterprise data is your most critical asset...

The current struggle between IT security and computer hackers is reaching crisis point...

The battle between IT professionals and those who use the Internet for destructive purposes is raging--and there is no end in sight...

Praise for Defending the Digital Frontier

"The charge of securing corporate America falls upon its business leaders...

This is the first book focused exclusively on Internet worms, offering you solid worm detection and mitigation strategies for your work in the field...

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...

During recent years, a continuously increasing amount of personal data has been made available through different websites around the world...

The e-commerce revolution has allowed many organizations around the world to become more effective and efficient in managing their resources...

All of the big viruses of recent times (think "Melissa" and the "Love Bug") have used e-mail protocols to propagate themselves--often taking advantage of the address-book features of e-mail clients to identify their victims...

Join author John Zdziarski for a look inside the brilliant minds that have conceived clever new ways to fight spam in all its nefarious forms...

Brian Contos has created what few security specialists can claim: a truly readable book about the threats to our businesses from insiders who know how to attack the critical components of modern business, the computers, applications and networks that make it all work...

Enhanced Methods in Computer Security, Biometric and Artificial Intelligence Systems contains over 30 contributions from leading European researchers showing the present state and future directions of computer science research...

Divided into two major parts, Enhancing Computer Security with Smart Technology introduces the problems of computer security to researchers with a machine learning background, then introduces machine learning concepts to computer security professionals...

Essential Security Advice from Tony Bradley, About...

Whether they want to or not, police are increasingly having to work with and through many local, national and international partnerships...

Computer network security is critical to fraud prevention and accountability...

Anyone with a computer has heard of viruses, had to deal with several, and has been struggling with spam, spyware, and disk crashes...

Bringing order to the lawless frontier Almost daily, the boomtown growth of online activity generates more opportunities for cybercrime, identity theft, loss of data, and invasion of your privacy...

Beat hackers at their own game — The world of a hacker revealed by a corporate hack master Hack Attacks Revealed Take a technogothic journey inside the world of a hacker as seen by security expert John Chirillo...

Learn how to conduct thorough security examinations via illustrations and virtual simulations A network security breach (a hack, crack, or other invasion) occurs when unauthorized access to the network is achieved and havoc results...

"This book covers not just the glamorous aspects such as the intrusion act itself, but all of the pitfalls, contracts, clauses, and other gotchas that can occur...

The Linux operating system continues to gain market share, based largely on its reputation as the most secure operating system available...

Essential reading for any IT security organization, Hack Proofing Windows 2000 Server takes on a single, vital feature of Windows 2000 Server operations and explains its many aspects, both conceptually and practically...

If you're like most people, your day includes writing checks or using a debit card at stores, using credit cards at the gas station, or using an ATM terminal to get cash...

If you don't hack your systems, who will? One of the reasons I put this book project together is that I believe security professionals should be hackers...

Emphasizes reducing the risks of malicious attacks on code while it's being written--rather than after an audit or customer finds a flaw...

Traditionally, someone had to be sitting in front of your computer to read your documents, see your e-mail, and play with your settings...

Hacker Attack is the only book about computer security that is at once entertaining, understandable, and practical...

Text shows how to analyze programs without its source code, using a debugger and a disassembler...

Mike Schiffman has hit upon a great formula for Hacker's Challenge...

"The computer world is like an intellectual Wild West, in which you can shoot anyone you wish with your ideas, if you're willing to risk the consequences...

In Hackers Beware, Eric Cole succeeds in explaining how hackers break into computers, steal information, and deny services to machines' legitimate users...

"This is the first book that promises to tell the deep, dark secrets of computer arithmetic, and it delivers in spades...

Could you find a hidden terrorist message in time to save innocent lives? "Russ has done it again, a great story teller in person and from the printed page...

A lot of computer-security textbooks approach the subject from a defensive point of view...

Implement bulletproof e-business security the proven Hacking Exposed way

Defend against the latest Web-based attacks by looking at your Web applications through the eyes of a malicious intruder...

A lot of computer-security textbooks approach the subject from a defensive point of view...

“…a good read…a price well-worth paying, because such works are invaluable…” (InfoSecurity News Magazine, August 2004) “…an excellent aide…” (PC Home, August 2004) “…should be of interest to both ethical and malicious hackers…” (Publishing News, 22nd March 2004)

Develop a plan to keep your information safe Find out how to test your systems, plug the holes, and foil attackers You'll find out how external hacker and rogue insider hacks happen, how to discover where your systems and network are weak, what you can do to strengthen your defenses, and how to prepare reports and recommendations to management...

Hacking the Cube is a straightforward and sometimes comical look into the everyday world of information technology...

This text introduces the spirit and theory of hacking as well as the science behind it all; it also provides some core techniques and tricks of hacking so you can think like a hacker, write your own hacks or thwart potential system attacks...

Hacking is the art of creative problem solving, whether that means finding an unconventional solution to a difficult problem or exploiting holes in sloppy programming...

Safeguard your systems from all types of hackers, hijackers, and predators with help from this insightful resource...

Text describes the hacks and vulnerabilities threatening today's Web applications, then provides the defenses necessary to counteract and destroy them...

Secure Windows 2000 Server, Windows XP systems, and Windows Server 2003...

Halting the Hacker lives up to it's billing as a "practical guide...

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The Book will cover installing, configuring, and maintaining security Honeypots on Windows platforms...

It began as an innocent probe...

It's hard to say how private investigators would react to books like J...

The Perfect Reference for the Multitasked SysAdmin
This is the perfect guide if network security tools is not your specialty...

inding security flaws is now a fundamental development task, yet there has not been adequate documentation of the process used to find security bugs-until now...

Image and Video Encryption provides a unified overview of techniques for encryption of images and video data...

Incident Response fills a need that's existed in the security book market for some time...

Your expert guide to information security As businesses and consumers become more dependent on complex multinational information systems, the need to understand and devise sound information security systems has never been greater...

Information Security and Ethics: Social and Organizational Issues brings together examples of the latest research from a number of international scholars addressing a wide range of issues significant to this important and growing field of study...

Information Security Fundamentals allows security professionals to gain a solid understanding of the foundations of the field and the entire range of issues that practitioners must address...

This CD is a must for all CISSPs and those who wish to become one...

Since 1993, the Information Security Management Handbook has served not only as an everyday reference for information security practitioners but also as an important document for conducting the intense review necessary to prepare for the Certified Information System Security Professional (CISSP) examination...

Since 1993, the Information Security Management Handbook has served not only as an everyday reference for information security practitioners but also as an important document for use by practitioners to conduct the intense review necessary to prepare for the Certified Information System Security Professional (CISSP) examination...

A comprehensive compilation of the fundamental knowledge, skills, techniques, and tools required by all information technology professionals, Information Security Management Handbook, Sixth Edition features new developments in information security and the Common Body of Knowledge...

A compilation of the fundamental knowledge, skills, techniques, and tools require by all security professionals, Information Security Handbook, Sixth Edition sets the standard on which all IT security programs and certifications are based...

Do you spend hours coding on an application for the sheer joy and challenge? How about taking the time to analyze every piece of traffic that crosses your network, dissecting packets, and making sure nothing hidden is going on? If you want to refine these skills (and learn many new ones) to build an InfoSec career in a top corporation or government agency but aren't sure where to begin, this book is for you! The authors of this book have all succeeded in applying their inherent, hacker skills to build successful InfoSec careers...

An organizations employees are often more intimate with its computer system than anyone else...

As network defense perimeters get stronger and stronger; IT, security, law enforcement, and intelligence professionals are realizing that the greatest threats to their networks are increasingly coming from within their own organizations...

Because it's so large and unregulated, the Internet is a fertile breeding ground for all kinds of scams and schemes...

This book provides the latest information on how to guard against attacks and informs IT managers of the products that can detect and prevent break-ins...

The Complete Guide to Computer, Network, Application, and Data Security In this book, widely respected consultant and educator Matt Bishop presents a clear and useful introduction to the art and science of information security...

Discusses and documents the importance of a security policy, the impact of organizational politics, and includes actual transcripts of break-ins and checklists of preventive security measures...

Redefine your personal productivity by tweaking, modding, mashing up, and repurposing Web apps, desktop software, and common everyday objects...

Learn the 14 ways in which you can help make the Internet a safer place for you and your family...

Machine Learning and Data Mining for Computer Security" provides an overview of the current state of research in machine learning and data mining as it applies to problems in computer security...

Shared resources, such as the Internet, have created a highly interconnected cyber-infrastructure...

eep control of your systems out of the hands of unknown attackers Ignoring the threat of malware is one of the most reckless things you can do in today's increasingly hostile computing environment...

Information security requires far more than the latest tool or technology...

Intrusion detection is not for the faint at heart...

Written by an anonymous hacker, Maximum Security details hundreds of ways in which invaders may be able to penetrate your system and the steps that you can take to stop them...

Now more than ever, it is imperative that users be able to protect their system from hackers trashing their Web sites or stealing information...

Maximum Wireless Security is a practical handbook that reveals the techniques and tools crackers use to break into wireless networks, and that details the steps network administrators need to take to secure their systems...

This is the first book available for the Metasploit Framework (MSF), which is the attack platform of choice for one of the fastest growing careers in IT security: Penetration Testing...

The popularity of multimedia content has led to the widespread distribution and consumption of digital multimedia data...

Multimedia security has become a major research topic, yielding numerous academic papers in addition to many watermarking-related companies...

This comprehensive and timely resource examines security risks related to IT outsourcing, clearly showing you how to recognize, evaluate, minimize, and manage these risks...

Identity theft has been steadily rising in recent years, and credit card data is one of the number one targets for identity theft...

This is the first fully integrated Penetration Testing book and bootable Linux CD containing the Auditor Security Collection which includes over 300 of the most effective and commonly used open source attack and penetration testing tools...

User passwords are the keys to the network kingdom, yet most users choose overly simplistic passwords (like password) that anyone could guess, while system administrators demand impossible to remember passwords littered with obscure characters and random numerals...

OpenPGP is the most widely used email encryption standard in the world...

Uncover Secrets from the Dark Side Phishing Exposed provides an in-depth, high-tech view from both sides of the phishing playing field...

Government and companies have already invested hundreds of millions of dollars in the convergence of physical and logical security solutions, but there are no books on the topic...

• Outlines cost-effective, bottom-line solutions that show how companies can protect transactions over the Internet using PKI
• First book to explain how PKI (Public Key Infrastructure) is used by companies to comply with the HIPAA (Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act) rules mandated by the U...

Practical Hacking Techniques and Countermeasures examines computer security from the hacker's perspective, demonstrating how a computer system can be successfully attacked and compromised...

The world's most business-critical transactions run on Unix machines, which means the machines running those transactions attract evildoers...

Lots of books have to do with computer and network security, which is to say they explain how to protect your files and other resources from malicious characters...

There was a time when cryptography--the making and breaking of secret codes--was of interest only to spies, diplomats, and the occasional eccentric...

This thoroughly revised edition of an Artech House bestseller goes far beyond the typical computer forensics books on the market, emphasizing how to protect one's privacy from data theft and hostile computer forensics...

Privacy, Security and Trust within the Context of Pervasive Computing is an edited volume based on a post workshop at the second international conference on Pervasive Computing...

Whether you want to learn how to develop a robust, full-featured rootkit or you're looking for effective ways to prevent one from being installed on your network, this hands-on resource provides you with the tools you'll need...

Public Key Infrastructure Implementation and Design is a complete, concise guide for professionals...

A rootkit is a type of malicious software that gives the hacker "root" or administrator access to your network...

This book is a bridge between two distinct cultures; that of IT professionals responsible for building systems that prevent cybercrime, and law enforcement officials responsible for investigating and prosecuting those crimes...

The threats of economic espionage and intellectual property (IP) theft are global, stealthy, insidious, and increasingly common...

The research scope of database security has expanded greatly, due to the rapid development of the global inter-networked infrastructure...

Localization is a critical process in mobile ad hoc networks and wireless sensor networks...

The First Expert Guide to Static Analysis for Software Security!

Creating secure code requires more than just good intentions...

Biometrics is becoming increasingly common in establishments that require high security such as state security and financial sectors...

Develop the skills you need in the real world

Hit the ground running with the street-smart training you'll find in this practical book...

Security and Usability; pick one at the expense of the other is the story we've all heard time and again...

If you're charged with maintaining the security of e-commerce sites, you need this unique book that provides an in-depth understanding of basic security problems and relevant solutions, while helping you implement today?s most advanced security technologies...

A sweeping revision of the classic computer security text...

Security in Computing, Third Edition systematically demonstrates how to control failures of confidentiality, integrity, and availability in applications, databases, operating systems, and networks alike...

Despite recent dramatic advances in computer security regarding the proliferation of services and applications, security threats are still major impediments in the deployment of these services...

As e-learning increases in popularity and reach, more people are taking online courses and thus need to understand security issues relevant to this topic...

As a system administrator or security professionals, you probably find yourself inundated each day with a deluge of log files from seemingly countless devices, servers, and applications on your network ranging from Windows Server to Snort to your PIX firewall and everything in between...

Foreword

Preface

Chapter 1 Introduction: Escaping the Hamster Wheel of Pain

Chapter 2 Defining Security Metrics

Chapter 3 Diagnosing Problems and Measuring Technical Security

Chapter 4 Measuring Program Effectiveness

Chapter 5 Analysis Techniques

Chapter 6 Visualization

Chapter 7 Automating Metrics Calculations

Chapter 8 Designing Security Scorecards

Index

The Definitive Guide to Quantifying, Classifying, and Measuring Enterprise IT Security Operations

Security Metrics is the first comprehensive best-practice guide to defining, creating, and utilizing security metrics in the enterprise...

Most security books are targeted at security engineers and specialists...

Create and implement a successful security system and recovery plan with help from this insightful and practical resource...

What if you could sit down with some of the most talented security engineers in the world and ask any network security question you wanted? Security Power Tools lets you do exactly that! Members of Juniper Networks' Security Engineering team and a few guest experts reveal how to use, tweak, and push the most popular network security applications, utilities, and tools available using Windows, Linux, Mac OS X, and Unix platforms...

What's the worst an attacker can do to you? You'd better find out, right? That's what Security Warrior teaches you...

• Hands-on guide to the CA Internet Security Suite, which includes Parental Controls (blocks offensive Web sites, controls program use, and monitors Internet activity); Anti-Spyware (sweeps PCs of malicious software like spyware and adware); Anti-Spam (ensures that computer users get messages from people they know, while redirecting messages from people they don't); Anti-Virus (detects and removes computer viruses); and Personal Firewall (prevents hackers from attacking a PC)
• CA will include a special version of their $70 suite free with this book, which contains separate applications for Parental Controls, Anti-Spyware, Anti-Spam, Anti-Virus, and a Personal Firewall (good for 6 months)

Note: CD-ROM/DVD and other supplementary materials are not included as part of eBook file...

Real Anti-Spam Help for System Administrators In Slamming Spam, two spam fighters show you how to fight back—and win...

Smart Cards, Tokens, Security and Applications provides a broad overview of the many card systems and solutions that are in practical use today...

If you are a network administrator, you're under a lot of pressure to ensure that mission-critical systems are completely safe from malicious code, buffer overflows, stealth port scans, SMB probes, OS fingerprinting attempts, CGI attacks, and other network intruders...

Elite Programming Techniques Demystified In this groundbreaking book, best-selling author James C...

All the data was out there to warn us of this impending attack, why didn't we see it?" This was a frequently asked question in the weeks and months after the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon on September 11, 2001...

This book is amazing...

Unfortunately, the prospect of evil forces unleashing an all out cyber-terrorism attack on the civilized world is no longer just a bad dream...

"Stealing the Network: How to Own the Box is a unique book in the fiction department...

Stop spyware in its tracks! Spyware infects the vast majority of home computers today...

ISS X-Force is an elite group of security researchers who continually analyze and monitor global online threat conditions to create proactive security solutions...

This informative, new resource presents the first comprehensive treatment of silicon-germanium heterojunction bipolar transistors (SiGe HBTs)...

This book contains some of the most up-to-date information available anywhere on a wide variety of topics related to Techno Security...

The huge proliferation of security vulnerability exploits, worms, and viruses place an incredible drain on both cost and confidence for manufacturers and consumers...

The Art of Deception is about gaining someone's trust by lying to them and then abusing that trust for fun and profit...

The Art of Deception is about gaining someone's trust by lying to them and then abusing that trust for fun and profit...

The TAP notation uses two types of semantics: an abstract semantics for protocol verifiers and a concrete semantics for protocol implementers...

The Best Damn Security Manager's Handbook Periodhas comprehensive coverage of all management isuses facing IT and security professionals...

Hardly a week goes by without a report of some hacker, disgruntled employee, or techno-thief breaking into a computer system--vandalizing Web sites, stealing confidential data, compromising trade secrets, or worse...

When an intruder, worm, virus, or automated attack succeeds in targeting a computer system, having specific controls and a response plan in place can greatly lessen losses...

The Ethical Hack: A Framework for Business Value Penetration Testing lays out the underlying methodologies and concepts required for performing successful and valuable penetration testing...

This guide reveals the technical aspects of hacking that are least understood by network administrators...

Information systems security continues to grow and change based on new technology and Internet usage trends...

This book is a one-stop resource to help executives and computer professionals protect their systems and data from a myriad of internal and external threats...

The software industry has been struggling with how to create and release software that is more security-enhanced and reliable— the Security Development Lifecycle (SDL) provides a methodology that works...

• Examines where security holes come from, how to discover them, how hackers explo