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Principles and Practice of Information Security
Linda Volonino, Ph.D, Canisius College
Stephen R. Robinson, Verity Partners, LLC

ISBN-10: 0131840274
ISBN-13: 9780131840270

Publisher: Prentice Hall
Copyright: 2004
Format: Paper; 256 pp
Published: 09/02/2003

Suggested retail price: $110.67
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For introductory courses in Security; as well as courses in Corporate, Computer and Network Security.

This text provides students and professionals with the necessary managerial, technical, and legal background to support investment decisions in security technology. It discusses security from the perspective of hackers (i.e., technology issues and defenses) and lawyers (i.e., legal issues and defenses). This cross-disciplinary text is designed to help users quickly become current on what has become a fundamental business issue.

  • Comprehensive coverage—Covers the entire range of best security practices: obtaining senior management commitment, defining information security goals and policies, creating a strategy for monitoring intrusions and compliance, and understanding legal issues.

    • Brings students quickly up to speed on the latest issues in security.

  • Cross-disciplinary text—Covers the three properties of information security—technical, managerial, and legal.

    • Provides students with a thorough examination of the technologies, managerial issues, and legal risks associated with safeguarding information and privacy.

  • Cases on Point —Contained in each chapter; these summarize real-life cases involving information security: theft, hacking, viruses, and more.

    • Provides students with a real-world context for the chapter.

  • Cyberbriefs and LegalBriefs sections throughout the text—Provide mini-updates on what's happening in security today.

    • Highlights for students information on security issues, happenings, laws, and more.

  • @lerts —Included throughout each chapter, these are brief tips, facts, and warnings.

    • Gives students critical information in a visually interesting manner.

  • Legal language and hacker vocabulary—Introduced throughout the text.

    • Helps students become familiar with the terminology associated with information security, fostering understanding.

  • Extensive reference material—Includes a comprehensive glossary of technological and legal terms; an index of abbreviations and acronyms; online and traditional references; and the objectives of such legal statutes as the USA PATRIOT Act, Computer Fraud and Abuse Act, and HIPAA.

    • Provides students with a text that can be used as an excellent reference resource in their future careers.

  • Discussion questions—Provided at the end of each chapter.

    • Helps students test their knowledge.

I. DIGITAL LIABILITIES AND RISK MANAGEMENT.

 1. Security in a Globally Connected Economy.

 2. Sources of Digital Liability.

 3. Threats, Vulnerabilities, and Risk Exposure.

 4. An Affirmative Model of Defense: Digital Liability Management.

 5. Models for Estimating Risk and Optimizing the Return on Security Investment.

II. POLICIES, PRACTICES, AND DEFENSIVE TECHNOLOGY.

 6. Acceptable Use Policies: Human Defenses.

 7. Secure Use Practices: Defensive Best Practices.

 8. Technology and Auditing Systems: Hardware and Software Defenses.

III. COMPUTER FORENSICS, ELECTRONIC EVIDENCE, FRAUD, AND COMPUTER CRIME LAWS.

 9. Electronic Evidence, Electronic Records Management, and Computer Forensics.

10. Computer Crime, Computer Fraud, and Cyber Terrorism.

Appendix: USA PATRIOT Act.

IV. PRIVACY.

11. Privacy and Data Protection.

Appendix: HIPAA.

Glossary of Technology and Legal Terms.

Abbreviations and Acronyms.

References.

Online References.

Subject Index.

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