Engineering information security : the application of systems engineering concepts to achieve information assurance / Stuart Jacobs.

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Jacobs, Stuart [author.]

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TextSeries: IEEE press series on information and communication networks security ; 13Publisher: Hoboken, New Jersey : Wiley, c2011Distributor: [Piscataqay, New Jersey] : IEEE Xplore, [2011]Description: 1 PDF (xxv, 700 pages) : illustrationsContent type:

text

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electronic

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online resource

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9780470947913

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Electronic books.

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005.8

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Contents:

What is Security? -- Systems Engineering -- Foundation Concepts -- Authentication of Subjects -- Security Systems Engineering -- Traditional Network Concepts -- Next-Generation Networks -- General Computer Security Architecture -- Computer Software Security -- Security Systems Design-Designing Network Security -- Transport and Application Security Design and Use -- Securing Management and Managing Security.

Summary: "Information security is the act of protecting information from unauthorized access, use, disclosure, disruption, modification, or destruction. This book discusses why information security is needed and how security problems can have widespread impacts. It covers the complete security lifecycle of products and services, starting with requirements and policy development and progressing through development, deployment, and operations, and concluding with decommissioning. Professionals in the sciences, engineering, and communications fields will turn to this resource to understand the many legal, technical, competitive, criminal and consumer forces and influences that are rapidly changing our information dependent society."--Provided by publisher.

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"Information security is the act of protecting information from unauthorized access, use, disclosure, disruption, modification, or destruction. This book discusses why information security is needed and how security problems can have widespread impacts. It covers the complete security lifecycle of products and services, starting with requirements and policy development and progressing through development, deployment, and operations, and concluding with decommissioning. Professionals in the sciences, engineering, and communications fields will turn to this resource to understand the many legal, technical, competitive, criminal and consumer forces and influences that are rapidly changing our information dependent society."--Provided by publisher.