Information Security: Principles and Practice

INFORMATION SECURITYProvides systematic guidance on meeting the information security challenges of the 21st century, featuring newly revised material throughout Information Security: Principles and Practice is the must-have book for students, instructors, and early-stage professionals alike.\n\nAuthor Mark Stamp provides clear, accessible, and accurate information on the four critical components of information security: cryptography, access control, network security, and software. Readers are provided with a wealth of real-world examples that clarify complex topics, highlight important security issues, and demonstrate effective methods and strategies for protecting the confidentiality and integrity of data.Fully revised and updated, the third edition of Information Security features a brand-new chapter on network security basics and expanded coverage of cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks, Stuxnet and other malware, the SSH protocol, secure software development, and security protocols. Fresh examples illustrate the Rivest-Shamir-Adleman (RSA) cryptosystem, elliptic-curve cryptography (ECC), SHA-3, and hash function applications including bitcoin and blockchains. Updated problem sets, figures, tables, and graphs help readers develop a working knowledge of classic cryptosystems, modern symmetric and public key cryptography, cryptanalysis, simple authentication protocols, intrusion and malware detection systems, quantum computing, and more. Presenting a highly practical approach to information security, this popular textbook:Provides up-to-date coverage of the rapidly evolving field of information security Explains session keys, perfect forward secrecy, timestamps, SSH, SSL, IPSec, Kerberos, WEP, GSM, and other authentication protocols Addresses access control techniques including authentication and authorization, ACLs and capabilities, and multilevel security and compartments Discusses software security issues, ranging from malware detection to secure software development Includes an instructor�s solution manual, Power Point slides, lecture videos, and additional teaching resources Information Security: Principles and Practice 3rd Edition is written by Mark Stamp and published by Wiley-Blackwell. ISBNs for Information Security are 9781119505884, 1119505887 and the print ISBNs are 9781119505907, 1119505909. Additional ISBNs include 1119505909, 1119505879, 9781119505907, 9781119505877.