Network and System Security

by John R. Vacca (Editor)

Overview

Network and System Security provides focused coverage of network and system security technologies. It explores practical solutions to a wide range of network and systems security issues. Chapters are authored by leading experts in the field and address the immediate and long-term challenges in the authors’ respective areas of expertise. Coverage includes building a secure organization, cryptography, system intrusion, UNIX and Linux security, Internet security, intranet security, LAN security; wireless network security, cellular network security, RFID security, and more.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780124166899
Publisher:	Elsevier Science
Publication date:	09/09/2013
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	432
Product dimensions:	7.40(w) x 9.10(h) x 0.90(d)

About the Author

John Vacca is an independent information technology consultant and researcher, professional writer, editor, reviewer, and author based in Pomeroy, Ohio, USA. Since 1982, John has authored, edited, and published more than 85 books, including Smart Cities Policies and Financing: Approaches and Solutions, Elsevier; Cloud Computing Security: Foundations and Challenges, Taylor and Francis/CRC Press; Solving Urban Infrastructure Problems Using Smart City Technologies: Handbook on Planning, Design, Development, and Regulation, Elsevier; Online Terrorist Propaganda, Recruitment, and Radicalization, Taylor and Francis/CRC Press; Nanoscale Networking and Communications Handbook, Taylor and Francis/CRC Press; Handbook of Sensor Networking: Advanced Technologies and Applications, Taylor and Francis/CRC Press; Network and System Security 2/e, Elsevier/Syngress; Cyber Security and IT Infrastructure Protection, Elsevier/Syngress; and Managing Information Security 2/e, Elsevier/Syngress; among many others.
John was a Configuration Management Specialist, Computer Specialist, and the Computer Security Official (CSO) for NASA’s space station program (Freedom) and the International Space Station Program from 1988 until his retirement from NASA in 1995. John has also been a security consultant for major motion pictures, including AntiTrust, Collateral, and Identity Theft: The Michelle Brown Story. He received his M.Sc. from Kansas State University and an MBA from Emporia State University and served in the United States Air Force from 1967-1971.

Table of Contents

Ch 1. Detecting System Intrusions
Ch 2. Preventing System Intrusions
Ch 3. Guarding Against Network Intrusions
Ch 4. Securing Cloud Computing Systems
Ch 5. Unix and Linux Security
Ch 6. Eliminating the Security Weakness of Linux and Unix Operating Systems
Ch 7. Internet Security
Ch 8. Intranet Security
Ch 9. Local Area Network Security
Ch 10. Wireless Network Security
Ch 11. Cellular Network Security
Ch 12. RFID Security
Ch 13. Optical Wireless Security

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Focused coverage of network and system security technologies essential for any network security professional serious about their work