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Record Nr.

UNINA9910151661403321

Autore

Diehl Eric

Titolo

Ten Laws for Security / / by Eric Diehl

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2016

ISBN

3-319-42641-9

9783319426419

Edizione

[1st ed. 2016.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xix, 281) : ill

Classificazione

32.20.32

32.24.48

Disciplina

005.82

Soggetti

Data encryption (Computer science)

Computer security

System safety

Cryptology

Systems and Data Security

Security Science and Technology

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction -- Law 1, Attackers Will Always Find Their Way -- Law 2, Know the Assets to Protect -- Law 3, No Security Through Obscurity -- Law 4, Trust No One -- Law 5, Si Vis Pacem, Para Bellum -- Law 6, You Are the Weakest Link -- Law 7, Security Is No Stronger Than Its Weakest Link -- Law 8, If You Watch the Internet, the Internet Is Watching You -- Law 9, Quis Custodiet Ipsos Custodes? Law 10, Security Is Not a Product, Security Is a Process -- Conclusions -- Abbreviations -- Acronyms -- References -- App. A, A Short Introduction to Cryptography.

Sommario/riassunto

In this book the author presents ten key laws governing information security. He addresses topics such as attacks, vulnerabilities, threats, designing security, identifying key IP assets, authentication, and social engineering. The informal style draws on his experience in the area of video protection and DRM, while the text is supplemented with introductions to the core formal technical ideas. It will be of interest to professionals and researchers engaged with information security.