Machine learning for computer and cyber security : principles, algorithms, and practices / / editors, Brij B. Gupta, Michael Sheng

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910793310903321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Boca Raton : , : CRC Press, , [2019]; ©2019
• ISBN: 0-429-99572-5; 0-429-50404-7; 0-429-99571-7
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (365 pages)
• Disciplina: 006.3/1
• Soggetti: Computer networks - Security measures - Data processing; Computer security - Data processing; Machine learning; Artificial intelligence
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: "A science publishers book."
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Foreword; Acknowledgement; Preface; Table of Contents; 1: A Deep Learning-based System for Network Cyber Threat Detection; 2: Machine Learning for Phishing Detection and Mitigation; 3: Next Generation Adaptable Opportunistic Sensing-based Wireless Sensor Networks: A Machine Learning Perspective; 4: A Bio-inspired Approach to Cyber Security; 5: Applications of a Model to Evaluate and Utilize Users' Interactions in Online Social Networks; 6: A Deep-dive on Machine Learning for Cyber Security Use Cases; 7: A Prototype Method to Discover Malwares in Android-based Smartphones through System Calls8: Metaheuristic Algorithms-based Feature Selection Approach for Intrusion Detection; 9: A Taxonomy of Bitcoin Security Issues and Defense Mechanisms; 10: Early Detection and Prediction of Lung Cancer using Machine-learning Algorithms Applied on a Secure Healthcare Data-system Architecture; 11: Preventing Black Hole Attack in AODV Routing Protocol using Dynamic Trust Handshake-based Malicious Behavior Detection; 12: Detecting Controller Interlock-based Tax Evasion Groups in a Corporate Governance Network13: Defending Web Applications against JavaScript Worms on Core Network of Cloud Platforms; 14: Importance of Providing Incentives and Economic Solutions in IT Security; 15: Teaching Johnny to Thwart Phishing Attacks: Incorporating the Role of Self-efficacy into a Game Application; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: While Computer Security is a broader term which incorporates technologies, protocols, standards and policies to ensure the security of the computing systems including the computer hardware, software and the information stored in it, Cyber Security is a specific, growing field to protect computer networks (offline and online) from unauthorized access, botnets, phishing scams, etc. Machine learning is a branch of Computer Science which enables computing machines to adopt new behaviors on the basis of observable and verifiable data and information. It can be applied to ensure the security of the computers and the information by detecting anomalies using data mining and other such techniques. This book will be an invaluable resource to understand the importance of machine learning and data mining in establishing computer and cyber security. It emphasizes important security aspects associated with computer and cyber security along with the analysis of machine learning and data mining based solutions. The book also highlights the future research domains in which these solutions can be applied. Furthermore, it caters to the needs of IT professionals, researchers, faculty members, scientists, graduate students, research scholars and software developers who seek to carry out research and develop combating solutions in the area of cyber security using machine learning based approaches. It is an extensive source of information for the readers belonging to the field of Computer Science and Engineering, and Cyber Security professionals. Key Features: This book contains examples and illustrations to demonstrate the principles, algorithms, challenges and applications of machine learning and data mining for computer and cyber security. It showcases important security aspects and current trends in the field. It provides an insight of the future research directions in the field. Contents of this book help to prepare the students for exercising better defense in terms of understanding the motivation of the attackers and how to deal with and mitigate the situation using machine learning based approaches in better manner.

David Brower : the making of the environmental movement / / Tom Turner ; foreword by Bill McKibben

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910797358403321
• Autore: Turner Tom <1942->
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Oakland, California : , : University of California Press, , 2015; ©2015
• ISBN: 0-520-96245-1
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (321 p.)
• Disciplina: 508.092
• Soggetti: Environmentalists - United States; Conservationists - United States
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Front matter -- CONTENTS -- FOREWORD -- Prologue: A Tense Meeting in the Mountains -- 1. From Berkeley to the Sierra: An Outdoorsman Is Born -- 2. Yosemite -- 3. Into the Sierra Club -- 4. Love and War -- 5. A Sierra Club Leader Emerges -- 6. The Battle Against Dams in Dinosaur -- 7. The Battle for Wilderness -- 8. Big Books for a Cause -- 9. Growing Pains and Saving the Grand Canyon -- 10. Uncivil War -- 11. From Archdruid to Friend of the Earth -- 12. Friends of the Earth Takes on the World -- 13. A Resumption of Hostilities -- 14. Back to the Sierra Club -- 15. The End of the Trail -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- Appendix: Books Published under the Editorial Direction of David R. Brower -- NOTES -- Bibliography -- INDEX
• Sommario/riassunto: In this first comprehensive authorized biography of David Brower, a dynamic leader in the environmental movement over the last half of the twentieth century, Tom Turner explores Brower's impact on the movement from its beginnings until his death in 2000. Frequently compared to John Muir, David Brower was the first executive director of the Sierra Club, founded Friends of the Earth, and helped secure passage of the Wilderness Act, among other key achievements. Tapping his passion for wilderness and for the mountains he scaled in his youth, he was a central figure in the creation of the Point Reyes National Seashore and of the North Cascades and Redwood national parks. In addition, Brower worked tirelessly in successful efforts to keep dams ; from being built in Dinosaur National Monument and the Grand Canyon. Tom Turner began working with David Brower in 1968 and remained close to him until Brower's death. As an insider, Turner creates an intimate portrait of Brower the man and the decisive role he played in the development of the environmental movement. Culling material from Brower's diaries, notebooks, articles, books, and published interviews, and conducting his own interviews with many of Brower's admirers, opponents, and colleagues, Turner brings to life one of the movement's most controversial and complex figures.