Computing & IT Security

This annually updated handbook provides a compilation of the fundamental knowledge, skills, techniques, and tools required by IT security professionals. It covers the CISSP® Common Body of Knowledge (CBK®) that forms the standard on which all IT security programs and certifications are based. Topics..

Updated annually, this is the most comprehensive and up-to-date reference available on information security and assurance. Bringing together the knowledge, skills, techniques, and tools required of IT security professionals, it facilitates the up-to-date understanding required to stay one step ahead..

Information Security Management Metrics offers a step-by-step approach to developing and implementing relevant security metrics that are essential for effective security management. With case studies and tools for monitoring specific items, this book offers practical guidance for implementing metric..

Providing the mechanics for policy, procedure, and standards development, Information Security Policies, Procedures, and Standards: Guidelines for Effective Information Security Management shows the reader what to look for when developing an enterprise's procedures. It examines the recommended indus..

Compliance standards, of which there are many, can and should be used as a guide to write comprehensive and effective security policies. Many standards cover much of the same topics, but they each state the requirements in slightly different ways. This book provides security managers with a simplifi..

Discusses the role of information systems in emergency response and preparedness. This book covers various phases of disaster management - mitigation, preparedness, response, and recovery. It includes 'Systems Design and Technology' chapter that cover simulation, geocollaborative systems, and global..

Virtual activities made possible by high-bandwidth Internet connectivity have changed societal behavior. As a result, employers, investigators, and intelligence analysts must adopt better strategies for Internet searching in order to protect information assets. Addressing legal, policy, privacy, and..

Intrusion Detection Networks: A Key to Collaborative Security supplies a complete introduction to intrusion detection systems (IDS) and intrusion detection networks (IDN). Describing how to leverage effective and efficient collaboration between participant IDSs, it explains the benefits of building ..

This book proposes a new model—the IrisCryptoAgentSystem (ICAS)—based on a biometric method for authentication using the iris of the eye. It explains how to use MAS to solve security problems in complex systems and demonstrates how the intersection of biometric systems, cryptography, and MAS can app..

The IT Security Governance Guidebook with Security Program Metrics on CD-ROM provides clear and concise explanations of key issues in information protection, describing the basic structure of information protection and enterprise protection programs. Including graphics to support the information in ..

In this book, the author presents lessons learned from her extensive experience as a CAE to help internal auditors understand the challenges, issues, and potential alternative solutions when executing the role. The book explains how to clarify management expectations for the internal audit and balan..

Today all kinds of ubiquitous systems, led by wireless sensor networks, can be seen as an unprecedented privacy risk given their ability to collect information on quantities and situations so far unsuspected. There is therefore an urgent need to develop mechanisms to ensure privacy in sensor network..