The extensive offering of projects provides hands-on experience to reinforce concepts from the text. The range of supplemental online resources for instructors provides additional teaching support for this fast-moving subject. This textbook can be used to prep for CISSP Certification and is often referred to as the 'gold standard' when it comes to information security certification.
Author : Wm. Author : Michael E. Whitman,Herbert J. Students will revel in the comprehensive coverage that includes a historical overview of information security, discussions on risk management and security technology, current certification information, and more. Principles of Computer Security, Fourth Edition is a student-tested, introductory computer security textbook that provides comprehensive coverage of computer and network security fundamentals in an engaging and dynamic full-color design.
Each chapter begins with a list of topics to be covered and features sidebar exam and tech tips, a chapter summary, and an end-of-chapter assessment section that includes key term, multiple choice, and essay quizzes as well as lab projects. The need for education in computer security and related topics continues to grow at.
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Written for both an academic and professional audience, the 4th Edition continues to set the standard for computer security with a balanced presentation of principles and practice. The new edition captures the most up-to-date innovations and improvements while maintaining broad and comprehensive coverage of the entire field. The extensive offering of projects provides hands-on experience to reinforce concepts from the text.
The range of supplemental online resources for instructors provides additional teaching support for this fast-moving subject. William Stallings Lawrie Brown. About the Book Current developments and topics in computer and network security Capture the most recent changes in the field while maintaining a broad and comprehensive coverage of the entire field.
The content in the book is unified by four basic themes. Principles: Although the scope of this book is broad, there are a number of basic principles that appear repeatedly as themes and that unify this field, for example, authentication and access control.
The book highlights these principles and examines their application in specific areas of computer security. Design approaches: The book examines alternative approaches to meeting specific computer security requirements. Standards: Standards have come to assume an increasingly important, indeed dominant, role in this field. An understanding of the current status and future direction of technology requires a comprehensive discussion of the related standards.
Engaging features that enhance learning Hands-on projects reinforce concepts from the textbook Hacking exercises: Two projects that enable students to gain an understanding of the issues in intrusion detection and prevention.
Laboratory exercises : A series of projects that involve programming and experimenting with concepts from the book. Research projects: A series of research assignments that instruct the student to research a particular topic on the Internet and write a report.
Programming projects: A series of programming projects that cover a broad range of topics and that can be implemented in any suitable language on any platform. Practical security assessments: A set of exercises to examine current infrastructure and practices of an existing organization.
Firewall projects: A portable network firewall visualization simulator is provided, together with exercises for teaching the fundamentals of firewalls. Case studies: A set of real-world case studies, including learning objectives, case description, and a series of case discussion questions. Writing assignments: A list of writing assignments to facilitate learning the material. Webcasts for teaching computer security: A catalog of webcast sites that can be used to enhance the course.
Case studies and examples provides real-world context to the text material. Numerous homework problems cover a wide range of difficulty along with numerous review questions.
An Instructor's Manual contains solutions to all problems and questions. Extensive use of figures and tables clarify concepts.
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