The Craft of System Security
Released By Addison-Wesley Professional
New Book Examines Present and Future
Computer Security Challenges
INDIANAPOLIS (Business Wire EON/PRWEB ) December 10, 2007 --
Whether you're a practitioner, developer, manager, or administrator,
computer security is ultimately a problem you will have to face.
Addison-Wesley Professional’s The Craft
of System Security not only presents the modern security
practitioner’s toolkit but also explains why
each tool exists and demonstrates exactly how to use it to solve real
problems.
News Facts
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The Craft of System Security teaches best practices for
authenticating people and computer systems in diverse settings.
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Users will understand the classic "Orange Book" approach to security,
and its limitations, and will be able to identify software security
defects ranging from buffer overflows to development process flaws.
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Readers will discover security, privacy, and trust issues arising from
desktop productivity tools, and will understand cryptographic
primitives and their use in secure systems.
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Examples from Windows, Linux, BSD, and Solaris educate on operating
system security tools and structures.
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Available at informit.com or
your favorite local bookstore or online reseller.
Product Information
The
Craft of System Security
By Sean
Smith, John
Marchesini
ISBN-10: 0321434838
ISBN-13: 9780321434838
List Price: $59.99
Publisher: Addison-Wesley Professional
http://www.informit.com/store/product.aspx?isbn=0321434838
About the Authors
Dr. Sean Smith is an instructor at Dartmouth, where he researches
how to build trustworthy systems in the real world. He has been working
in information security for fifteen years, and has authored books and
papers, including Trusted Computing Platforms: Design and Applications
(Springer, 2005).
Dr. John Marchesini currently serves as a security analyst with
BindView Corporation, working on the company's highly regarded RAZOR
Research Team. Dr. Marchesini earned a Ph.D. in Computer Science from
Dartmouth College, and holds a Bachelor of Science from the University
of Houston.
About Pearson Education
Educating 100 million people worldwide, Pearson
Education (www.pearsoned.com)
is the global leader in educational and professional publishing,
providing scientifically research-based print and digital programs to
help people of all ages learn at their own pace, in their own way.
Professionals, leaders, academics, experts, and consultants draft the
books and online resources that help develop today's and tomorrow's
business leaders. Top technology companies who have chosen Pearson
Education as their publishing partner include IBM, Symantec, Cisco,
Adobe, and Macromedia. The company is home to such renowned publishing
and information portal brands as Informit.com,
Prentice Hall Professional
, IBM Press, Addison-Wesley
Professional, Peachpit Press, Cisco
Press, Sams Publishing,
and Que Publishing. Pearson
Education is part of Pearson (NYSE:PSO), the international media
company. In addition to Pearson Education, Pearson's primary operations
include the Financial Times Group and the Penguin Group.
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