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Security Engineering A Guide to Building Dependable Distributed Systems

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ISBN-10: 0471389226

ISBN-13: 9780471389224

Edition: 2001

Authors: Ross J. Anderson

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"If you're even thinking of doing any security engineering, you need to read this book. It's the first, and only, end-to-end modern security design and engineering book ever written."-Bruce Schneier "Many people are anxious about Internet security for PCs and servers," says leading expert Ross Anderson, "as if that's all there is when in reality security problems have just begun. By 2003, there may be more mobile phones on the Net than PCs, and they will be quickly followed by network-connected devices from refrigerators to burglar alarms to heart monitors. How will we manage the risks?" Dense with anecdotes and war stories, readable, up-to-date and full of pointers to recent research,…    
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Book details

List price: $80.00
Copyright year: 2001
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated
Publication date: 3/23/2001
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 640
Size: 7.75" wide x 9.50" long x 1.50" tall
Weight: 2.332
Language: English

Ross Anderson is Professor of Security Engineering at Cambridge University and a pioneer of security economics. Widely recognized as one of the world's foremost authorities on security, he has published many studies of how real security systems fail and made trailblazing contributions to numerous technologies from peer-to-peer systems and API analysis through hardware security.

Preface
About the Author
Foreword
Acknowledgments
Legal Notice
What Is Security Engineering?
Example 1: A Bank
Example 2: An Air Force Base
Example 3: A Hospital
Example 4: The Home
Definitions
Summary
Protocols
Password Eavesdropping Risks
Who Goes There? Simple Authentication
Manipulating the Message
Changing the Environment
Chosen Protocol Attacks
Managing Encryption Keys
Getting Formal
Summary
Research Problems
Further Reading
Passwords
Basics
Applied Psychology Issues
System Issues
Technical Protection of Passwords
Summary
Research Problems
Further Reading
Access Control
Introduction
Operating System Access Controls
Hardware Protection
What Goes Wrong
Summary
Research Problems
Further Reading
Cryptography
Introduction
Historical Background
The Random Oracle Model
Symmetric Crypto Primitives
Modes of Operation
Hash Functions
Asymmetric Crypto Primitives
Summary
Research Problems
Further Reading
Distributed Systems
Concurrency
Fault Tolerance and Failure Recovery
Naming
Summary
Research Problems
Further Reading
Multilevel Security
Introduction
What Is a Security Policy Model?
The Bell-LaPadula Security Policy Model
Examples of Multilevel Secure Systems
What Goes Wrong
Broader Implications of MLS
Summary
Research Problems
Further Reading
Multilateral Security
Introduction
Compartmentation, the Chinese Wall, and the BMA Model
Inference Control
The Residual Problem
Summary
Research Problems
Further Reading
Banking and Bookkeeping
Introduction
How Bank Computer Systems Work
Wholesale Payment Systems
Automatic Teller Machines
Summary
Research Problems
Further Reading
Monitoring Systems
Introduction
Alarms
Prepayment Meters
Taximeters, Tachographs, and Truck Speed Limiters
Summary
Research Problems
Further Reading
Nuclear Command and Control
Introduction
The Kennedy Memorandum
Unconditionally Secure Authentication Codes
Shared Control Schemes
Tamper Resistance and PALs
Treaty Verification
What Goes Wrong
Secrecy or Openness?
Summary
Research Problem
Further Reading
Security Printing and Seals
Introduction
History
Security Printing
Packaging and Seals
Systemic Vulnerabilities
Evaluation Methodology
Summary
Research Problems
Further Reading
Biometrics
Introduction
Handwritten Signatures
Face Recognition
Fingerprints
Iris Codes
Voice Recognition
Other Systems
What Goes Wrong
Summary
Research Problems
Further Reading
Physical Tamper Resistance
Introduction
History
High-End Physically Secure Processors
Evaluation
Medium-Security Processors
Smartcards and Microcontrollers
What Goes Wrong
What Should Be Protected?
Summary
Research Problems
Further Reading
Emission Security
Introduction
History
Technical Surveillance and Countermeasures
Passive Attacks
Active Attacks
How Serious Are Emsec Attacks?
Summary
Research Problems
Further Reading
Electronic and Information Warfare
Introduction
Basics
Communications Systems
Surveillance and Target Acquisition
IFF Systems
Directed Energy Weapons
Information Warfare
Summary
Research Problems
Further Reading
Telecom System Security
Introduction
Phone Phreaking
Mobile Phones
Corporate Fraud
Summary
Research Problems
Further Reading
Network Attack and Defense
Introduction
Vulnerabilities in Network Protocols
Defense against Network Attack
Trojans, Viruses, and Worms
Intrusion Detection
Summary
Research Problems
Further Reading
Protecting E-Commerce Systems
Introduction
A Telegraphic History of E-Commerce
An Introduction to Credit Cards
Online Credit Card Fraud: The Hype and the Reality
Cryptographic Protection Mechanisms
Network Economics
Competitive Applications and Corporate Warfare
What Else Goes Wrong
What Can a Merchant Do?
Summary
Research Problems
Further Reading
Copyright and Privacy Protection
Introduction
Copyright
Information Hiding
Privacy Mechanisms
Summary
Research Problems
Further Reading
E-Policy
Introduction
Cryptography Policy
Copyright
Data Protection
Evidential Issues
Other Public Sector Issues
Summary
Research Problems
Further Reading
Management Issues
Introduction
Managing a Security Project
Methodology
Security Requirements Engineering
Risk Management
Economic Issues
Summary
Research Problems
Further Reading
System Evaluation and Assurance
Introduction
Assurance
Evaluation
Ways Forward
Summary
Research Problems
Further Reading
Conclusions
Bibliography
Index
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