Springer Dictionary of Internet Security
- Book Review,
by Vir V. Phoha
Book Description
The explosive growth of the Internet, inherent flaws in its basic structure, and the need to transfer sensitive information for Internet applications like electronic mail, Internet banking and Internet commerce have resulted in serious security concerns. This dictionary provides authoritative definitions and descriptions of terms related to Internet security. The Internet Security Dictionary details over 1,800 terms and covers eight main areas: * Authentication, including biometrics, encryption/public key infrastructure, digital signatures, time-stamping, and certificate management * Encryption * Network-level security, including IP, IPSec, SHTTP, and SSL * Firewalls and remote management * Internet security policies, risk analysis, integration across platforms, management and auditing * Mobile code security, Java/Active X/scripts, and mobile agent code * Virus protection and intrusion detection * Security in Internet commerce. Security experts from around the world have been consulted in both the content and organization of the dictionary to ensure authoritative, comprehensive coverage. An accompanying CD-ROM contains the entire content of the dictionary as well as additional web resources.
Book Info
Dictionary provides authoritative definitions and descriptions of terms related to Internet security. Details over 1,400 terms and covers 8 main areas. Softcover. CD-ROM included.
About the Author
ADVISORY EDITORIAL BOARD Dr. Elisa Bertino, Member of the editorial boards of several scientific journals, including ACM Transactions on Information and System Security, IEEE Internet Computing, and International Journal of Information Security. Dr. Dorothy E. Denning, Member of the President's Expert Council Subcommittee on Encryption Policy. Author of Information Warfare and Security and Cryptography and Data Security. Dr. Csilla Farkas, Professor of the Department of Computer Science and Engineering at University of South Carolina. Her research includes database security, access control models and security of web-based applications. Dr. Robert Filman, Associate Editor-in-Chief of IEEE Internet Computing and on the Editorial Board of the International Journal of Artificial Intelligence Tools. Dr. Dieter Gollmann, Co-Editor-in-Chief of the International Journal of Information Security. He has been serving on the program committees of the major European conferences on computer security (ESORICS) and cryptography (EUROCRYPT), and of other international conferences in these areas. Dr. Li Gong, Sun's Chief Java Security Architect. Author of Inside Java 2 Platform Security. Dr. S.S. Iyengar, Series Editor of Neuro Computing of Complex Systems and Area Editor for the Journal of Computer Science and Information. Over 250 research publications. Dr. Stephen Kent has chaired the Privacy and Security Research Group of the Internet Research Task Force since its inception in 1985. He is also the co-chair of the Public Key Infrastructure working group. Dr. John McLean, Director of the Center for High Assurance Computer Systems and Senior Scientist for Information Assurance at the Naval Research Laboratory. Dr. Alfred Menezes is on the editorial board of Designs, Codes, and Cryptography and an accreditation board member of Computer & Communications Security Reviews. Dr. Flemming Nielson, Site leader for the project Secure and Safe Systems based on Static Analysis funded by the European Union. Author of several books and numerous journal and conference articles. Dr. Eiji Okamoto, Editor-in-Chief of International Journal of Information Security, General Co-Chair of ISC2001 and many other conferences and symposia in information security. Dr. Shashi Phoha, Chair of the Technical Advisory Board. Director of Information Science and Technology Division at the Applied Research Laboratory and Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Pennsylvania State University. Dr. Asok Ray, Editor of IEEE Transactions on Aerospace and Electronic Systems and Associate Editor of IEEE Transactions on Control Systems Technology. Jeffery Schiller is a co-author of Kerberos cryptographic authentication system, which is a widely used in secure operating environments. Dr. John Yesberg, Senior Research Scientist at Australia's Defense Science and Technology Organization, specializing in high assurance information security systems.
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