9781466501331
Detailing guidelines for quantifying and measuring vulnerabilities, the book also explains how to avoid these vulnerabilities through secure coding. It covers organizational-
Examines the risks inherent in information system components, namely hardware, software, and people
Explains why asset identification should be the cornerstone of any information security strategy
Identifies the traits a CIO must have to address cybersecurity challenges
Describes how to ensure business continuity in the event of adverse incidents, including acts of nature
Considers intrusion detection and prevention systems (IDPS), focusing on configurations, capabilities, selection, management, and deployment
Explaining how to secure a computer against malware and cyber attacks, the text’s wide-ranging coverage includes security analyzers, firewalls, antivirus software, file shredding, file encryption, and anti-loggers. It reviews international and U.S. federal laws and legal initiatives aimed at providing a legal infrastructure for what transpires over the Internet. The book concludes by examining the role of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security in our country’s cyber preparedness.
Exercises with solutions, updated references, electronic presentations, evaluation criteria for projects, guidelines to project preparations, and teaching suggestions are available upon qualified course adoption.
Praise
…a timely read, and even more so, a trusted resource … covers a great deal of ground very well and its tutorial and comprehensive checklist style pulls even the risk discussions together in an understandable and educational manner that reinforces awareness to the critical attributes found within this manmade domain. … each individual chapter deals with an important and realistic aspect of cybersecurity together with the vulnerabilities and risks. Together, the chapters provide a first-rate overview of this exceedingly complex topic, a perspective that has equally horizontal as well as vertical implications, and will keep the reader cognizant of the interrelationships among the disparate disciplines making up cyberspace.
—Riley Repko, CEO, Trusted Cyber Solutions LLC & Senior Research Fellow, Virginia Tech University
About the Author
Dr. George K. Kostopoulos is a faculty member at the University of Maryland University College, where he serves and teaches as a faculty mentor in the master’s degree programs in cybersecurity and information assurance. Dr. Kostopoulos has an extensive international academic career, having taught in seventeen universities around the world, including Boston University, Texas A&M International University, Florida Atlantic University, the University of Heidelberg (Germany), and the American University of Sharjah (UAE). He is the author of numerous scholarly papers and two other books, Digital Engineering and Greece and the European Economic Community. Dr. Kostopoulos received his master’s and PhD degrees in electrical and computer engineering from the Arizona State University, and a master’s in economics from California State Polytechnic University. He is the founder and editor-in-chief of the Journal of Cybersecurity and Information Assurance and a reviewer of numerous scientific conferences.
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ISBN 9781466501331, July 2012, 236 pp
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