3rd American Edition

An updated study in the field of computer security. The book Computer Security – Principles and Practice provides a comprehensive overview of developments in the field of computer security and is aimed at both the academic community and professional engineers and security system administrators.

The content of the book is organized around the following axes: a) principles, b) design approaches, c) standards, and d) real-world examples, and it thoroughly covers the following topics:

• Technology and principles of computer security.
• Database and cloud security, malware, intrusion detection, firewalls.
• Software security and trusted systems.
• Software development and implementation, trusted computing, and multilayer security.
• Management issues.
• Management aspects of information and computer security.
• Cryptographic algorithms.
• Technical overview of cryptographic algorithms.
• Network security.
• Protocols and standards for communication security.

DR. WILLIAM STALLINGS has written 18 books on security, networking, and computer architecture. He has been awarded 11 times for the best Computer Science textbook. He has served as a technical director and executive in high-tech companies and is a member of the editorial board of the scientific journal Cryptologia, which deals with all aspects of cryptology.

DR. LAWRIE BROWN is a lecturer at the School of Information Technology and Electrical Engineering of the Australian Defence Academy and is an expert in cryptography, secure communication and computing systems, and the design of secure remote code execution environments.