In this authoritative book, widely respected practitioner and teacher Matt Bishop presents a clear and useful introduction to the art and science of information security. Bishop's insights and realistic examples will help any practitioner or student understand the crucial links between security theory and the day-to-day security challenges of IT environments.

Bishop explains the fundamentals of security: the different types of widely used policies, the mechanisms that implement these policies, the principles underlying both policies and mechanisms, and how attackers can subvert these tools--as well as how to defend against attackers. A practicum demonstrates how to apply these ideas and mechanisms to a realistic company.

Coverage includes

• Confidentiality, integrity, and availability

• Operational issues, cost-benefit and risk analyses, legal and human factors

• Planning and implementing effective access control

• Defining security, confidentiality, and integrity policies

• Using cryptography and public-key systems, and recognizing their limits

• Understanding and using authentication: from passwords to biometrics

• Security design principles: least-privilege, fail-safe defaults, open design, economy of mechanism, and more

• Controlling information flow through systems and networks

• Assuring security throughout the system lifecycle

• Malicious logic: Trojan horses, viruses, boot sector and executable infectors, rabbits, bacteria, logic bombs--and defenses against them

• Vulnerability analysis, penetration studies, auditing, and intrusion detection and prevention

• Applying security principles to networks, systems, users, and programs

Introduction to Computer Security is adapted from Bishop's comprehensive and widely praised book, Computer Security: Art and Science. This shorter version of the original work omits much mathematical formalism, making it more accessible for professionals and students who have a less formal mathematical background, or for readers with a more practical than theoretical interest.

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Average Amazon.com® Rating:  Based on 14 Ratings

A decent book - 2010-02-08
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I bought the book because this is a text book for one of my courses (Computer Security). Although the book Computer Security: Art and Science is a much thorough one, but this one is better, if u are starting to learn about Computer Security.

Note :- This book is not for those(non computer scientists) who wants to implement Security at their home.

Intro a seguridad - 2008-09-03
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Chapters in the book explain concepts difficult to understand. Need to look for more references in order to understand well.

Great introductory to computer security - 2008-03-25
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Even though that the book lacks illustration diagrams, I learned a lot from it. I am a computer engineering student in KFUPM and this book is used as a text book for a Computer Security course - COE 449. It is a good choice for beginners in computer security.

Slow Order Process - 2007-10-27
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I could not imagine that the process of processing my order is is slow. It took more than a week just only to process my order. I would consider of buying book again on this site!

One of the best books I read - 2007-02-24
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This is one of the best books I ever read.

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