Secrets and lies : digital security in a networked world

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Secrets and lies : digital security in a networked world

Bruce Schneier

Wiley, c2004

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Secrets & lies

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Originally published: 2000

Includes index

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Bestselling author Bruce Schneier offers his expert guidance on achieving security on a network Internationally recognized computer security expert Bruce Schneier offers a practical, straightforward guide to achieving security throughout computer networks. Schneier uses his extensive field experience with his own clients to dispel the myths that often mislead IT managers as they try to build secure systems. This practical guide provides readers with a better understanding of why protecting information is harder in the digital world, what they need to know to protect digital information, how to assess business and corporate security needs, and much more. * Walks the reader through the real choices they have now for digital security and how to pick and choose the right one to meet their business needs * Explains what cryptography can and can't do in achieving digital security

Table of Contents

Preface xi 1. Introduction 1 Part 1: The Landscape 11 2. Digital Threats 14 3. Attacks 23 4. Adversaries 42 5. Security Needs 59 Part 2: Technologies 83 6. Cryptography 85 7. Cryptography in Context 102 8. Computer Security 120 9. Identification and Authentication 135 10. Networked-computer Security 151 11. Network Security 176 12. Network Defenses 188 13. Software Reliability 202 14. Secure Hardware 212 15. Certificates and Credentials 225 16. Security Tricks 240 17. The Human Factor 255 Part 3: Strategies 271 18. Vulnerabilities and the Vulnerability Landscape 274 19. Threat Modeling and Risk Assessment 288 20. Security Policies and Countermeasures 307 21. Attack Trees 318 22. Product Testing and Verification 334 23. The Future of Products 353 24. Security Processes 367 25. Conclusion 389 Afterword 396 Resources 399 Acknowledgments 401 Index 403

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