Security Engineering by Ross Anderson

Security Engineering by Ross Anderson

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"Security engineering is different from any other kind of programming... if you're even thinking of doing any security engineering, you need to read this book. " -- Bruce Schneier "This is the best book on computer security. Buy it, but more importantly, read it and apply it in your work.

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Security Engineering by Ross Anderson

The world has changed radically since the first edition of this book was published in 2001. Spammers, virus writers, phishermen, money launderers, and spies now trade busily with each other in a lively online criminal economy and as they specialize, they get better. In this indispensable, fully updated guide, Ross Anderson reveals how to build systems that stay dependable whether faced with error or malice. Here's straight talk on critical topics such as technical engineering basics, types of attack, specialized protection mechanisms, security psychology, policy, and more.
"At over a thousand pages, this is a comprehensive volume" Engineering & Technology Saturday 7 June 2008
Ross Anderson is Professor of Security Engineering at Cambridge University and a pioneer of security economics. Widely recognized as one of the world's foremost authorities on security, he has published many studies of how real security systems fail and made trailblazing contributions to numerous technologies from peer-to-peer systems and API analysis through hardware security.
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ISBN 13 9780470068526
ISBN 10 0470068523
Title Security Engineering
Author Ross Anderson
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Hardback
Publisher John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Year published 2008-04-11
Number of pages 1088
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