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The second International Conference on Applied Cryptography and Network Security (ACNS 2004) was sponsored and organized by ICISA (the International Communications and Information Security Association). It was held in Yellow Mountain, China, June 8-11, 2004. The conference proceedings, representing papers from the academic track, are published in this volume of the Lecture Notes in Computer Science (LNCS) of Springer-Verlag. The area of research that ACNS covers has been gaining importance in re...

Sincerely welcome to proceedings of the 1st International Conference on Trust and Privacy in Digital Business, Zaragoza, Spain, held from August 30th to September 1st, 2004. This conference was an outgrowth of the two successful TrustBus inter- tional workshops, held in 2002 and 2003 in conjunction with the DEXA conferences in Aix-en-Provence and in Prague. Being the first of a planned series of successful conferences it was our goal that this event would initiate a forum to bring together resea...

For more than the last three decades, the security of software systems has been an important area of computer science, yet it is a rather recent general recognition that technologies for software security are highly needed. This book assesses the state of the art in software and systems security by presenting a carefully arranged selection of revised invited and reviewed papers. It covers basic aspects and recently developed topics such as security of pervasive computing, peer-to-peer systems an...

In the setting of multi-party computation, sets of two or more parties with private inputs wish to jointly compute some (predetermined) function of their inputs. General results concerning secure two-party or multi-party computation were first announced in the 1980s. Put briefly, these results assert that under certain assumptions one can construct protocols for securely computing any desired multi-party functionality. However, this research relates only to a setting where a single protocol exec...

This work introduces the reader to the world of digital forensics in a practical and accessible manner. The text was written to fulfill a need for a book that introduces forensic methodology and sound forensic thinking, combined with hands-on examples for common tasks in a computer forensic examination. The author has several years of experience as a computer forensics examiner and is now working as a university-level lecturer. Guide to Digital Forensics: A Concise and Practical Introduction is...

Gain the skills and knowledge needed to create effective data security systems This book updates readers with all the tools, techniques, and concepts needed to understand and implement data security systems. It presents a wide range of topics for a thorough understanding of the factors that affect the efficiency of secrecy, authentication, and digital signature schema. Most importantly, readers gain hands-on experience in cryptanalysis and learn how to create effective cryptographic systems. Th...

Windows security concepts and technologies for IT beginners IT security can be a complex topic, especially for those new to the field of IT. This full-color book, with a focus on the Microsoft Technology Associate (MTA) program, offers a clear and easy-to-understand approach to Windows security risks and attacks for newcomers to the world of IT. By paring down to just the essentials, beginners gain a solid foundation of security concepts upon which more advanced topics and technologies can be b...

For introductory courses in Software Engineering.  This introduction to software engineering and practice addresses both procedural and object-oriented development. The book applies concepts consistently to two common examples — a typical information system and a real-time system. It combines theory with real, practical applications by providing an abundance of case studies and examples from the current literature. This revision has been thoroughly updated to reflect significant changes in soft...

'Phishing' is the hot new identity theft scam. An unsuspecting victim receives an e-mail that seems to come from a bank or other financial institution, and it contains a link to a Web site where s/he is asked to provide account details. The site looks legitimate, and 3 to 5 per cent of people who receive the e-mail go on to surrender their information - to crooks. One e-mail monitoring organization reported 2.3 billion phishing messages in February 2004 alone. If that weren't enough, the crooks...

Management of Information Security is designed for senior and graduate-level business and information systems students who want to learn the management aspects of information security. This text takes a "view from the top" and presents exactly what future managers need to know about information security. The material covered in this text is often part of a capstone course in an information security.

Computer viruses and security leaks make the news almost every month, with local area networks being particularly vulnerable. In less than one second, a tiny virus can erase megabytes of data and wipe out weeks of work performed by dozens of people. Now Stephen Cobb has compiled a complete guide to PC and LAN security, covering everything computer users need to guard their systems from today's most common threats. Cobb explains how to protect hardware through multiple means, including alarm and...

This book discusses the fundamentals of wireless sensor networks,and the prevailing method and trends of smart sensor applications. It presents analytical modelling to foster the understanding of network challenges in developing protocols for next-generation communication standards. • Presents an overview of the low-power sensor, network standards, design challenges and sensor network simulation • Focusses on clustering, methods available for wireless sensor networks to tackle energy hole prob...

This title helps readers learn the functionality, benefits and implementation steps of Windows NT security. This survey of security options is written for the developer who must create effective NT security functions, and the administrator who needs to explain the use and advantages of security procedures. The book includes: descriptions of the fundamentals of NT security operations; explanations of the crucial administrative advantages of robust security; methods for automating administration;...

As a beginning graduate student, I recall being frustrated by a general lack of acces sible sources from which I could learn about (theoretical) cryptography. I remember wondering: why aren’t there more books presenting the basics of cryptography at an introductory level? Jumping ahead almost a decade later, as a faculty member my graduate students now ask me: what is the best resource for learning about (various topics in) cryptography? This monograph is intended to serve as an answer to these...

Handbook of Database Security: Applications and Trends provides an up-to-date overview of data security models, techniques, and architectures in a variety of data management applications and settings. In addition to providing an overview of data security in different application settings, this book includes an outline for future research directions within the field. The book is designed for industry practitioners and researchers, and is also suitable for advanced-level students in computer scien...

The International Handbook of Computer Security is designed to help information systems/computer professionals as well as business executives protect computer systems and data from a myriad of internal and external threats. The book addresses a wide range of computer security issues. It is intended to provide practical and thorough guidance in what often seems a quagmire of computers, technology, networks, and software. Major topics discussed are: security policies; physical security procedur...

This text shows readers how to build and secure a virtual private network, fully explaining the technology, and delivering step-by-step guidance from initial setup to securing the exchange of information over open networks. It features complete coverage of Point-Point Protocol (PPP) and tunnelling.

Symmetric cryptology is one of the two main branches of cryptology. Its applications are essential and vital in the Information Age, due to the efficiency of its constructions. The scope of this book in two volumes is two-fold. First, it presents the most important ideas that have been used in the design of symmetric primitives, their inner components and their most relevant constructions. Second, it describes and provides insights on the most popular cryptanalysis and proof techniques for ana...

For the last years there are tendencies of growing numbers of cyber attacks and the scale of casualties has been growing as well. Cyber attacks against critically important segments of informational infrastructure including the systems of control of transport and dangerous industry are becoming more real. Since the attacks are made with the use of global informational infrastructure they could be organized from every part of the planet, which means that we can only resist them with the help of i...