Cyber security and IT infrastructure protection / edited by John R. Vacca.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Vacca, John R., editor.

Series:

Gale eBooks

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Computer security.

Cyberterrorism--Prevention.

Cyberterrorism.

Computer networks--Security measures.

Computer networks.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xxiv, 356 pages) : illustrations (some color)

Edition:

First edition.

Other Title:

Cyber security and information technology infrastructure protection

Place of Publication:

Waltham, MA : Syngress, 2014.

Language Note:

English

System Details:

text file

Summary:

This book serves as a security practitioner's guide to today's most crucial issues in cyber security and IT infrastructure. It offers in-depth coverage of theory, technology, and practice as they relate to established technologies as well as recent advancements. It explores practical solutions to a wide range of cyber-physical and IT infrastructure protection issues. Composed of 11 chapters contributed by leading experts in their fields, this highly useful book covers disaster recovery, biometrics, homeland security, cyber warfare, cyber security, national infrastructure security, ac

Contents:

Front Cover; Cyber Security and IT Infrastructure Protection; Copyright Page; Contents; Acknowledgements; About the Editor; Contributors; Introduction; Organization of this Book; 1. Fault Tolerance and Resilience in Cloud Computing Environments; 1. Introduction; 2. Cloud Computing Fault Model; Cloud Computing Architecture; Failure Behavior of Servers; Failure Behavior of the Network; 3. Basic Concepts on Fault Tolerance; 4. Different Levels of Fault Tolerance in Cloud Computing; 5. Fault Tolerance against Crash Failures in Cloud Computing

6. Fault Tolerance against Byzantine Failures in Cloud Computing7. Fault Tolerance as a Service in Cloud Computing; 8. Summary; Chapter Review Questions/Exercises; True/False; Multiple Choice; Exercise; Problem; Hands-On Projects; Project; Case Projects; Problem; Optional Team Case Project; Problem; Acknowledgments; References; 2. Data Encryption; 1. Need for Cryptography; Authentication; Confidentiality; Integrity; Nonrepudiation; 2. Mathematical Prelude to Cryptography; Mapping or Function; Probability; Complexity; 3. Classical Cryptography; The Euclidean Algorithm

The Extended Euclidean AlgorithmModular Arithmetic; Congruence; Residue Class; Inverses; Fundamental Theorem of Arithmetic; Congruence Relation Defined; Substitution Cipher; Transposition Cipher; 4. Modern Symmetric Ciphers; S-Box; P-Boxes; Product Ciphers; 5. Algebraic Structure; Definition Group; Definitions of Finite and Infinite Groups (Order of a Group); Definition Abelian Group; Examples of a Group; Definition: Subgroup; Definition: Cyclic Group; Rings; Examples; Definition: Field; Examples; Finite Fields GF(2n); Modular Polynomial Arithmetic Over GF(2)

Using a Generator to Represent the Elements of GF(2n)GF(23) is a Finite Field; 6. The Internal Functions of Rijndael in AES Implementation; Mathematical Preliminaries; State; The S-Box (SubByte); ShiftRows; Mixing; Subkey Addition; Putting it Together; Round; 7. Use of Modern Block Ciphers; The Electronic Code Book (ECB); Cipher-Block Chaining (CBC); 8. Public-Key Cryptography; Review: Number Theory; Coprimes; Cardinality of Primes; Factoring; Fermat's Little Theorem; Discrete Logarithm; Primitive Roots; 9. Cryptanalysis of RSA; Factorization Attack; Discrete Logarithm Problem

10. Diffie-Hellman AlgorithmDiffie-Hellman Problem; 11. Elliptic Curve Cryptosystems; An Example; Addition Formula; Example of Elliptic Curve Addition; EC Security; 12. Message Integrity and Authentication; Cryptographic Hash Functions; Preimage Resistance; Second Preimage Resistance (Weak Collision Resistance); Strong Collision Resistance; Message Authentication; Digital Signature; Message Integrity Uses a Hash Function in Signing the Message; RSA Digital Signature Scheme; RSA Digital Signature and the Message Digest; 13. Triple Data Encryption Algorithm (TDEA) Block Cipher; Applications

14. Summary

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed September 16, 2013).

ISBN:

9780124200470

0124200478

OCLC:

879495415