Emerging trends in ICT security / edited by Babak Akhgar, Hamid R. Arabnia.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Akhgar, Babak, editor of compilation.

Arabnia, Hamid, editor of compilation.

Series:

Emerging trends in computer science & applied computing

Gale eBooks

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Information technology--Security measures.

Information technology.

Computer crimes--Prevention.

Computer crimes.

Cyberterrorism--Prevention.

Cyberterrorism.

Electronic surveillance.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xxix, 631 pages) : illustrations (some color).

Edition:

1st edition

Other Title:

Emerging trends in information and communication technologies security

Place of Publication:

Waltham, MA : Morgan Kaufmann, 2014.

Language Note:

English

System Details:

text file

Summary:

Emerging Trends in ICT Security, an edited volume, discusses the foundations and theoretical aspects of ICT security; covers trends, analytics, assessments and frameworks necessary for performance analysis and evaluation; and gives you the state-of-the-art knowledge needed for successful deployment of security solutions in many environments. Application scenarios provide you with an insider's look at security solutions deployed in real-life scenarios, including but limited to smart devices, biometrics, social media, big data security, and crowd sourcing. Provides a

Contents:

Front Cover; Emerging Trends in ICT Security; Copyright Page; Contents; Acknowledgments; Review Board; About the Editors; List of Contributors; Preface; 1 Information and Systems Security; 1 Theory/Reviews of the Field; 1 System Security Engineering for Information Systems; Introduction; System security engineering history; The system security engineering process; The revitalization of system security engineering; Established system security engineering methods, processes, and tools; Acquisition program protection planning; Information assurance; Systems engineering critical reviews

Modern and emerging system security engineering methods, processes, and tools Discovery and understanding of complex systems for security; Mission assurance; Formalized security requirements; Early design considerations; Plan for failure; Security and system patterns; Leveraging system architectures for security; Agile and self-organizing system security; Security metrics and evaluation; Identified SSE research areas; Conclusion; Recommendations; Disclaimer; Acknowledgments; References; Further reading; 2 Metrics and Indicators as Key Organizational Assets for ICT Security Assessment

Introduction GOCAME strategy overview; GOCAME conceptual framework; GOCAME process and the W5H rule; Security evaluation for a web system: A proof of concept; Target entity and information need; Security characteristic specification; Metric and indicator specifications; Implementing the M&E; Risk and security vulnerability issues; Metrics and indicators for repeatable and consistent analysis: a discussion; Related work; Conclusion and future work; References; 3 A Fresh Look at Semantic Natural Language Information Assurance and Security: NL IAS from Watermarking and Downgrading to...

Introduction Early breakthrough in NL IAS; The conceptual foundation of NL IAS; NL IA applications; NL watermarking; NL tamperproofing; NL sanitizing/downgrading; NL steganography and steganalysis; A sketch of ontological semantic technology; Mature semantic NL IAS; Semantic forensics; Unintended inferences and the meaning of the unsaid; Situational conceptual defaults; The term, its origins, and the canonical case; Default reversal; Are defaults really common sense knowledge?; Underdetermination of reality by language; Scripts; Anonymization; Summary; Acknowledgments; References; 2 Methods

4 An Approach to Facilitate Security Assurance for Information Sharing and Exchange in Big-Data Applications Introduction; UML extensions for XML security; Extensions for policy modeling and integration; Integrating local security policies into a global security policy; Assumptions and equivalence finding; Integration process for local SPSS; Resolving conflicts of integrated security rule sets; Creating the global SPSS; Related work; Conclusion; References; 5 Gamification of Information Security Awareness Training; Introduction; Literature review; General concepts; Serious games

Games adoption in multiple domains

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9780124104877

0124104878

OCLC:

863040889