Cybersecurity and applied mathematics / Leigh Metcalf, William Casey.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Metcalf, Leigh, author.

Casey, William, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Cyber intelligence (Computer security).

Computer networks--Security measures--Mathematical models.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (233 pages) : illustrations

Edition:

1st edition

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, Massachusetts : Syngress, 2016.

System Details:

text file

Summary:

Cybersecurity and Applied Mathematics explores the mathematical concepts necessary for effective cybersecurity research and practice, taking an applied approach for practitioners and students entering the field. This book covers methods of statistical exploratory data analysis and visualization as a type of model for driving decisions, also discussing key topics, such as graph theory, topological complexes, and persistent homology. Defending the Internet is a complex effort, but applying the right techniques from mathematics can make this task more manageable. This book is essential reading for creating useful and replicable methods for analyzing data. Describes mathematical tools for solving cybersecurity problems, enabling analysts to pick the most optimal tool for the task at hand Contains numerous cybersecurity examples and exercises using real world data Written by mathematicians and statisticians with hands-on practitioner experience

Contents:

Metrics, similarity, and sets

Probability models

Introduction to data analysis

Graph theory

Game theory

Visualizing cybersecurity data

String analysis for cyber strings

Persistent homology.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed June 27, 2016).

ISBN:

9780128044995

0128044993

OCLC:

1200511463