A vulnerable system the history of information security in the computer age / Andrew J. Stewart.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Stewart, Andrew, 1975- author.

Contributor:

JSTOR (Online Service)

Edward Potts Cheyney Memorial Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Computer security--History.

Computer security.

Computer networks--Security measures--History.

Computer networks.

Computer networks--Security measures.

History.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (viii, 299 pages)

polychrome

Place of Publication:

Ithaca [New York] : Cornell University Press, 2021.

[Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], [2021]

System Details:

text file

Contents:

Introduction : Three Stigmata

A "New Dimension" for the Security of Information

The Promise, Success, and Failure of the Early Researchers

The Creation of the Internet and the Web, and a Dark Portent

The Dot-Com Boom and the Genesis of a Lucrative Feedback Loop

Software Security and the "Hamster Wheel of Pain"

Usable Security, Economics, and Psychology

Vulnerability Disclosure, Bounties, and Markets

Data Breaches, Nation-State Hacking, and Epistemic Closure

The Wicked Nature of Information Security

Epilogue : The Past, Present, and a Possible Future

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Electronic reproduction. New York Available via World Wide Web.

Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on August 23, 2021).

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Edward Potts Cheyney Memorial Fund.

Other Format:

Print version: Stewart, Andrew, 1975- Vulnerable system

ISBN:

9781501759055

1501759051

1501759043

9781501759048

Publisher Number:

99988144556

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.