Security engineering – a guide to building dependable distributed systems, third edition Ebook

The third edition of Ross Anderson’s groundbreaking Security Engineering is the first update to this crucial book in more than ten years. With new examples pulled from the headlines of cyberattacks and systems breakdowns as well as update methodology and approach, this is the book for the 2020s security engineering. Covering the gamut of systems from small computer systems to large socio-economic systems like governments, the concepts of what make a system secure and reliable or insecure and vulnerable apply from the smallest to the largest constructs.In it the reader will learn: Technical engineering basics – cryptography, protocols, access controls Types of attacks – phishing, web exploits, card fraud, hardware hacks, and electronic warfare Specialized protection mechanisms – biometrics, smartcards, alarms, and DRM Security economics – why companies build insecure systems and why it’s tough to manage security projects Security psychology – the privacy dilemma, what makes security too hard for users, and why deception keeps increasing Policy – how governments waste money on security, why societies are vulnerable to terrorism, and what to do about it