The Dictionary of Information Security is a compilation of security terms and definitions that working security professionals and IT students will find helpful. IT professionals and IT students will find this a handy reference to help them identify terms used in practice, in journals and articles, and on websites. The dictionary has complete coverage of security terms and includes cutting-edge technologies and newer terminology only now becoming accepted use amongst security practitioners. Certification candidates for security specializations like CISSP and Security+ will also find this a valuable resource. * Your one stop shop coverage of malware, wireless technologies, and phishing *An easy to use tol featuring the ability to cross references makeing navigation easy * Includes special coverage of military and government terms for the latest hot topics

Something for Everyone If this book is to succeed and help readers, its cardinal virtue must be to provide a simple reference text. It should be an essential addition to an information security library. As such it should also serve the purpose of being a quick refresher for terms the reader has not seen since the days when one attended a computing science program, information security course or workshop. As a reference work, THE INFORMATION SECURITY DICTIONARY provides a relatively complete and easy-to-read explanation of common se- rity, malware, vulnerability and infrastructure protection terms, without causing much damage to the usually slim student pocketbook. This dictionary can help non-specialistreaders better understand the infor- tion security issues encountered in their work or studying for their certification examination or whilst doing a practical assignment as part of a workshop. This book is also essential to a reference collection for an organization’s system personnel. Special attention is paid to terms which most often prevent educated readers from understanding journal articles and books in cryptology, computing science, and information systems, in addition to applied fields that build on those disciplines, such as system design, security auditing, vulnera- lity testing, and role-based access management. The dictionary provides defi- tions that enable readers to get through a difficult article or passage. We do not, for the most part, directly explain how to conduct research or how to implement the terms briefly described.

This glossary provides a central resource of definitions most commonly used in Nat. Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) information security publications and in the Committee for National Security Systems (CNSS) information assurance publications. Each entry in the glossary points to one or more source NIST publications, and/or CNSSI-4009, and/or supplemental sources where appropriate. This is a print on demand edition of an important, hard-to-find publication.

Focuses mainly on communications and communication standards with emphasis also on risk analysis, ITSEC, EFT and EDI with numerous named viruses described. The dictionary contains extended essays on risk analysis, personal computing, key management, pin management and authentication.

The dictionary will contain terms currently used in the broad fields of electronics data protection and data management in today's interconnected world - the Global Village. The terminology will cover all aspects of the modern technology's best practices in multiple subfields, namely: physical (hardware and perimeter) security, wired and wireless telecommunication infrastructure security, internet (e-commerce and business-to-business) security, anti-virus and anti-spyware applications, virtual private networking, theory and practices of cryptography, corporate security policies'methodology, design, implementation and enforcement. 5000 terms in English, German, French and Russian * a valuable reference tool for both the general public and the industry experts * can be used as knowledge support in theoretical projects * could also serve as a handy desktop reference book in day-to-day operations in a multilingual environment

This Dictionary is an invaluable resource for people grappling with security terminology for the first time. Rather than a dry technical dictionary, the book is written in an accessible style that enables managers and novices to quickly grasp the meaning of information security terms. Example definitions: 'Bluesnarfing an attack on a Bluetooth enabled device that allows download of all contact details along with other information without leaving any trace of the attack.' 'Digital certificate (sometimes called a Server ID) is an encrypted file that attests to the authenticity of the owner of a public key, used in public key encryption; the certificate is created by a trusted third party known as a certificate authority (CA). The digital certificate is proven to be authentic because it decrypts correctly using the public key of the CA.' 'Pharming Criminal activity resulting in users being redirected from entered, correct website address t

This is an open access title available under the terms of a CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 License. It is free to read, download and share on Elgaronline.com. The Dictionary of Privacy, Data Protection and Information Security explains the complex technical terms, legal concepts, privacy management techniques, conceptual matters and vocabulary that inform public debate about privacy.