Introduction to Computer Security

This book will help to individual or practitioner to understand the crucial links between security theory and the day-to-day security challenges of IT environments. The author explain the fundamental of security and its principles such as Assuring security throughout the system lifecycle, applying security principles to networks, systems, users, and programs and many more.

Introduction to Computer Security is more accessible for professionals and students who have a less formal mathematical background or for readers with a more practical than theoretical interest. The theory of Computer security is based on mathematical constructions, analyses, and proofs. Its systems are built in accordance with the accepted practices of engineering. This book contains three goals to cope with the maximum satisfaction to practitioner. The first is to show the importance of theory to practice and of practice to theory, the second goal is to emphasize that computer security and cryptography are different. Although cryptography is an essential component of computer security, the last but not the least goal, is to demonstrate that computer security is not just a science but also an art. It is an art because no system can be considered secure without an examination of how it is to be used.

Author:
Matt Bishop

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