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Charles P. Pfleeger is a Master Security Architect for Cable & Wireless, the world's premier web hosting and Internet solutions provider. He regularly advises clients on secure design and implementation of network applications and architectures.
Shari Lawrence Pfleeger, senior researcher for RAND, is author of eight books on software engineering, measurement, and quality, including Software Engineering: Theory and Practice, Second Edition (Prentice Hall). She was named by The Journal of Systems and Software as one of the world's top software engineering researchers.
Security in Computing, Third Edition is a sweeping revision of the field's classic guide to computer security. Thoroughly updated to reflect the latest Internet-based threats, it shows how to control failures of confidentiality, integrity, and availability in applications, databases, operating systems, and networks alike. It offers exceptionally clear and accessible coverage of cryptography and other technical issues; security administration; law, privacy, and ethics. New coverage includes wireless security, intrusion detection, quantum cryptography, biometrics, DRM, AES, honeypots, online privacy, and much more. Go to the Companion Website.
Large software systems will never be perfect, but decision makers need better ways to evaluate and enhance software quality—especially where software is mission critical or used in life-or-death environments. Solid Software presents realistic techniques for analyzing and improving the quality and robustness of any software system or software-intensive product. Read more.
This sweeping revision of the classic computer security book provides an overview of all types of computer security from centralized systems to distributed networks. The Second Edition has been updated to make the most current information in the field available and accessible to today's professionals. Go to the Companion Website.