Elements of Computer Security (Undergraduate Topics in Computer Science)

September 6th, 2010

David Salomon, “Elements of Computer Security (Undergraduate Topics in Computer Science)”
Publisher: Springer | 2010 | ISBN 0857290053 | PDF | 375 pages | 5.4 MB

As our society grows ever more reliant on computers, so it also becomes more vulnerable to computer crime. Cyber attacks have been plaguing computer users since the 1980s, and computer security experts are predicting that smart telephones and other mobile devices will also become the targets of cyber security threats in the future.
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Cisco Access Control Security: AAA Administration Services

September 6th, 2010

Secure your network for remote access with the only guide to the Cisco Secure Access Control Server * Improve security for network users connecting from home or remote offices * Build safer, more secure and accessible telecommuter networks * Master AAA (authentication, authorization, and account) management for users connecting from unsecured sites into the secure corporate network * Review deployment and management strategies for the Cisco Secure ACS product line

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Access Hacks: Tips & Tools for Wrangling Your Data By Ken Bluttman

September 6th, 2010

Access Hacks: Tips & Tools for Wrangling Your Data By Ken Bluttman
Publisher: O’Reilly Media 2005 | 352 Pages | ISBN: 0596009240 | CHM | 19 MB

As part of the Microsoft Office suite, Access has become the industry’s leading desktop database management program for organizing, accessing, and sharing information. But taking advantage of this product to build increasingly complex Access applications requires something more than your typical how-to book. What it calls for is Access Hacks from O’Reilly.

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Security Engineering: A Guide to Building Dependable Distributed Systems

September 6th, 2010

Ross J. Anderson, «Security Engineering: A Guide to Building Dependable Distributed Systems»
Wiley | ISBN: 0470068523 | 2001 | PDF | 600 pages | 16.3 MB

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Gigantically comprehensive and carefully researched, Security Engineering makes it clear just how difficult it is to protect information systems from corruption, eavesdropping, unauthorized use, and general malice. Better, Ross Anderson offers a lot of thoughts on how information can be made more secure (though probably not absolutely secure, at least not forever) with the help of both technologies and management strategies.

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Computer Forensics: Computer Crime Scene Investigation

September 2nd, 2010

“Computer Forensics: Computer Crime Scene Investigation” by John R. Vacca
Networking Series
Charles River Media | 2005 | ISBN: 1584506379 | 865 pages | PDF | 3 MB

This completely updated book provides a complete overview of computer forensics from information security issues to “crime scene investigation,” seizure of data, determining the “fingerprints” of the crime, and tracking down the criminals.

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XSS Attacks: Cross Site Scripting Exploits and Defense

September 1st, 2010

XSS Attacks: Cross Site Scripting Exploits and Defense By Seth Fogie, Jeremiah Grossman
Publisher: Syngress 2007 | 480 Pages | ISBN: 1597491543 | PDF | 5 MB

Cross Site Scripting Attacks starts by defining the terms and laying out the ground work. It assumes that the reader is familiar with basic web programming (HTML) and JavaScript. First it discusses the concepts, methodology, and technology that makes XSS a valid concern.

It then moves into the various types of XSS attacks, how they are implemented, used, and abused. Continue reading XSS Attacks: Cross Site Scripting Exploits and Defense