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Title:
Beyond fear : thinking sensibly about security in an uncertain world
Author:
Schneier, Bruce, 1963-
ISBN:
9780387026206

9780387217123
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Publication Information:
New York : Copernicus Books, 2003.
Physical Description:
295 pages ; 24 cm
Contents:
pt. 1. Sensible security -- 1. All security involves trade-offs -- 2. Security trade-offs are subjective -- 3. Security trade-offs depend on power and agenda -- pt. 2. How security works -- 4. Systems and how they fail -- 5. Knowing the attackers -- 6. Attackers never change their tunes, just their instruments -- 7. Technology creates security imbalances -- 8. Security is a weakest-link problem -- 9. Brittleness makes for bad security -- 10. Security revolves around people -- 11. Detection works where prevention fails -- 12. Detection is useless without response -- 13. Identification, authentication, and authorization -- 14. All countermeasures have some value, but no countermeasure is perfect -- 15. Fighting terrorism -- pt. 3. The game of security -- 16. Negotiating for security -- 17. Security demystified.
Abstract:
Do we really need national ID cards? Is it a good idea for pilots to carry pistols? Schneier makes the complex topic of security easy to comprehend. Using Schneier's 5-point method for analyzing any kind of security solution, he shows the reader how to become a well-informed security consumer.
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