Security in Computing Systems : Challenges, Approaches and Solutions

Joachim Biskup

ISBN 10: 3540784411 / ISBN 13: 9783540784418

Edité par Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2008

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Druck auf Anfrage Neuware - Printed after ordering - This monograph on Security in Computing Systems: Challenges, Approaches and Solutions aims at introducing, surveying and assessing the fundamentals of se- rity with respect to computing. Here, 'computing' refers to all activities which individuals or groups directly or indirectly perform by means of computing s- tems, i. e. , by means of computers and networks of them built on telecommuni- tion. We all are such individuals, whether enthusiastic or just bowed to the inevitable. So, as part of the ''information society'', we are challenged to maintain our values, to pursue our goals and to enforce our interests, by consciously desi- ing a ''global information infrastructure'' on a large scale as well as by approp- ately configuring our personal computers on a small scale. As a result, we hope to achieve secure computing: Roughly speaking, computer-assisted activities of in- viduals and computer-mediated cooperation between individuals should happen as required by each party involved, and nothing else which might be harmful to any party should occur. The notion of security circumscribes many aspects, ranging from human qua- ties to technical enforcement. First of all, in considering the explicit security requirements of users, administrators and other persons concerned, we hope that usually all persons will follow the stated rules, but we also have to face the pos- bility that some persons might deviate from the wanted behavior, whether ac- dently or maliciously.

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Détails bibliographiques

• Titre: Security in Computing Systems : Challenges, Approaches and Solutions
• Éditeur: Springer Berlin Heidelberg
• Date de parution: 2008
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN à 10 chiffres: 3540784411
• ISBN à 13 chiffres: 9783540784418
• Reliure: Buch
• État de l'article: Neu
• Dimensions: 241 L x 160 H x 44 P (en millimètres) 241 millimètres de largeur par 160 millimètres de hauteur par 44 millimètres de profondeur
• Poids: 1238 grammes

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This monograph on Security in Computing Systems: Challenges, Approaches and Solutions aims at introducing, surveying and assessing the fundamentals of se- rity with respect to computing. Here, "computing" refers to all activities which individuals or groups directly or indirectly perform by means of computing s- tems, i. e., by means of computers and networks of them built on telecommuni- tion. We all are such individuals, whether enthusiastic or just bowed to the inevitable. So, as part of the ''information society'', we are challenged to maintain our values, to pursue our goals and to enforce our interests, by consciously desi- ing a ''global information infrastructure'' on a large scale as well as by approp- ately configuring our personal computers on a small scale. As a result, we hope to achieve secure computing: Roughly speaking, computer-assisted activities of in- viduals and computer-mediated cooperation between individuals should happen as required by each party involved, and nothing else which might be harmful to any party should occur. The notion of security circumscribes many aspects, ranging from human qua- ties to technical enforcement. First of all, in considering the explicit security requirements of users, administrators and other persons concerned, we hope that usually all persons will follow the stated rules, but we also have to face the pos- bility that some persons might deviate from the wanted behavior, whether ac- dently or maliciously.

À propos de l?auteur

Joachim Biskup has been Professor of Computer Science since 1981 at the University of Dortmund, University of Hildesheim and University of Dortmund again. He has done research in recursion and complexity theory, information systems with an emphasis on database schema design, query optimization and mediation, and various aspects of security. He served on the program committees of many international conferences, including ICDT, FoIKS, ESORICS and IFIP WG 11.3 Conference on Database and Applications Security.