Foiling the System Breakers - Computer Security and Access Control

• NCJ Number: 102423
• Author(s): J Lobel
• Date Published: 1986
• Length: 292 pages
• Sale Source: McGraw-Hill Publishing Co
• Publication Type: Best Practice/State-of-the-Art Review
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

This comprehensive guide to preventing unauthorized access to computer systems focuses on six key areas: determining access control needs, establishing a security policy, selecting the appropriate tools and technology, designing a secure system, implementing and monitoring that system, and responding to change.

Abstract

The book covers a wide range of topics from identifying potential weaknesses in data communications networks to ensuring that security controls are not circumvented, from creating a system for user clearance and data classification to balancing operations and productivity with security and control. Subjects examined in depth include closed and limited-access networks, office automation systems, personal computer protection, security monitoring and feedback, access control software, and database security. Among the contemporary issues discussed are trends in computer fraud and industrial espionage, software piracy, automation of information security policies, personal identification devices, and ways to cope with advancing technology. Numerous examples, charts, and graphs. (Publisher abstract modified)