Security in Computing, Third Edition systematically demonstrates how to control failures of confidentiality, integrity, and availability in applications, databases, operating systems, and networks alike.

This sweeping revision of the field's classic guide to computer security reflects today's entirely new generation of network- and Internet-based threats and vulnerabilities, and offers practical guidance for responding to them.

• Updated to cover wireless security, intrusion detection, AES, DRM, biometrics, honeypots, online privacy, and more

• Security in Internet-based, distributed, desktop and traditional centralized applications

• New attacks, including scripted vulnerability probing, denial of service, and buffer overflows—with symptoms and cures

• Clear, accessible introduction to cryptography—without sophisticated math

• Up-to-the-min