Description |
xvii, 522 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
Contents |
Pt. I. Introduction. Ch. 1. Gulf War - Infowar. Ch. 2. A Theory of Information Warfare. Ch. 3. Playgrounds to Battlegrounds -- Pt. II. Offensive Information Warfare. Ch. 4. Open Sources. Ch. 5. Psyops and Perception Management. Ch. 6. Inside the Fence. Ch. 7. Seizing the Signals. Ch. 8. Computer Break-Ins and Hacking. Ch. 9. Masquerade. Ch. 10. Cyberplagues -- Pt. III. Defensive Information Warfare. Ch. 11. Secret Codes and Hideaways. Ch. 12. How to Tell a Fake. Ch. 13. Monitors and Gatekeepers. Ch. 14. In a Risky World. Ch. 15. Defending the Nation |
Summary |
In Information Warfare and Security, Dorothy E. Denning, a pioneer in computer security, provides a framework for understanding and dealing with information-based threats: computer break-ins, fraud, sabotage, espionage, piracy, identity theft, invasions of privacy, and electronic warfare. She describes these attacks with astonishing, real examples, as in her analysis of information warfare operations during the Gulf War. Then, offering sound advice for security practices and policies, she explains countermeasures that are both possible and necessary |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 425-428) and index |
Subject |
Information warfare -- United States.
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Information warfare.
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National security -- United States.
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LC no. |
98031096 |
ISBN |
0201433036 |
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