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Author Denning, Dorothy Elizabeth Robling, 1945-

Title Information warfare and security / Dorothy E. Denning
Published New York : ACM Press ; Reading, Ma. : Addison-Wesley, [1999]
©1999

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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.
Information warfare.
National security -- United States.
LC no. 98031096
ISBN 0201433036