Security Engineering: A Guide to Building Dependable Distributed Systems (Hardcover)
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Gigantically comprehensive and carefully researched, Security Engineering makes it clear just how difficult it is to protect information systems from corruption, eavesdropping, unauthorized use, and general malice. Better, Ross Anderson offers a lot of thoughts on how information can be made more secure (though probably not absolutely secure, at least not forever) with the help of both technologies and management strategies. His work makes fascinating reading and w (more…)
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Security Engineering - Ross Anderson
Written by Ross Anderson of Cambridge University’s famed Computer Security Group.
I would consider this the bible on this subject.
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excellent……however……
Excellent book so far (I have not finished reading it yet) however my one criticism is that there is NO cd available. No excuse for that in this day and age.
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A profoundly influential work written by a world-class security expert
For the typical busy security professional, reading a 900-page tome cover to cover represents an investment of time that may be difficult to justify.
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Should read if …
Nutshell review - You should read this book if you have anything to do with information security. Chapters are topic specific and can be easily used as a reference.
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Very Good Book for Starters and Experienced Professionals
I found the book very interesting to read as a textbook becasue it draws many examples from everyday applications.
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Unique in its genre
The title is maybe misleading. It is not really a guide that will show you a procedure step by step ‘how to do’ to build secure systems as most engineering books do.
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Textbook for class.
The book is interesting but it’s starting to show signs of it’s age. I think the last revision of it was 2001, so the examples are good, yet aged.
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More high-level concepts and less hands-on guidance
This is certainly a good book for getting introduced to most high-level architectural concepts related to Network security, cryptography, mandatory/multi-level access control etc…
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Best security book on the market
This book is a must own and a must read. Ross Anderson may tweak people’s noses on occassion…but usually because they need tweaking. Get this book now. Really.
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Excellent but biased
This is an excellent book on Security Engineering. While I don’t mind the anti American anecdotes, I wasn’t pleased to see Abdulrahman and terrorist being used close to each…