Fred Cohen moves from one case study to another, chronicling how vunerable our information systems truly are. From military information to banking transfers to clandestine virus attacks on the Internet, Cohen outlines the challenges of maintaining security online and offers practical solutions that must be taken to manage critical security problems in the future.

Describing OCTAVE (Operationally Critical Threat, Asset and Vulnerability Evaluation), a method of evaluating information security risk, this text should be of interest to risk managers.

Proceedings of a conference on the risks to the banking industry posed by its subscribing to a variety of new information-based technologies and risks for the entire international banking industry. The conference explores what risks do exist and what steps are being taken to reduce the risks. Includes: technology versus security: challenges to modern banking; successful on-line banking: a true story; a study into financial infrastructure vulnerabilites; introducing "trust" and back-end protection to virtual bankers; information security basics in banking for the non-technician: a four-part tutorial, and much more.

New edition of a resource about the information superhighway, more formally known as the National Information Infrastructure (NII) and the "infobahn," or Global Information Infrastructure (GII) in Europe. Perritt (law, Illinois Institute of Technology and Chicago-Kent College of Law) presents 15 chapters that deal with the NII as a source of legal

Recently, IT has entered all important areas of society. Enterprises, individuals and civilisations all depend on functioning, safe and secure IT. Focus on IT security has previously been fractionalised, detailed and often linked to non-business applicaitons. The aim of this book is to address the current and future prospects of modern IT security, functionality in business, trade, industry, health care and government. The main topic areas covered include existing IT security tools and methodology for modern IT environments, laws, regulations and ethics in IT security environments, current and future prospects in technology, infrastructures, technique and methodology and IT security in retrospective.

Rapid technological advancement has given rise to new ethical dilemmas and security threats, while the development of appropriate ethical codes and security measures fail to keep pace, which makes the education of computer users and professionals crucial. The Encyclopedia of Information Ethics and Security is an original, comprehensive reference source on ethical and security issues relating to the latest technologies. Covering a wide range of themes, this valuable reference tool includes topics such as computer crime, information warfare, privacy, surveillance, intellectual property and education. This encyclopedia is a useful tool for students, academics, and professionals.

This book will take you inside every dimension of the information highway. From business to education to entertainment, you'll discover how you can take advantage of the coming global communications revolution. It's still early, but those who have a solid grounding in the technology and the key issues will be the ones who benefit the most from the emerging highway.

This book has been a long time in the making. The computerization activi ties described in these pages began in 1977 at the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), but we devoted most of our focus and efforts to building and then implementing the extensive hospital information system known as the Decentralized Hospital Computer System (DHCP) throughout VA. Deliv ering the product has been our primary goal. We spent relatively little time documenting or describing our experiences or lessons learned. Except for some presentations at national meetings and a relatively few publications, almost none of which were in the standard trade journals read by Chief Information Officers (CIOs) and equivalent top managers in the private and nonprofit sectors, VA's accomplishments remained a well-kept secret. In 1988, Helly Orthner encouraged VA staff to consider writing a book, but the press of day-to-day activities always seemed to take precedence, and the book languished on the back burner.