Elementary Information Security Fourth Edition

Download or read book Elementary Information Security, Fourth Edition written by Peter H. Gregory and published by Jones & Bartlett Learning. This book was released on 2024-07-15 with total page 819 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Elementary Information Security is designed for an introductory course in cybersecurity, namely first or second year undergraduate students. This essential text enables students to gain direct experience by analyzing security problems and practicing simulated security activities. Emphasizing learning through experience, Elementary Information Security addresses technologies and cryptographic topics progressing from individual computers to more complex Internet-based systems. Designed to fulfill curriculum requirement published the U.S. government and the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM), Elementary Information Security also covers the core learning outcomes for information security education published in the ACM’s “IT 2008” curricular recommendations. Students who are interested in becoming a Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP) may also use this text as a study aid for the examination.