Advances in Cyber Security: Technology, Operations, and Experiences

by D. Frank Hsu, Dorothy Marinucci

Overview

As you read this, your computer is in jeopardy of being hacked and your identity being stolen. Read this book to protect yourselves from this threat.

The world's foremost cyber security experts, from Ruby Lee, Ph.D., the Forrest G. Hamrick professor of engineering and Director of the Princeton Architecture Laboratory for Multimedia and Security (PALMS) at Princeton University; to Nick Mankovich, Chief Information Security Officer of Royal Philips Electronics; to FBI Director Robert S. Mueller III; to Special Assistant to the President Howard A. Schmidt, share critical practical knowledge on how the cyberspace ecosystem is structured, how it functions, and what we can do to protect it and ourselves from attack and exploitation.

The proliferation of social networking and advancement of information technology provide endless benefits in our living and working environments. However, these benefits also bring horrors in various forms of cyber threats and exploitations. Advances in Cyber Security collects the wisdom of cyber security professionals and practitioners from government, academia, and industry across national and international boundaries to provide ways and means to secure and sustain the cyberspace ecosystem. Readers are given a first-hand look at critical intelligence on cybercrime and security—including details of real-life operations. The vast, useful knowledge and experience shared in this essential new volume enables cyber citizens and cyber professionals alike to conceive novel ideas and construct feasible and practical solutions for defending against all kinds of adversaries and attacks.

Among the many important topics covered in this collection are building a secure cyberspace ecosystem; public-private partnership to secure cyberspace; operation and law enforcement to protect our cyber citizens and to safeguard our cyber infrastructure; and strategy and policy issues to secure and sustain our cyber ecosystem.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780823244560
Publisher:	Fordham University Press
Publication date:	04/03/2013
Pages:	272
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.90(d)

About the Author

D. Frank Hsu, Ph.D., is the Clavius Distinguished Professor of Science and Director of Fordham Laboratory of Informatics and Data Mining, Department of Computer and Information Science, Fordham University.

Dorothy Marinucci holds a B.A. and M.A. in international political economy and development from Fordham University. She is the Executive Assistant to the President, Fordham University.

Table of Contents

List of Figures vii

Preface ix

Building a Secure and Sustainable Cyberspace Ecosystem: An Overview D. Frank Hsu 1

Part I Technology

Improving Cyber Security Ruby B. Lee 37

Practical Vulnerabilities of the Tor Anonymity Network Paul Syverson 60

Defending Software Systems against Cyber Attacks throughout Their Lifecycle Hira Agrawal Thomas F. Bowen Sanjai Narain 74

Improve Availability of Networks: Internet Exchange Points and Their Role in Cyberspace Akio Sugeno 90

Part II Operations

Tor: Uses and Limitations of Online Anonymity Andrew Lewman 109

Authoritative Data Sources: Cyber Security Intelligence Perspectives Kuan-Tsae Huang Hwai-Jan Wu 121

The Evolving Consumer Online Threat Landscape: Creating an Effective Response Adam Palmer 139

Partners in Cybercrime Eileen Monsma Vincent Buskens Melvin Soudijn Paid Nieuwbeeita 146

Part III Experiences

Securing IT Networks Incorporating Medical Devices: Risk Management and Compliance in Health Care Cyber Security Nicholas J. Mankovich 173

Computer Forensics from a Law Enforcement Perspective Kevin Kelly 188

Computer Crime Incidents and Responses in the Private Sector Edward M. Stroz 200

Information Technology for a Safe and Secure Society in Japan: Toward a Cyber-Physical Solution Kazuo Takaragi 207

Part IV Partnership, Policy, and Sustainability

Public-Private Partnerships Changing the World Kathleen L. Kiernan Dyann Bradbury 221

Cyber Security: Protecting Our Cyber Citizens Preet Bharara 226

Cyber Security: Safeguarding Our Cyberspace Robert S. Mueller 235

Cyber Security: Securing Our Cyber Ecosystem Howard A. Schmidt 241

List of Contributors 245

Index 251

Editorial Reviews

Captures the thought of cyber security leaders from government, industry, and academia, who have practical and hands-on experience in various aspect of cyberspace ecosystems. Thought and experience cover the life cycle of security mechanisms including the design, development, management, and most importantly sustainment of these mechanisms. Well done, practical, and resourceful.

Editor-in-Chief of IT Professional Magazine - Simon Y. Liu

Addresses a rapidly changing field to an audience looking for a snapshot of the current state of cyber security regulations, international legal framework, and cyber security technologies."

Telcordia Technologies - Marek Rusinkiewicz

"Addresses a rapidly changing field to an audience looking for a snapshot of the current state of cyber security regulations, international legal framework, and cyber security technologies."-Marek Rusinkiewicz, Telcordia Technologies

"Captures the thought of cyber security leaders from government, industry, and academia, who have practical and hands-on experience in various aspect of cyberspace ecosystems. Thought and experience cover the life cycle of security mechanisms including the design, development, management, and most importantly sustainment of these mechanisms. Well done, practical, and resourceful."-Simon Y. Liu, Editor-in-Chief of IT Professional Magazine

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