Breakdowns in computer security : commentary and analysis /

Breakdowns in Computer Security: Commentary and Analysis is a compendium of 100 genuine incidents that have taken place in the past three or so years.

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Authors: Elsevier Science & Technology
Group Author: Rentell, Michael E; Jenner, Peter M
Published: Computer Weekly Publications ; PA Consulting Group,
Publisher Address: Surrey : London :
Publication Dates: [1991]
©1991
Literature type: eBook
Language: English
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Online Access: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/book/9781483106076
Summary: Breakdowns in Computer Security: Commentary and Analysis is a compendium of 100 genuine incidents that have taken place in the past three or so years.
Carrier Form: 1 online resource
ISBN: 9781483106076
1483106071
Index Number: QA76
CLC: TP309
Contents: Front Cover; Breakdowns in Computer Security: Commentary and Analysis; Copyright page; Table of contents; Introduction; Chapter 1. Computer Breakdown Incidents 1988; SEPTEMBER 1988; OCTOBER 1988; NOVEMBER 1988; DECEMBER 1988; Chapter 2. Computer Breakdown Incidents 1989; JANUARY 1989; FEBRUARY 1989; MARCH 1989; APRIL 1989; MAY 1989; JUNE 1989; JULY 1989; AUGUST 1989; SEPTEMBER 1989; OCTOBER 1989; DECEMBER 1989; Chapter 3. Computer Breakdown Incidents 1990; JANUARY 1990; FEBRUARY 1990; MARCH 1990; APRIL 1990; MAY 1990; JUNE 1990; JULY 1990; AUGUST 1990; Chapter 4. Generic Risk by Type.
1. Poor supervision of staff2. Line tapping; 3 Espionage; 4. Communications failure; 5. Theft; 6 Fault Control; 7. Other crimes; 8. Malicious programming; 9. Fraud/embezzlement; 10. Line fraud against a financial institution; 11. Program testing; 12. Hacking; 13. Management faults; 14. Disaster; 15. Virus; Chapter 5. The Wider View; Information Assets in Perspective; Properties of Information; PA Experience; Awareness; Too Much Paper; Configuration Control; Security Breaches; Over-estimation of Cost; Index; Computer Weekly Publications; The Computer Weekly Guide to Resources 1990.
Aliens' Guide to the Computer IndustryComputer Jargon Explained; What To Do When a Micro Lands On Your Desk; Considering Computer Contracting?; Hitchhikers' Guide to Electronics in the' 90s; A Simple Introduction to Data and Activity Analyss; Open Systems: The Basic Guide to OSI and its Implementation; IT Perspectives Conference: The Future of the IT Industry; Computer Weekly Book of Puzzlers; Women in Computing; How to Get Jobs in Microcomputing; Low Cost PC Networking; Selling Information Technology: A Practical Career Guide; Managing Information Security: A Non-technical Management Guide.