Ten Laws for Security

• Main Author: Diehl, Eric (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2016.
• Subjects: Computer science.; Computer security.; Data encryption (Computer science).; System safety.; Computer Science.; Data Encryption.; Systems and Data Security.; Security Science and Technology.

In this book the author presents ten key laws governing information security. He addresses topics such as attacks, vulnerabilities, threats, designing security, identifying key IP assets, authentication, and social engineering. The informal style draws on his experience in the area of video protecti...

Table of Contents:

• Introduction
• Law 1, Attackers Will Always Find Their Way
• Law 2, Know the Assets to Protect
• Law 3, No Security Through Obscurity
• Law 4, Trust No One
• Law 5, Si Vis Pacem, Para Bellum
• Law 6, You Are the Weakest Link
• Law 7, Security Is No Stronger Than Its Weakest Link
• Law 8, If You Watch the Internet, the Internet Is Watching You
• Law 9, Quis Custodiet Ipsos Custodes? Law 10, Security Is Not a Product, Security Is a Process
• Conclusions
• Abbreviations
• Acronyms
• References
• App. A, A Short Introduction to Cryptography.