Computer and Network Security Essentials

This book introduces readers to the tools needed to protect IT resources and communicate with security specialists when there is a security problem. The book covers a wide range of security topics including Cryptographic Technologies, Network Security, Security Management, Information Assurance, Security Applications, Computer Security, Hardware Security, and Biometrics and Forensics. It introduces the concepts, techniques, methods, approaches, and trends needed by security specialists to improve their security skills and capabilities. Further, it provides a glimpse into future directions where security techniques, policies, applications, and theories are headed. The book represents a collection of carefully selected and reviewed chapters written by diverse security experts in the listed fields and edited by prominent security researchers.

the British Computer Society (BCS). He served as a Program Committee member for many international conferences and chaired some of them. In 2103, he received the Faculty Excellence Award from the University of Detroit Mercy. He is also the recipient of the Outstanding Achievement Award in Recognition and Appreciation of his Leadership, Service and Research Contributions to the Field of Network Security, from the 2010 World Congress in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, and Applied Computing (WORLFCOMP’10).
ious institutions such as the National Science Foundation, Eisenhower Foundation, Department of Education, Department of Defense, National Security Agency, and Microsoft Corporation. Dr. Francia served as a Fulbright scholar to Malta in 2007 and is among the first cohort of cyber security scholars awarded by the UK Fulbright Commission for the 2016-2017 academic year. He has published articles and book chapters on numerous subjects such as Computer Security, Digital Forensics, Regulatory Compliance, Educational Technology, Expert Systems, Computer Networking, Software Testing, and Parallel Processing. Currently, Dr. Francia holds a Distinguished Professor position and is the Director of the Center for Information Security and Assurance at JSU.
ed papers published in the Cyber Security, Network Security, Wireless Security and Cryptography areas. He also delivered more than 40 seminars and talks and participated in various panel discussions related to Cyber Security. In the last couple of years, Dr. Ertaul has given Privacy and Cyber Security speeches at US universities and several US organizations. He received 4 awards for his contributions to Network Security from WORLDCOMP. He also received a fellowship to work at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratories (LLNL) in the Cyber Defenders program for last 4 years. He has more than 25 years of teaching experience in Network Security, Cyber Security. He participated in several hacking competitions nationwide. His current research interests are Wireless Hacking Techniques, Wireless Security, and Security of IoTs.
cal and Information Technologies (ITEFI), Spanish National Research Council (CSIC) in Madrid (Spain). He obtained his Ph.D. in Mathematics from the University of Salamanca (Spain) in 1992. He has participated in more than 30 research projects. He is the author of 9 books, 9 patents, and more than 150 papers. He has more than 100 contributions to workshops and conferences. He has delivered more than 50 seminars and lectures. Luis is a member of several international Committees on Cybersecurity. His current research interests include Cryptography and Cryptanalysis of public key cryptosystems (RSA, ElGamal and Chor-Rivest), Cryptosystems based on elliptic and hyper elliptic curves, Graphic Cryptography, Pseudorandom number generators, Digital signature schemes, Authentication and Identification protocols, Crypto-Biometry, Secret sharing protocols, Side channel attacks, and Number Theory problems.