2009 CHOICE AWARD OUTSTANDING ACADEMIC TITLE Information and communications security is a hot topic in private industry as well as in government agencies. This book provides a complete conceptual treatment of securing information and transporting it over a secure network in a manner that does not require a strong mathematical background. It stresses why information security is important, what is being done about it, how it applies to networks, and an overview of its key issues. It is written for anyone who needs to understand these important topics at a conceptual rather than a technical level.

Future communication networks aim to build an intelligent and efficient living environment by connecting a variety of heterogeneous networks to fulfill complicated tasks. These communication networks bring significant challenges in building secure and reliable communication networks to address the numerous threat and privacy concerns. New research technologies are essential to preserve privacy, prevent attacks, and achieve the requisite reliability. Security, Privacy and Reliability in Computer Communications and Networks studies and presents recent advances reflecting the state-of-the-art research achievements in novel cryptographic algorithm design, intrusion detection, privacy preserving techniques and reliable routing protocols. Technical topics discussed in the book include: Vulnerabilities and Intrusion DetectionCryptographic Algorithms and EvaluationPrivacyReliable Routing ProtocolsThis book is ideal for personnel in computer communication and networking industries as well as academic staff and collegial, master, Ph.D. students in computer science, computer engineering, cyber security, information insurance and telecommunication systems.

Describes Information Hiding in communication networks, and highlights their important issues, challenges, trends, and applications. Highlights development trends and potential future directions of Information Hiding Introduces a new classification and taxonomy for modern data hiding techniques Presents different types of network steganography mechanisms Introduces several example applications of information hiding in communication networks including some recent covert communication techniques in popular Internet services

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the International Conference on Advances in Security of Information and Communication Networks, Sec Net 2013, held in Cairo, Egypt, in September 2013. The 21 revised full papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from 62 submissions. The papers are organized in topical sections on networking security; data and information security; authentication and privacy; security applications.

This book constitutes the thoroughly refereed post-proceedings of the Third International Conference on Security in Communication Networks, SCN 2002, held in Amalfi, Italy in September 2002. The 24 revised full papers presented together with two invited papers were carefully selected from 90 submissions during two rounds of reviewing and revision. The papers are organized in topical sections on forward security, foundations of cryptography, key management, cryptanalysis, systems security, digital signature schemes, zero knowledge, and information theory and secret sharing.

A computer network is a digital telecommunications network that allows the exchange of resources across nodes. These can be personal computers, servers, phones or networking hardware. The connections between these nodes are established over wireless media, optic cables or wires. The protection of digital data from unauthorized access and actions is called data security. Cyberattacks and data breaches can cause unwanted changes to data. Disk encryption, backups, data erasure, data masking, etc. are some of the technologies generally employed to ensure data security. Network security is an important consideration in data security. It is used on both private and public computer networks. This book explores all the important aspects of data security and communication networks in the present day scenario. It outlines the processes and applications of these fields in detail. This book, with its detailed analyses and data, will prove immensely beneficial to professionals and students involved in this area at various levels.

The book is a compilation of high-quality scientific papers presented at the 3rd International Conference on Computer & Communication Technologies (IC3T 2016). The individual papers address cutting-edge technologies and applications of soft computing, artificial intelligence and communication. In addition, a variety of further topics are discussed, which include data mining, machine intelligence, fuzzy computing, sensor networks, signal and image processing, human-computer interaction, web intelligence, etc. As such, it offers readers a valuable and unique resource.

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