Stewart, Andrew, 1975-

A vulnerable system the history of information security in the computer age Andrew J. Stewart - 1 online resource (viii, 299 pages)



Introduction : Three Stigmata -- A "New Dimension" for the Security of Information -- The Promise, Success, and Failure of the Early Researchers -- The Creation of the Internet and the Web, and a Dark Portent -- The Dot-Com Boom and the Genesis of a Lucrative Feedback Loop -- Software Security and the "Hamster Wheel of Pain" -- Usable Security, Economics, and Psychology -- Vulnerability Disclosure, Bounties, and Markets -- Data Breaches, Nation-State Hacking, and Epistemic Closure -- The Wicked Nature of Information Security -- Epilogue : The Past, Present, and a Possible Future

"This book delivers a long view of the history of information security, beginning with the creation of the first digital computers"--



9781501759055 9781501759048

2021013835


Computer security--History.
Computer networks--Security measures--History.


Electronic Books.

QA76 / .V856 2021