A Vulnerable System : The History of Information Security in the Computer Age /

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

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Stewart, Andrew, 1975- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Ithaca, New York : Cornell University Press, 2021.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Computer security.
Computer networks > Security measures.
Computer networks > Security measures > History.
Computer security > History.
Instructional and educational works.
History.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • 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.

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