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Cybersecurity for everyone /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Skillicorn, David B. (Author)
Corporate Author: EBSCOhost
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Boca Raton : CRC Press, Taylor and Francis Group, 2021.
Edition:First edition.
Series:CRC focus series.
Subjects:
Computer security.
Internet > Security measures.
Data protection.
Sécurité informatique.
Internet > Sécurité > Mesures.
Protection de l'information (Informatique)
COMPUTERS / Computer Graphics / Game Programming & Design
COMPUTERS / Computer Science
COMPUTERS / Security / Viruses
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. How cyberspace works
  • 2.1. Encounters with cyberspace
  • 2.2. What is cyberspace?
  • 2.3. Nodes
  • 2.4. People
  • 2.5. Pipes
  • 2.6. Configuration
  • 2.7. Types of traffic
  • 2.8. The Deep Web
  • 2.9. The Dark Web
  • 2.10. The World Wide Web
  • 2.11. Social aspects
  • 2.12. Governance
  • 2.13. Security issues
  • 2.14. Non-benign use of cyberspace
  • 3. Encryption and hashing
  • 3.1. Private key encryption
  • 3.2. Public key encryption
  • 3.3. Digital signing and digital hashing
  • 3.4. Encryption in use
  • 4. Node security
  • 4.1. Getting access to nodes
  • 4.2. Malware
  • 4.3. What does malware do?
  • 4.4. Direct attacks
  • 5. Pipe security
  • 5.1. IP
  • 5.2. TCP
  • 5.3. UDP
  • 5.4. Attacks leveraging protocols
  • 5.5. Countermeasures
  • 6. Configuration security
  • 6.1. Internet Control Message Protocol
  • 6.2. Domain Name Service
  • 6.3. Switch vulnerabilities
  • 6.4. Mounting an attack
  • 6.5. Defending against attacks
  • 6.6. Recovery
  • 7. Application security
  • 7.1. Email
  • 7.2. Web traffic
  • 7.3. Blockchains
  • 8. Summary
  • Index