Publisher's Synopsis
Incidents involving computers where victims have suffered serious, sometimes fatal, consequences happen surprisingly often.;This book is a compendium of over one hundred genuine incidents which have taken place in the past three or so years. Appended to each incident is a short comment indicating where improvements could have been made to computer security which would have alleviated or prevented the more damaging aspects of the problem.;This book is essential reading for management personnel with responsibilities for data processing operations, who are required to protect the data processed by their installations against accidental and malicious destruction, interference or breach of confidentiality.
