Publisher's Synopsis
The FBI estimates that each year as much as $5 billion is lost to computer crime. And, incredibly, that′s just the tip of the iceberg. Weaknesses in information systems have also been exploited to gain the upper hand in negotiations, ruin reputations, win military conflicts, and even commit murder. Just how serious is the problem of information security and how can it affect your life? How vulnerable is your organization′s information system? And most importantly, what can you do to protect yourself from the bandits, terrorists, and cyberthugs who roam the information superhighway?
Now get the answers to these and other critical questions in the most penetrating and broad–ranging investigation ever written on the problems of protection and security on the information superhighway. Moving from one seemingly unbelievable case study to the next, Frederick B. Cohen, one of the world′s foremost experts on computer security:
∗ Explores the entire spectrum of communications systems, including the Internet, cable television, microwave and satellite communications, electronic banking and trading, and more
∗ Reveals the full magnitude of the problem of computer security in a world ever more dependent on electronic information systems
∗ Examines the impact of faulty security on large and small businesses, government, the military, and individuals
∗ Offers practical steps organizations and individuals can take to protect themselves against security breaches
