Computer Security in the 21st Century shares some of the emerging important research trends reflected in recent advances in computer security, including: security protocol design, secure peer-to-peer and ad hoc networks, multimedia security, and intrusion detection, defense and measurement.
Highlights include presentations of :
- Fundamental new security
- Cryptographic protocols and design,
- A new way of measuring network vulnerability: attack surfaces,
- Network vulnerability and building impenetrable systems,
- Multimedia content protection including a new standard for photographic images, JPEG2000.
Researchers and computer security developers will find in this book interesting and useful insights into building computer systems that protect against computer worms, computer viruses, and other related concerns.
Computer security has moved to the forefront of public concern in the new millennium. Hardly a day passes where newspaper headlines do not scream out worries about "phishing" , "identity theft" , "browser exploits" , "computer worms" , "computer viruses" , "online privacy" , and related concerns. The major vendor of computer operating systems has announced that computer security is now its top priority. Governments around the world, including most major governments in North America, Europe, and East Asia continue to worry about "cyber-terrorism" and "cyber-war" as active concerns.
It was in this charged environment that we decided to hold a workshop in December 2003 on emerging technologies for computer security. The workshop was held in Taipei in conjunction with several other conferences (notably Asiacrypt) and featured leading researchers from the Asia-Pacific region and the United States. What followed was three days of exchange of ideas that led to a number of significant developments. This book attempts to share some of the research trends that were reflected in the best papers published at the conference.
