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Access Controlled: The Shaping of Power, Rights, and Rule in Cyberspace

MIT Press, 2010

Internet filtering, censorship of Web content, and online surveillance are increasing in scale, scope, and sophistication around the world, in democratic countries as well as in authoritarian states. The first generation of Internet controls consisted largely of building firewalls at key Internet gateways; China's famous "Great...

Power and Security in the Information Age: Investigating the Role of the State in Cyberspace

Ashgate, 2008

The marriage of computers and telecommunications, the integration of these technologies into a multimedia system of communication that has global reach, and the fact that they are available worldwide at low cost seems to be bringing about a fundamental transformation in the way humans communicate and interact. But however much consensus there may...

Guide to Computer Network Security (Computer Communications and Networks)

Springer, 2008

Contemporary societies have increasing dependence on computers and computer networks, and the increasing popularity of mobile computing, have given rise to numerous computer security problems. Yet despite a high proliferation of expert remedies, a viable and comprehensive solution to these security issues remains elusive, and society continues to...

Practical Cryptology and Web Security

Pearson Education, 2005

Security is now the number one concern for businesses world wide. The gold standard for attaining security is cryptography; it provides the most reliable tools for storing or transmitting digital information. This is the first textbook showing students how to implement cryptography and incorporate it into real-world systems on the Web.
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Parallel Computing: Fundamentals, Applications and New Directions (Advances in Parallel Computing)

North Holland, 1998

This volume gives an overview of the state-of-the-art with respect to the development of all types of parallel computers and their application to a wide range of problem areas.

The international conference on parallel computing ParCo97 (Parallel Computing 97) was held in Bonn, Germany from 19 to 22 September 1997. The first conference in this...

Crypto Anarchy, Cyberstates, and Pirate Utopias

MIT Press, 2001

In Crypto Anarchy, Cyberstates, and Pirate Utopias, Peter Ludlow extends the approach he used so successfully in High Noon on the Electronic Frontier, offering a collection of writings that reflects the eclectic nature of the online world, as well as its tremendous energy and creativity. This time the subject is the emergence...

Information Foraging Theory: Adaptive Interaction with Information (Oxford Series in Human-Technology Interaction)

Oxford University Press, 2007

Although much of the hubris and hyperbole surrounding the 1990's Internet has softened to a reasonable level, the inexorable momentum of information growth continues unabated. This wealth of information provides resources for adapting to the problems posed by our increasingly complex world, but the simple availability of more information does not...

30 Minutes to Master the Internet

Kogan Page, 1997

The Internet; the World-Wide Web – or sometimes, just `the Net'.

Business cards now all seem to carry electronic mail – or even `home page' – addresses; newspaper and TV adverts quote complex Web addresses, pointing the interested user into that cyberspace of multi-media, interconnected pages. Shop for PCs or software...

The Psychology of the Internet

Cambridge University Press, 1999

This timely volume explores the psychological aspects of cyberspace, a virtual world in which people from around the globe are acting and interacting in many new, unusual, and occasionally alarming ways. Drawing on research in the social sciences, communications, business, and other fields, Patricia Wallace examines how the online environment can...

Digital Watermarking and Steganography, 2nd Ed. (The Morgan Kaufmann Series in Multimedia Information and Systems)

Morgan Kaufmann, 2007

Digital audio, video, images, and documents are flying through cyberspace to their respective owners. Unfortunately, along the way, individuals may choose to intervene and take this content for themselves. Digital watermarking and steganography technology greatly reduces the instances of this by limiting or eliminating the ability of third parties...

Secrets Stolen, Fortunes Lost: Preventing Intellectual Property Theft and Economic Espionage in the 21st Century

Syngress Publishing, 2008

The threats of economic espionage and intellectual property (IP) theft are global, stealthy, insidious, and increasingly common. According to the U.S. Commerce Department, IP theft is estimated to top $250 billion annually and also costs the United States approximately 750,000 jobs. The International Chamber of Commerce puts the global fiscal loss...

Games That Boost Performance

Pfeiffer, 2004

Boost individual and team performance with this indispensable collection of newly designed and field-tested games. Authors Steve Sugar and Carol Willett show how these dynamic games can enhance a team’s ability to prioritize, problem solve, communicate, collaborate, and reach effective decisions.

Use these games to analyze company...

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