Maritime security is of vital importance to Australia and New Zealand as both countries depend on maritime transport for their economic survival. Since the events of September 11^th 2001, significant questions have been raised as to whether Australia and New Zealand are adequately prepared for the consequences of a major disruption to...

The Standard CMMI Appraisal Method for Process Improvement (SCAMPI) is an invaluable tool for organizations seeking to drive quantifiable improvements in systems and software engineering. SCAMPI appraisals can help those organizations identify the strengths and weaknesses of their current processes, reveal crucial development...

• Detailed treatment of public key cryptography with detailed coverage of the RSA algorithm that is now in the public domain
• Explains and includes an implementation of Rijndael, the new American Encryption Standard in both C and C++
• Not toy code(tm), but a practical treatment of modern cryptographic...

Digital or ‘virtual’ currencies pose significant challenges for government, financial and legal institutions because of their non-physical nature and their relative anonymity to physical currency. These attributes make this form of exchange extremely volatile and, at the same time, attractive to criminals. Many countries around...

From the moment you're born, you enter the data stream-from birth certificates to medical records to what you bought on Amazon last week. As your dossier grows, so do the threats, from identity thieves to government snoops to companies who want to sell you something. Computer Privacy Annoyances...

Get the single resource that defines—and illustrates—the rapidly evolving world of computer and network security. The Microsoft Encyclopedia of Security delivers more than 1000 cross-referenced entries detailing the latest security-related technologies, standards, products, services, and issues—including sources...

This award-winning book, substantially updated to reflect the latest developments in the field, introduces the concepts and best practices of software architecture-how a software system is structured and how that system's elements are meant to interact. Distinct from the details of implementation, algorithm, and data...