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Expert SQL Server 2008 Encryption

Apress, 2009

Every day organizations large and small fall victim to attacks on their data. Encryption provides a shield to help defend against intruders. Because of increasing pressure from government regulators, consumers, and the business community at large, the job descriptions of SQL DBAs and developers are expanding to include encryption. Expert SQL...

Zero Day Exploit: Countdown to Darkness (Cyber-Fiction S.)

Syngress Publishing, 2004

There exists a 0-day vulnerability in a particular line of SCADA Master products that are widely used in petrochemical facilities. Furthermore, since the telemetry between the Master and the RTUs (the units located at valves, gauges, etc.) is particularly fragile under attack, the attackers are able to take a two-tiered approach to the damage they...

An Introduction to Programming with Mathematica, Third Edition

Cambridge University Press, 2005

"Essential...a welcome addition to the literature. The choice of topics and their presentation are lucidly informed by considerable experience. The writing style is straightforward and clear. The authors stick resolutely to their goal of producing an introductory text, not a complete treatment, on programming in Mathematica. As such it...

Distributed Work

MIT Press, 2002

Technological advances and changes in the global economy are motivating and enabling an increasing geographic distribution of work. Today, the geographic distance between an average pair of workers is increasing in industries ranging from banking, to wine production, to clothing design. According to Bureau of Labor surveys of workers, more people...

Faith, Politics, and Power: The Politics of Faith-Based Initiatives

Oxford University Press, 2010

There is often more than meets the eye where politics, religion and money are concerned. This is certainly the case with the Faith-Based Initiative. Section 104, a small provision of the 1996 Welfare Reform bill called "Charitable Choice," was the beginning of what we now know as the Faith-Based Initiative. In its original form, the...

Encyclopedia of Space Science & Technology 2 Volume Set

John Wiley & Sons, 2003

A comprehensive resource on the past, present, and future of space technology

Researchers in optics, materials processing, and telecommunications require a reference that can provide a quick study of a number of basic topics in space science. The two-volume Encyclopedia of Space Science and Technology represents an ambitious...

Data Modeling Essentials, Third Edition (Morgan Kaufmann Series in Data Management Systems)

Morgan Kaufmann, 2004

Data Modeling Essentials, Third Edition provides expert tutelage for data modelers, business analysts and systems designers at all levels. Beginning with the basics, this book provides a thorough grounding in theory before guiding the reader through the various stages of applied data modeling and database design. Later chapters address...

Web Security, Privacy and Commerce, 2nd Edition

O'Reilly, 2002

The World Wide Web has changed our world. More than half the people in the United States now use the Web on a regular basis. We use it to read today's news, to check tomorrow's weather, and to search for events that have happened in the distant past. And increasingly, the Web is the focus of the 21st century...

Network Protocols Handbook

Javvin Technologies, 2005

We are living in the IT(Information Technologies) times. The IT provides us many powerful tools that have significantly changed our way of life, work and business operations. Among all the IT advancements, Internet has the most impact in every aspect of our society for the past 20 years. From Internet, people can get instant news, communicate with...

Credit and Community: Working-Class Debt in the UK since 1880

Oxford University Press, 2009

Credit's centrality to the current economic crisis makes the publication of Sean O'Connell's social history of working-class credit consumption particularly timely. Although the credit crunch came too late to be included in this book, the portrait of a complex relationship between lenders and borrowers over the past 120 years should be required...

The Vaal Uprising of 1984 and the Struggle for Freedom in South Africa

James Currey, 2021

On 3 September 1984 a bloody uprising set the African townships of the Vaal Triangle aflame. Triggered by dissatisfaction over rent increases and a local government that was failing to provide any meaningful political power or social transformation to the black majority, it heralded the insurrectionary period that was to profoundly...

System Analysis, Design, and Development : Concepts, Principles, and Practices

John Wiley & Sons, 2005

Learn to develop systems that meet customer needs and organizational objectives

Successful system development requires formulation and implementation of a sound technical strategy that accurately translates the user's operational needs into a physical solution to comply with their specifications and contract requirements. System Analysis,...

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