In Future Cities, three authors - futurists, urban experts and systems architects - consider how the demands of the 21st Century will reshape the places where half of the world's population lives. From the history of urban development to the challenges of climate change and terrorism, they show how technology advances have shaped cities...

Cybersecurity involves preventative methods to protect information from attacks. It requires a thorough understanding of potential threats, such as viruses and other malicious code, as well as system vulnerability and security architecture. This...

• Learn key reconnaissance concepts needed as a penetration tester
• Attack and exploit key features, authentication, and sessions on web...

Presenting the work of prominent researchers working on smart grids and related fields around the world, Security and Privacy in Smart Grids identifies state-of-the-art approaches and novel technologies for smart grid communication and security. It investigates the fundamental aspects and applications of smart grid security...

Protecting Oracle Database 12c helps you solve the problem of maximizing the safety, resilience, and security of an Oracle database whilst preserving performance, availability, and integration despite ongoing and new security issues in the software. The book demonstrates, through coded examples, how you can enable the consolidation...

• Learn the fundamentals behind commonly used scanning techniques
• Deploy powerful scanning tools that are integrated into the Kali...

• Experience the real world of penetration testing with Backbox Linux using...

• Recipes designed to educate you extensively on the penetration testing principles and Kali...

Managing Information Security offers focused coverage of how to protect mission critical systems, and how to deploy security management systems, IT security, ID management, intrusion detection and prevention systems, computer forensics, network forensics, firewalls, penetration testing, vulnerability assessment, and more. It offers...

• Analyze the security of Android applications and devices, and exploit common vulnerabilities in applications and Android operating systems
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This book serves as a security practitioner’s guide to today’s most crucial issues in cyber security and IT infrastructure. It offers in-depth coverage of theory, technology, and practice as they relate to established technologies as well as recent advancements. It explores practical solutions to a wide range of cyber-physical and...

• Extend the capabilities of Nmap to perform custom tasks with the Nmap Scripting Engine
• Learn the fundamentals of Lua programming
• Develop powerful scripts for the Nmap Scripting...