Secrets and lies : digital security in a networked world /

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Author / Creator:Schneier, Bruce, 1963-
Imprint:Indianapolis, Ind. : Wiley, 2004, c2000.
Description:414 p. ; 28 cm.
Language:English
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Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/6376747
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Varying Form of Title:Digital security in a networked world
ISBN:0471453803
9780471453802
Notes:"With new information about post-9/11 security."--Cover.
Originally published: 2000.
Book copyrighted 2000, Chapters 1 and Introduction are copyrighted 2004.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary:A primer in practical computer security aimed at those shopping, communication, or doing business online. -- almost everyone, in other words. -- P. 4 of cover.
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Summary:Bestselling author Bruce Schneier offers his expert guidance on achieving security on a network<br> Internationally recognized computer security expert Bruce Schneier offers a practical, straightforward guide to achieving security throughout computer networks. Schneier uses his extensive field experience with his own clients to dispel the myths that often mislead IT managers as they try to build secure systems. This practical guide provides readers with a better understanding of why protecting information is harder in the digital world, what they need to know to protect digital information, how to assess business and corporate security needs, and much more.<br> * Walks the reader through the real choices they have now for digital security and how to pick and choose the right one to meet their business needs<br> * Explains what cryptography can and can't do in achieving digital security
Item Description:"With new information about post-9/11 security."--Cover.
Originally published: 2000.
Book copyrighted 2000, Chapters 1 and Introduction are copyrighted 2004.
Physical Description:414 p. ; 28 cm.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:0471453803
9780471453802