Computer Security: Principles and Practice, Global Edition

by William Stallings, Lawrie Brown

For courses in computer/network security

 

Balancing principle and practice—an updated survey of the fast-moving world of computer and network security

Computer Security: Principles and Practice, 4th Edition, is ideal for courses in Computer/Network Security. The need for education in computer security and related topics continues to grow at a dramatic rate—and is essential for anyone studying Computer Science or Computer Engineering. Written for both an academic and professional audience, the 4th Edition continues to set the standard for computer security with a balanced presentation of principles and practice. The new edition captures the most up-to-date innovations and improvements while maintaining broad and comprehensive coverage of the entire field. The extensive offering of projects provides students with hands-on experience to reinforce concepts from the text. The range of supplemental online resources for instructors provides additional teaching support for this fast-moving subject.

 

The new edition covers all security topics considered Core in the ACM/IEEE Computer Science Curricula 2013, as well as subject areas for CISSP (Certified Information Systems Security Professional) certification. This textbook can be used to prep for CISSP Certification and is often referred to as the ‘gold standard’ when it comes to information security certification. The text provides in-depth coverage of Computer Security, Technology and Principles, Software Security, Management Issues, Cryptographic Algorithms, Internet Security and more.

Genres: Computer Science, Textbooks, Technology, Nonfiction, Reference

800 pages, Kindle Edition

First published August 6, 2007

About the author

William Stallings is an American author. He has written computer science textbooks on operating systems, computer networks, computer organization, and cryptography.

Reviews

[Benjamin Kohler · Rating 4 out of 5]

I gave this 4 stars not because I "really liked it", but because it is a solid introduction to Computer Security.

Do not try to read this for fun. It won't be.

[Herman · Rating 3 out of 5]

This was the textbook for our postgraduate information security course. Having read it cover to cover, I can say that it is, if nothing else, quite thorough. Unfortunately it is also quite dry. But as textbooks go, this one is not bad. It contains clear descriptions and diagrams of the important security algorithms and protocols, and offers industry insights from authors who are clearly very experienced in the field.

[Karel Baloun · Rating 3 out of 5]

Even though by fourth edition they claim a 2017 print date, too much of this book is out of date. For example, the table of biometric authentication reliability data is from 2001, far before touchID and FaceID.

This book tries to take on too much, and discusses a security design much more than providing examples of breaches. In my opinion, a key part of studying security is practically reviewing recovery from failures, and concretely examining potential future attacks. Cryptography is effectively relegated to an appendix. The chapters seem arbitrarily ordered.

This may still be the best textbook on cyber security, that shows a big market opportunity. None of the chapters go deep enough to be sufficient for real world understanding.

[Sarah · Rating 1 out of 5]

This book is poorly written. There are so many sentence structures that don’t make any sense and many grammatical errors . I am using this book for one of my undergrad classes and it is pretty difficult for a beginner. It does not give any examples and it is poorly structured (jumping quickly from one thing to next). The questions at the end of the chapter are sometimes too complex and usually the book did not even mention them. I wouldn’t recommend this book.

[Samuel · Rating 3 out of 5]

This was a textbook for graduate Information Security course. Being a textbook, it's deep rooted in theory and strongly references NIST and ISO documents pertaining to computer security. This book does well in preparing security practitioners with the mindset for performing hands on work.

[Finn · Rating 4 out of 5]

Very in-depth, had it as course book for introduction to cybersecurity and it covers wide variety of topics in good detail.

[Kim · Rating 5 out of 5]

Excellent introductory book on computer security

[Randy Daugherty · Rating 5 out of 5]

This new edition covers all security topics considered Core in the ACM/IEEE Computer Science Curricula 2013, as well as subject areas for CISSP (Certified Information Systems Security Professional) certification. This textbook can be used to prep for CISSP Certification and is often referred to as the 'gold standard' when it comes to information security certification. The text provides in-depth coverage of Computer Security, Technology and Principles, Software Security, Management Issues, Cryptographic Algorithms, Internet Security.
Required reading for class, which was in many ways a refresher of security classes taken in the past, though the instructor made the class dry and boring the book is informative.

[Yodawookiee · Rating 2 out of 5]

Used as one of 3 books for my first Master's Degree class in Cyber Security. 2 stars because unless you buy this book new, you will have to pay an additional $20 to access the Appendices. I just can't wrap my mind around selling 1 book twice & making an additional $20 for every subsequent student, who already paid too much for the book whether it was used or a rental. It is completely jacked up to sell an incomplete book and expect extra money for the rest of it. It has decent information, but the same info is also covered by Panko or Smith in similar books that are sold as complete packages.

[Daniel Apatiga · Rating 3 out of 5]

I read a few key chapters and skimmed a few others because they were not required. I found that it did indeed compliment Nigel's cryptography book very well. If you try to study computer security on your own, I suggest buying both versions (Nigel's is a free download).

[John Johnson · Rating 5 out of 5]

I used this course in developing my graduate fundamentals of information assurance course for Walden University.

[Damith Rajapakse]

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[Haneen · Rating 1 out of 5]

ITE408 :Information Security
Fall 2012-2013
MoWe 10:45-12:15 pm

[Levina]

Read for school....

[Ro Drop · Rating 3 out of 5]

One of the best security books available.