A Vulnerable System : : The History of Information Security in the Computer Age / / Andrew J. Stewart.
As threats to the security of information pervade the fabric of everyday life, A Vulnerable System, describes how, even as the demand for information security increases, the needs of society are not being met. The result is that the confidentiality of our personal data, the integrity of our election...
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| Year of Publication: | 2021 |
| Language: | English |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Introduction: Three Stigmata
- 1. A “New Dimension” for the Security of Information
- 2. The Promise, Success, and Failure of the Early Researchers
- 3. The Creation of the Internet and the Web, and a Dark Portent
- 4. The Dot-Com Boom and the Genesis of a Lucrative Feedback Loop
- 5. Software Security and the “Hamster Wheel of Pain”
- 6. Usable Security, Economics, and Psychology
- 7. Vulnerability Disclosure, Bounties, and Markets
- 8. Data Breaches, Nation-State Hacking, and Epistemic Closure
- 9. The Wicked Nature of Information Security
- Epilogue: The Past, Present, and a Possible Future
- Acknowledgments
- Notes
- Select Bibliography
- Index