Plugged In : Cybersecurity in the Modern Age.

The University of Florida has an ambitious goal: to harness the power of its faculty, staff, students, and alumni to solve some of society's most pressing problems and to become a resource for the state of Florida, the nation, and the world. Cybersecurity is the most pressing issue of our incre...

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Main Author: Silman, Jon
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Gainesville : University Press of Florida, 2016.
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Online Access: Full text (MFA users only)
ISBN:9781942852339
1942852339
Local Note:ProQuest Ebook Central
Table of Contents:
  • Cover; Title Page; Contents; 1. What Is Cybersecurity?; 2. The Institute and the Preeminence Initiative; 3. The Internet of Things; 4. Juan Gilbert and His Voting Machine; 5. How Does a Network Work?; 6. Servers and Their Relationship to Cybersecurity; 7. The Cloud and the Myth of Storage in the Sky; 8. Kevin Butler and the Importance of Data Provenance; 9. The Operating System; 10. Michael Fang on Wireless Security; 11. The Proliferation of the Hacker; 12. What Exactly Is Malware?; 13. Joseph Wilson on Hacking and Malware; 14. Who Are the Adversaries?; 15. Mark Tehranipoor and Chip Security.
  • 16. The Specific Challenges of Mobile Security17. Patrick Traynor and Mobile Security; 18. A Look at Social Engineering and Phishing Attacks; 19. Daniela Oliveira on Social Engineering; 20. Internet Censorship and the Tools to Fight It; 21. Tom Shrimpton and the Science of Modern Cryptography; 22. Swarup Bhunia and the Security of Integrated Circuits; 23. Prabhat Mishra and System Validation; 24. Domenic Forte and His Hardware Security Research; 25. Staying Safe Online: What You Can Do; Notes; Copyright.