Overview
- Introduces the latest trends in information and system security practices, focusing on critical aspects such as emerging threats and their mitigations, and online identity fraud detection using behavioral biometrics
- Presents both the academic research and practical applications of a particular topic within the scope of information and system security
- Features contributions by prominent global researchers and practitioners, all with solid experience in information and system security
- Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
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Table of contents (8 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
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About this book
This book introduces novel research targeting technical aspects of protecting information security and establishing trust in the digital space. New paradigms, and emerging threats and solutions are presented in topics such as application security and threat management; modern authentication paradigms; digital fraud detection; social engineering and insider threats; cyber threat intelligence; intrusion detection; behavioral biometrics recognition; hardware security analysis. The book presents both the important core and the specialized issues in the areas of protection, assurance, and trust in information security practice. It is intended to be a valuable resource and reference for researchers, instructors, students, scientists, engineers, managers, and industry practitioners.
Editors and Affiliations
About the editors
Dr. Ahmed Awad is an Associate Professorin the Department of Computer Science, NYIT Vancouver Campus. His main research interest is focused on Security Engineering, Human Computer Interaction, and Biometrics. Dr. Awad worked as a Software Design Engineer, Architect, Project Manager, and Security Consultant at a number of leading software firms and enterprises. He is the co-founder of Plurilock Security Solutions Inc. Dr. Awad received Ph.D. in Electrical and Computer Engineering from the University of Victoria, Victoria, BC, Canada in 2008.
Professor Isaac Woungang received his Ph.D. degree in Mathematics from the University of South, Toulon and Var, France. From 1999 to 2002, he worked as a software engineer in the Photonic Line Systems Group, Nortel Networks, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada,. Since 2002, he has been with Ryerson University, where he is now a full professor of Computer Science and Director of the Distributed Applications and Broad band (DABNEL) Lab. Dr. Woungang has published 8 booksand over 89 refereed technical articles in scholarly international journals and proceedings of international conferences. He has served as Associate Editor of the Computers and Electrical Engineering (Elsevier), and the International Journal of Communication Systems (Wiley). He has Guest Edited several Special Issues with various reputed journals such as IET Information Security, Mathematical and Computer Modeling (Elsevier), Computer Communications (Elsevier), Computers and Electrical Engineering (Elsevier), and Telecommunication Systems (Springer). Since January 2012, he is serving as Chair of Computer Chapter, IEEE Toronto Section.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Information Security Practices
Book Subtitle: Emerging Threats and Perspectives
Editors: Issa Traoré, Ahmed Awad, Isaac Woungang
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-48947-6
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Engineering, Engineering (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing AG 2017
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-48946-9Published: 24 January 2017
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-84054-3Published: 17 July 2018
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-48947-6Published: 02 January 2017
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: VII, 104
Number of Illustrations: 20 b/w illustrations, 31 illustrations in colour
Topics: Communications Engineering, Networks, Information Systems and Communication Service, Systems and Data Security, Security Science and Technology, Biometrics