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Outlines the three major categories of cyber attack: personal attacks, such as malware installation or identity theft; attacks on company or community infrastructure; and attacks on a national government
Experienced and highly regarded authors are uniquely qualified on the subject, having previously authored "The Safe City: Living Free in a Dangerous World" about urban security; here they expand their focus to individuals
Explains the causes of computer vulnerability and offers specific advice on what to look for when assessing risk and key protective actions that all users can take to guard against security breaches
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Table of contents (8 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
About this book
Reviews
“Digital defense is a well-written, easy-to-follow, practical book, suitable for personal as well as professional use. … the authors also provide the necessary data to help us make better decisions regarding selecting vacation destinations and hotels or products by reading the reviews of other customers. … Overall, this is a useful handbook for daily digital life.” (Sandhya Jane, Computing Reviews, January, 2017)
“The goal of this helpful resource is to explain the importance of cybersecurity to anyone using a computer or mobile device. … The most valuable aspect is the authors’ holistic approach. … They present concepts in easily understood language, define potential threats, and describe concrete steps to defend against and reduce exposures. … Summing Up: Highly recommended. Lower-division undergraduates, two-year technical program students, and general readers.” (M. B. DuBois, Choice, Vol. 53 (10), June, 2016)
“Written for a general audience, with end-of-chapter references for the more technically and detail minded, readers will be pleased to place this excellent presentation on their bookshelves. … This excellent presentation is readable by novices. It is so well rounded that even a seasoned professional will be reminded of issues to address. … Readers will enjoy and learn from this book.” (Brad Reid, Computing Reviews, December, 2015)
Authors and Affiliations
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Executive Board, Advancement of Space Safely, Arlington, USA
Joseph Pelton
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LATA’s Global Institute for Security Training, Los Alamos Technical Associates, McLean, USA
Indu B. Singh
About the authors
Indu B. Singh, Ph.D., is currently Vice President of Los Alamos Technical Associates (LATA) and head of its Washington, D.C. Operations. His responsibilities include expanding LATA’s presence in the Security and Public Safety sectors, both domestically and internationally. He also serves as Executive Director of LATA’s Global Institute for Security Training (GIST). Indu served as Director for Systems Engineering and WMD for Deloitte USA. Previously, he served as a Managing Partner at Bearing Point, a publicly traded company, prior to its acquisition by Deloitte Consulting.
Dr. Singh is considered a pioneer in the designing and implementing Smart Cities and Safe Cities around the world as well as Urban Security. In 2009 he joined with Dr. Pelton in writing Future Cities as a project for the Intelligent Community Forum headquartered in New York City. In 2014 he again teamed with Dr. Pelton to write The Safe City: Living Free in a Dangerous World. Dr. Singh has published several books on communications, IT systems and security and is a former faculty member of Rutgers University. He is also a former Strategic Director for James Martin and Associates, a global information engineering corporation. Dr. Singh is a recognized expert on solution engineering, health IT, cyber security and public safety.
Joseph N. Pelton, Ph.D., is the principal of Pelton Consulting International. He is the former Dean and Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the International Space University and Director Emeritus of the Space and Advanced Communications Research Institute (SACRI) at George Washington University. Dr. Pelton was the Director of the Interdisciplinary Telecommunications Program at the University of Colorado from 1988 to 1997, and at the time it was the largest such graduate program in the U.S. He previously held various executive positions at Intelsat and Comsat, including serving as Director of Project SHARE and Director of Strategic Policy for Intelsat. Intelsat’s Project SHARE gave birth to the Chinese National TV University. Dr. Pelton was the founder of the Arthur C. Clarke Foundation and remains as the Vice Chairman on its Board of Directors. He was also the founding President of the Society of Satellite Professionals (SSPI) and has been recognized in the SSPI Hall of Fame. He has served as President of the Arlington County Civic Federation, as a member of its Long Range Planning Commission that initiated “smart growth” in Arlington and is also Chair of the IT Advisory Commission for Arlington County.
Pelton is a widely published award winning author with some 40 books written, co-authored or co-edited. His Global Talk won the Eugene Emme Literature Award and was nominated for a Pulitzer Prize. He is on the Advisory Board of the World Future Society and also frequently speaks and writes as a futurist. Dr. Pelton is a member of the International Academy of Astronautics, an Associate Fellow of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) and a Fellow of the International Association for the Advancement of Space Safety (IAASS).
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Digital Defense
Book Subtitle: A Cybersecurity Primer
Authors: Joseph Pelton, Indu B. Singh
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-19953-5
Publisher: Copernicus Cham
eBook Packages: Engineering, Engineering (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2015
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-19952-8Published: 03 November 2015
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-79291-0Published: 13 March 2019
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-19953-5Published: 16 October 2015
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XX, 209
Number of Illustrations: 6 b/w illustrations, 36 illustrations in colour
Topics: Popular Science in Technology, Systems and Data Security, Communications Engineering, Networks