Security Engineering, 3rd Edition

 

Ross Anderson has written the 3rd Edition of Security Engineering. The ebook version will be published at the end of November 2020; paper copies will ship from Wiley USA and UK on December 7th, and from Amazon on December 20th.

Sample chapters of the 3rd Edition are available on-line, as are the complete texts of the 2nd Edition (2008), and the 1st Edition (2001).

In this newly revised Third Edition of Security Engineering: A Guide to Building Dependable Distributed Systems, celebrated security expert Ross Anderson updates his best-selling textbook to help you meet the challenges of the coming decade.

Security Engineering became a classic because it covers not just the technical basics, such as cryptography, access controls and tamper-resistance, but also how they're used in real life. Real-world case studies – of the security of payment systems, military systems, the phone app ecosystems and now self-driving cars – demonstrate how to use security technology in practice, and what can go wrong.

Filled with actionable advice and the latest research, this Third Edition brings a classic book up to date with the modern world of smartphones, cloud computing and AI. As everything gets connected to the Internet, security engineering has come to require inter-disciplinary expertise, ranging from physics to psychology and applied economics. Security Engineering is the only textbook on the market to explain all these aspects of protecting real systems, while still remaining easily accessible.

Perfect for computer science students and practicing cybersecurity professionals, as well as systems engineers of all sorts, this latest edition of Security Engineering also belongs on the bookshelves of candidates for professional certification such as CISSP.

You'll learn what makes a system secure and reliable and what can render it vulnerable, from phones and laptops through cars and payment terminals to cloud services and corporate networks. You'll find:

* The basics: cryptography, protocols, access controls and usability

* The attacks: phishing, software exploits and the cybercrime ecosystem

* The responses: biometrics, smartcards, enclaves, app stores and the patch cycle

* The psychology of security: what makes security hard for users and engineers

* The economics of security: how large systems fail, and what to do about it

* The big policy questions: from surveillance through censorship to sustainability

Security Engineering is the book that created the discipline. It will continue to define the discipline for the 2020s and beyond.