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Author Stewart, Andrew, 1975- author.

Title A vulnerable system the history of information security in the computer age Andrew J. Stewart
Published Ithaca [New York] Cornell University Press 2021
©2021

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Description 1 online resource (viii, 299 pages)
Contents Introduction : Three Stigmata -- A "New Dimension" for the Security of Information -- The Promise, Success, and Failure of the Early Researchers -- The Creation of the Internet and the Web, and a Dark Portent -- The Dot-Com Boom and the Genesis of a Lucrative Feedback Loop -- Software Security and the "Hamster Wheel of Pain" -- Usable Security, Economics, and Psychology -- Vulnerability Disclosure, Bounties, and Markets -- Data Breaches, Nation-State Hacking, and Epistemic Closure -- The Wicked Nature of Information Security -- Epilogue : The Past, Present, and a Possible Future
Summary "This book delivers a long view of the history of information security, beginning with the creation of the first digital computers"-- Provided by publisher
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on August 23, 2021)
Subject Computer security -- History
Computer networks -- Security measures -- History
COMPUTERS / Security / General
Computer networks -- Security measures
Computer security
Genre/Form Instructional and educational works
History
Instructional and educational works.
Matériel d'éducation et de formation.
Form Electronic book
LC no. 2021013835
ISBN 9781501759055
1501759051
1501759043
9781501759048