A vulnerable system : the history of information security in the computer age / Andrew J. Stewart.

Author/creator Stewart, Andrew, 1975- author.
Format Electronic
PublicationIthaca [New York] : Cornell University Press, 2021.
Copyright Date©2021
Description1 online resource (viii, 299 pages)
Supplemental ContentEbook Central
Subjects
Computer security--History.
Computer networks--Security measures. --History.

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
Abstract "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 noteIncludes bibliographical references and index
Source of descriptionDescription based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on August 23, 2021).
Issued in other formPrint version: Stewart, Andrew, 1975- Vulnerable system Ithaca [New York] : Cornell University Press, 2021 9781501758942
Genre/formInstructional and educational works.
Genre/formHistory.
Genre/formInstructional and educational works.
Genre/formMatériel d'éducation et de formation.
LCCN 2021013835
ISBN9781501759055 electronic publication
ISBN1501759051 electronic publication
ISBN1501759043 electronic book
ISBN9781501759048 electronic book
ISBNhardcover
ISBNhardcover
Stock number22573/ctv1bw9csc JSTOR

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