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Critical Infrastructure Protection in Homeland Security: Defending a Networked Nation
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by Ted G. Lewis
Sales Rank: 97059
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Discount: 19 %
List Price: $99.95
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Hardcover: 486 pages
Publisher: Wiley-Interscience; Har/Cdr edition April 21, 2006
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0471786284
ISBN-13: 978-0471786283
Product Dimensions:
9.3 x 6.2 x 1.1 inches
Shipping Weight: 1.7 pounds
Product Review
"excellent for use as a text in information assurance or cyber-security coursesI strongly advocate that professorsexamine this book with the intention of using it in their programs." (Computing Reviews.com, March 22, 2007)
"The book is written as a student textbook, but it should be equally valuable for current practitionersthis book is a very worthwhile investment." (Homeland Security Watch, August 17, 2006)
Book Description
A scientific approach to the new field of critical infrastructure protection
This book offers a unique scientific approach to the new field of critical infrastructure protection: it uses network theory, optimization theory, and simulation software to analyze and understand how infrastructure sectors evolve, where they are vulnerable, and how they can best be protected. The author demonstrates that infrastructure sectors as diverse as water, power, energy, telecommunications, and the Internet have remarkably similar structures. This observation leads to a rigorous approach to vulnerability analysis in all of these sectors. The analyst can then decide the best way to allocate limited funds to minimize risk, regardless of industry sector.
The key question addressed in this timely book is: What should be protected and how? The author proposes that the answer lies in allocating a nation's scarce resources to the most critical components of each infra-structure--the so-called critical nodes. Using network theory as a foundation, readers learn how to identifya small handful of critical nodes and then allocate resources to reduce or eliminate risk across the entire sector.
A comprehensive set of electronic media is provided on a CD-ROM in the back of the book that supports in-class and self-tutored instruction. Students can copy these professionally produced audio-video lectures onto a PC (Microsoft Windows(r) and Apple Macintosh(r) compatible) for repeated viewing at their own pace. Another unique feature of the book is the open-source software for demonstrating concepts and streamlining the math needed for vulnerability analysis. Updates, as well as a discussion forum, are available from www.CHDS.us.
This book is essential for all corporate, government agency, and military professionals tasked with assessingvulnerability and developing and implementing protection systems. In addition, the book is recommended for upper-level undergraduate and graduate students studying national security, computing, and other disciplines where infrastructure security is an issue.
Customer Reviews & Comments
I wish there was a score lower than 1 star to give. First of all, let me say that there is valuable information in this book, if you are willing to sift the chaff for wheat. However comma this book (as is admitted in the forward) was only written so the author could keep his job. And it shows. The author contradicts himself, is overly complex when explaining things (why explain it to the reader when you can use overly difficult math instead?), and doesn't even provide answers to the questions posed in the end of chapter sections. When I say doesn't provide them, he wouldn't even give them to his publisher, I checked. So, if you have the time to sift and decipher, this is the book for you, If not then I would recommend that you keep searching elsewhere for CIP information, my friend.
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