Privacy, Security, and Cyberspace
| AUTHOR | Plotkin, Robert |
| PUBLISHER | Facts on File (03/01/2012) |
| PRODUCT TYPE | Hardcover (Hardcover) |
Description
Digital technology has caused governments, businesses, and individuals to rethink long-held notions of privacy and security. Extensive government databases and the increased use of the Internet for text, audio, and video communication make it possible to monitor every Web site a computer user visits and every conversation that they have. Although such monitoring can be used to perform surveillance on actual or suspected criminals, it can also be used to spy on innocent individuals if sufficient technology and legal constraints are not in place. Privacy, Security, and Cyberspace illustrates how digital privacy and security is often a cat-and-mouse game in which owners of computers and digital data constantly update their defenses in response to new threats, while black hat hackers (those who break into computer systems with malicious intent) develop new ways to break through such defenses.
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Product Format
Product Details
ISBN-13:
9780816077564
ISBN-10:
0816077568
Binding:
Hardback or Cased Book (Unsewn / Adhesive Bound)
Content Language:
English
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Page Count:
156
Carton Quantity:
30
Product Dimensions:
7.30 x 0.60 x 9.30 inches
Weight:
1.30 pound(s)
Feature Codes:
Bibliography,
Index,
Table of Contents,
Ikids,
Glossary,
Illustrated
Country of Origin:
US
Subject Information
BISAC Categories
Computers | Social Aspects
Computers | Security - General
Grade Level:
8th Grade
- 12th Grade
Dewey Decimal:
005.8
Library of Congress Control Number:
2011006927
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Digital technology has caused governments, businesses, and individuals to rethink long-held notions of privacy and security. Extensive government databases and the increased use of the Internet for text, audio, and video communication make it possible to monitor every Web site a computer user visits and every conversation that they have. Although such monitoring can be used to perform surveillance on actual or suspected criminals, it can also be used to spy on innocent individuals if sufficient technology and legal constraints are not in place. Privacy, Security, and Cyberspace illustrates how digital privacy and security is often a cat-and-mouse game in which owners of computers and digital data constantly update their defenses in response to new threats, while black hat hackers (those who break into computer systems with malicious intent) develop new ways to break through such defenses.
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Author:
Plotkin, Robert
Robert Plotkin has been a writer and consultant to the beverage industry for over twenty years. He is a highly respected expert in the field of spirits and beverage management, and has authored eleven books on the subjects. He also frequently presents seminars on beverage management and quality control issues to national companies. Robert lives in Tucson, Arizona with his wife and two daughters.
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