Information Technology

CYBER INFRASTRUCTURE PROTECTION

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The Internet, as well as other telecommunication networks and information systems, have become an integrated part of our daily lives, and our dependency upon their underlying infrastructure is ever-increas- ing. Unfortunately, as our dependency has grown, so have hostile attacks on the cyber infrastructure by network predators. The lack of security as a core el- ement in the initial design of these information sys- tems has made common desktop software, infrastruc- ture services, and information networks increasingly vulnerable to continuous and innovative breakers of security. Worms, viruses, and spam are examples of attacks that cost the global economy billions of dollars in lost productivity. Sophisticated distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks that use thousands of web robots (bots) on the Internet and telecommunications networks are on the rise. The ramifications of these at- tacks are clear: the potential for a devastating large- scale network failure, service interruption, or the total unavailability of service.
Yet many security programs are based solely on reactive measures, such as the patching of software or the detection of attacks that have already occurred, instead of proactive measures that prevent attacks in the first place. Most of the network security configu- rations are performed manually and require experts to monitor, tune security devices, and recover from attacks. On the other hand, attacks are getting more sophisticated and highly automated, which gives the attackers an advantage in this technology race

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Series Title

CYBER INFRASTRUCTURE PROTECTION

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Publisher

USA : ., 2011

Collation

1-324

Language

English

ISBN/ISSN

1-58487-468-6

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NONE

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Edition

1st Edtion

Subject(s)

Information Technology

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