Cryptography and Network Security

ISBN-13: 9788770224079 / Angielski / Twarda / 2022 / 298 str.

Marcelo Sampaio de Alencar

Opis

This book provides a comprehensive introduction to the foundations of cryptography and network security. As well as a thorough presentation of the evolution of the topic the book includes information about basic hacker attacks, alternatives to prevent attacks, ways to increase data protection and how to set up and implement secure protocols.

Spis treści

1. Introduction  2. Main Definitions  3. Information Theory  4. Source Coding  5. Information Transmission and Channel Capacity  6. Computer Networks  7. Network Protocols and Architecture  8. The TCP/IP Protocol  9. Network Security  10. Theoretical Cryptography  11. The Hash Function  12. Criminal Cases 

O autorze

Marcelo Sampaio de Alencar received his bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering, from Universidade Federal de Pernambuco (UFPE), Brazil, 1980, his master’s degree in electrical engineering, from Universidade Federal da Paraiba (UFPB), Brazil, 1988 and his Ph.D. from the University of Waterloo, Canada, 1994. He worked for the Departmentof Electrical Engineering, Federal University of Paraiba (UFPB), for the Federal University of Campina Grande (UFCG), for the State University of Santa Catarina (UDESC), and for the Federal University of Bahia (UFBA). He was visiting professor at the University of Toronto, and is now visiting professor at the Senai Cimatec, Salvador, Brasil. He is founder and President of the Institute for Advanced Studies in Communications (Iecom). He has been awarded several scholarships and grants, from the Brazilian National Council for Scientific and Technological Research (CNPq), from the IEEE Foundation, from the University of Waterloo, and from the Federal University of Paraiba. He received an achievement award from the Brazilian Telecommunications Society (SBrT), an award from the Medicine College of the Federal University of Campina Grande (UFCG), and an achievement award from the College of Engineering of the Federal University of Pernambuco. He published over 500 engineering and scientific papers and 26 books. He also wrote chapters for 12 books. He served on the Board of Directors of SBrT and on the SBMO Council. He is a Registered Professional Engineer, and he was a columnist for the traditional Brazilian newspaper Jornal do Commercio. Marcelo S. Alencar is a laureate of the prestigious 2014 Attilio Giarola Medal, of the Brazilian Microwave and Optoelectronics Society (SBMO).