Zubairi J.A., Mahboob A. (Eds.) Cyber Security Standards, Practices and Industrial Applications: Systems and Methodologies

IGI Global, 2012. — 337 p. — ISBN: 1609608518, 9781609608514Cyber security, encompassing both information and network security, is of utmost importance in todays information age.
Cyber Security Standards, Practices and Industrial Applications: Systems and Methodologies details the latest and most important advances in security standards. First, it introduces the differences between information security (covers the understanding of security requirements, classification of threats, attacks and information protection systems and methodologies) and network security (includes both security protocols as well as systems which create a security perimeter around networks for intrusion detection and avoidance). In addition, the book serves as an essential reference to students, researchers, practitioners and consultants in the area of social media, cyber security and information and communication technologies (ICT).
About the Author
Junaid Ahmed Zubairi is currently an Associate Professor at Department of Computer and Information Sciences in the State University of New York at Fredonia, USA. Dr. Zubairi received his BE (Electrical Engineering) from NED University of Engineering, Pakistan and MS and Ph.D. (Computer Engineering) from Syracuse University, USA. He worked in Sir Syed University Pakistan and Intl' Islamic University Malaysia before joining State University of New York at Fredonia. Dr. Zubairi is a recipient of many awards including Malaysian Government IRPA award, National Science Foundation MACS grant, SUNY Scholarly Incentive award and SUNY individual development award. He has authored several chapters and scholarly articles in books, international journals and conference proceedings. His research interests include information security, network traffic engineering, performance evaluation of networks and network applications in medicine.
Athar Mahboob is an Associate Professor at the National University of Sciences & Technology, Pakistan. Dr. Athar Mahboob obtained a Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from National University of Sciences & Technology, Pakistan in 2005. Earlier, he had obtained BS and MS degrees in Electrical Engineering both from Florida State University, USA (1988-1996). Dr. Athar Mahboob is a specialist in implementing enterprise information services using Linux, information security and cryptology, computer networks and internetworking using TCP/IP protocols, digital systems design and computer architectures. Dr. Athar Mahboob's Ph.D. research was focused on "Efficient Hardware and Software Implementations of Elliptic Curve Cryptography," an area in which he has obtained several international publications.