Handbook of Information and Communication Security
At its core, information security deals with the secure and accurate transfer of information. While information security has long been important, it was, perhaps, brought more clearly into mainstream focus with the so-called “Y2K” issue. Te Y2K scare was
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Peter Stavroulakis · Mark Stamp (Editors)
Handbook of Information and Communication Security
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Editors Prof. Peter Stavroulakis Technical University of Crete 73132 Chania, Crete Greece [email protected]
Prof. Mark Stamp Dept. Computer Science San Jose State University One Washington Square San Jose, CA 95192 USA [email protected]
ISBN 978-3-642-04116-7 e-ISBN 978-3-642-04117-4 DOI 10.1007/978-1-84882-684-7 Springer Heidelberg Dordrecht London New York Library of Congress Control Number: 2009943513 © Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2010 This work is subject to copyright. All rights are reserved, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically the rights of translation, reprinting, reuse of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfilm or in any other way, and storage in data banks. Duplication of this publication or parts thereof is permitted only under the provisions of the German Copyright Law of September 9, 1965, in its current version, and permission for use must always be obtained from Springer. Violations are liable to prosecution under the German Copyright Law. The use of general descriptive names, registered names, trademarks, etc. in this publication does not imply, even in the absence of a specific statement, that such names are exempt from the relevant protective laws and regulations and therefore free for general use. Cover illustration: Teodoro Cipresso Cover design: WMXDesign, Heidelberg Typesetting and production: le-tex publishing services GmbH, Leipzig, Germany Printed on acid-free paper Springer is part of Springer Science+Business Media (www.springer.com)
Preface
At its core, information security deals with the secure and accurate transfer of information. While information security has long been important, it was, perhaps, brought more clearly into mainstream focus with the so-called “Y2K” issue. The Y2K scare was the fear that computer networks and the systems that are controlled or operated by software would fail with the turn of the millennium, since their clocks could lose synchronization by not recognizing a number (instruction) with three zeros. A positive outcome of this scare was the creation of several Computer Emergency Response Teams (CERTs) around the world that now work cooperatively to exchange expertise and information, and to coordinate in case major problems should arise in the modern IT environment. The terrorist attacks of 11 September 2001 raised security concerns to a new level. The international community responded on at least two fronts; one front being the transfer of reliable information via secure networks and the other being the collection of information about potential terrorists. As a sign of this new emphasis on security, since 2001, all major academic publishers have started technical journals focused on security, and every major communications conference (for example, Globecom and ICC) has organized workshops and sessions on security issues. In addition, the IEEE has created a technical committee on Communication
