Download or read book Security of Information and Communication Networks written by Stamatios V. Kartalopoulos and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2009-03-11 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 2009 CHOICE AWARD OUTSTANDING ACADEMIC TITLE Information and communications security is a hot topic in private industry as well as in government agencies. This book provides a complete conceptual treatment of securing information and transporting it over a secure network in a manner that does not require a strong mathematical background. It stresses why information security is important, what is being done about it, how it applies to networks, and an overview of its key issues. It is written for anyone who needs to understand these important topics at a conceptual rather than a technical level.