Author | Title | Year | ISBN | Editor | Obs. |
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Stallings & Brown | Computer Security: Principles and Practice | 2007 | 978-0-13-600424-0 | Prentice Hall | Covers most issues of interest. Academic textbook. Pricy. |
Pfleeger & Pfleeger | Security in Computing, 4/E | 2006 | 978-0-13-239077-4 | Prentice Hall | |
Gollmann | Computer Security, 2/E | 2005 | 978-0-470-86293-3 | John Wiley | Concise & mostly clear! Cheap. |
Bishop | Introduction to Computer Security | 2004 | 978-0-321-24744-5 | Addison-Wesley | Yet the academical textbook on computer security! There is a more complete version of the book. |
Garfinkel & Spafford | Practical UNIX & Internet Security, 3/E | 2003 | 978-0-596-00323-4 | O'Reilly | |
Anderson | Security Engineering: A Guide to Building Dependable Distributed Systems, 2/E | 2008 | 978-0-470-06852-6 | John Wiley | Very, very comprehensive! Not mathematical. Good for overall picture of security issues. |
Conklin et. al. | Principles of Computer Security, CompTIA Security+ and Beyond | 2009 | 978-0071633758 | McGraw-Hill Osborne Media | Covers most issues of interest. Little mathematical. Medium-priced. |
Pieprzyk, Hardjono, Seberry |
Fundamentals of Computer Security | 2003 (2010) |
978-3642077135 | Springer | Very mathematical. Pricy. |
Bagad | Information Security | 2011 | 978-9350381571 | Technical Publications | Small & simple. Cheap. |
Stamp | Information Security: Principles and Practice, 2/E | 2011 | 978-0470626399 | John Wiley | Interesting: some mathematics. Lacks some high-level subjects. Academic. Pricy. |
Andress | The Basics of Information Security: Understanding the Fundamentals of InfoSec in Theory and Practice | 2011 | 978-1597496537 | Syngress | Interesting: basic. |
Zúquete | Segurança em Redes Informáticas, 2ªed. | 2008 | 978-972-722-565-197 | FCA | Em português! Boas explicações. Não gosto do aspecto gráfico (FCA!) e de diversos aspectos do português. |
Author | Title | Year | ISBN | Editor | Obs. |
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Tony Howlett | Open Source Security Tools: Practical Guide to Security Applications | 2004 | 978-0321194435 | Prentice Hall | Excellent information on tools for protection of informatics'
installations. Unfortunately, many of the mentioned tools are outdated.
Nevertheless, the base information and advices are very sound and so I
highly recommend the book. The book is available online!!! |