Authors: Daniel J., Lohrmann.
Paperback, 224 pages
Publisher: Brazos Press
Publication Date: 2008-11-01


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    It's unavoidable--every time we surf the Web we are bombarded with temptations vying for our thoughts, dreams, time, and money. As a high-ranking government computer security expert and an avid personal Internet user, Daniel Lohrmann knows these lures well. In Virtual Integrity, he sets out to answer an important question: How can we safely surf our values? Approachable and essential for all Web users, this book reveals the vast scope of the current battle, creative new answers to the problem, and practical steps everyone can follow. Delving into more than just commonly discussed issues of Internet gambling and pornography, Lohrmann offers a rare holistic vision for how to avoid "integrity theft" and unpacks a revolutionary new paradigm for integrity security. EXCERPT Over the past 24 years, I've led teams building websites and customer-focused portals that have changed the way citizens and businesses interact with government - for the better. Since working for the National Security Agency in the 1980s, I've circled the globe fixing computers, battling hackers, stopping computer viruses, and taking on a never-ending list of "bad guys." America still faces serious challenges from foreign threats, and many books have been written and websites developed on all aspects of cybersecurity, organized crime, and protecting your confidential information. I've seen firsthand a lot of these threats and abuses of Internet capabilities. But in the past few years, an even more troubling trend has grabbed my attention. I am referring to an extraordinary increase in the numbers of temptations we face in cyberspace. New seductions are cleverly packaged as "innovative opportunities" that are really appeals to engage in unproductive, harmful, even immoral activities online. A much wider set of questions have arisen that can't be answered by simply blocking spam, installing web filters, or upgrading your antivirus software and PC firewall. These virtual threats can have the net effect of taking away some of the most important things in life. As individuals, institutions, and a nation, we spend significant time battling identity theft online, but we neglect to fight other negative aspects of Internet life that I call "integrity theft." We need a new approach to virtual integrity....

Authors: Dan Gookin.
Paperback, 432 pages
Publisher: For Dummies
Publication Date: 2008-06-30
Edition: 11

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    !Aqui los gurus de la computacion hablan claro!

Conozca Windows Vista, conecte perifericos y asegure sus cosas . . . sin sufrir

!No hay nadie mejor para presentarle su primera PC que Dan Gookin! Aqui encontrara lo que necesita saber (y tal vez temes preguntar) -- que se conecta con que, como ajustar su monitor, grabar DVDs, instalar un firewall, ponerse en linea -- en fin, como vivir la vida digital. Todo en un lenguaje sencillo, !y hasta quizas descubra que es divertido!

Descubra como:
* Instalar y configurar su PC
* Almacenar sus cosas en tarjetas de memoria
* Administrar la energia de su PC
* Grabar TV en vivo y descargar fotos digitales
* Conectarse a una red inalambrica
* Explorar la Internet en forma segura...

Authors: Kenneth Walton.
Paperback, 304 pages
Publisher: Simon Spotlight Entertainment
Publication Date: 2007-05-08


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    Ripped from the headlines of the New York Times, Fake describes Kenneth Walton's innocent beginnings as a lawyer turned online art-trading hobbyist, whose satisfaction in reselling thrift store paintings for a profit soon became a fierce addiction to eBay. In a landscape peopled with colorful eccentrics hoping to score museum-quality paintings at bargain prices, Walton entered into a partnership with con man Ken Fetterman. Over the course of eighteen months they managed to take in hundreds of thousands of dollars by selling forged paintings and bidding on their own auctions to drive up the prices. When their deception was discovered and made international headlines, Walton found himself stalked by reporters and federal agents while Fetterman went on the lam, sparking a nationwide FBI manhunt.

In this sensational story of the seductive power of greed, Kenneth Walton breaks his silence for the first time and details the international scandal that forever changed the way eBay does business....

Authors: Dennis Sherman. Joyce Salisbury.
Paperback, 528 pages
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Humanities/Social Sciences/Languages
Publication Date: 2007-12-06
Edition: 3

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    The West in the World relates the story of how the west has transformed - and been transformed by - the rest of the world. The authors examine the West�s contributions to the world and how the west has changed and embraced new ideas through contact with the people outside its center. Using a political / cultural framework the text weaves a strong thread of social history into the narrative by showing how civilizations grow and are shaped through the decisions and actions of real people. The authors bring history to life by using art and maps as a central feature of learning. They build discussions of art into the narrative to help students interpret artwork, and provide analytical map guides that reveal the connections between geography, politics, and other developments. This strong, rich narrative is short enough to allow instructors the flexibility of introducing other sources and books as supplement, while giving students a solid understanding of Western Civilization without overwhelming them. ....

Authors: Thomas R. Peltier.
Hardcover, 360 pages
Publisher: Auerbach Publications
Publication Date: 2005-04-26
Edition: 2

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    The risk management process supports executive decision-making, allowing managers and owners to perform their fiduciary responsibility of protecting the assets of their enterprises. This crucial process should not be a long, drawn-out affair. To be effective, it must be done quickly and efficiently.

Information Security Risk Analysis, Second Edition enables CIOs, CSOs, and MIS managers to understand when, why, and how risk assessments and analyses can be conducted effectively. This book discusses the principle of risk management and its three key elements: risk analysis, risk assessment, and vulnerability assessment. It examines the differences between quantitative and qualitative risk assessment, and details how various types of qualitative risk assessment can be applied to the assessment process. The text offers a thorough discussion of recent changes to FRAAP and the need to develop a pre-screening method for risk assessment and business impact analysis. ---------------------Features--------------------- · Analyzes risk analysis, risk assessment, and vulnerability assessments · Introduces System Development Life Cycle (SDLC) and Business Process Life Cycle (BPLC), and integrates risk analysis and assessment into these processes · Discusses the need to develop a standard set of controls, and details how to apply regulations such as GLBA, HIPPA, SOX, ISO 17799, and others · Explains how to use qualitative risk assessment concepts and FRAAP to conduct business impact analyses and determine information classification requirements · Contains samples of forms, controls, policies, letters, and spreadsheets needed to complete the risk analysis and assessment processes...

Authors: Tim Jordon.
Paperback, 200 pages
Publisher: Polity
Publication Date: 2008-11-03


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    Hacking provides an introduction to the community of hackers and an analysis of the meaning of hacking in twenty-first century societies.

One the one hand, hackers infect the computers of the world, entering where they are not invited, taking over not just individual workstations but whole networks. On the other, hackers write the software that fuels the Internet, from the most popular web programmes to software fundamental to the Internet's existence. Beginning from an analysis of these two main types of hackers, categorised as crackers and Free Software/Open Source respectively, Tim Jordan gives the reader insight into the varied identities of hackers, including:

* Hacktivism; hackers and populist politics
* Cyberwar; hackers and the nation-state
* Digital Proletariat; hacking for the man
* Viruses; virtual life on the Internet
* Digital Commons; hacking without software
* Cypherpunks; encryption and digital security
* Nerds and Geeks; hacking cultures or hacking without the hack
* Cybercrime; blackest of black hat hacking

Hackers end debates over the meaning of technological determinism while recognising that at any one moment we are all always determined by technology. Hackers work constantly within determinations of their actions created by technologies as they also alter software to enable entirely new possibilities for and limits to action in the virtual world. Through this fascinating introduction to the people who create and recreate the digital media of the Internet, students, scholars and general readers will gain new insight into the meaning of technology and society when digital media are hacked....

Authors: Richard A. Lanham.
Paperback, 326 pages
Publisher: University Of Chicago Press
Publication Date: 2007-10-15


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Authors: Jean-Noel Jeanneney.
Paperback, 108 pages
Publisher: University Of Chicago Press
Publication Date: 2007-10-15


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Authors: John Rizzo. Scott Knaster.
Paperback, 384 pages
Publisher: Wiley
Publication Date: 2004-03-05


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    How many cool things can you do with your Mac? Well, add 12 more to that list.

If you're one of the millions of Mac owners who like to tinker with their machines and do what their PC brethren can only dream about, this is the book for you.

Mac gurus John Rizzo and Scott Knaster will open your eyes to a dozen cool new tricks you can do with your Mac. Create a Harry Potter style picture frame that puts on a continuous slide show; teach your house to turn on the lights, adjust the thermostat, and water the lawn by itself; edit and record live TV while you watch; and more.

With a dozen new things to do with your Mac, your PC pals are going to envy you more than ever....

Authors: John V. Pavlik.
Paperback, 272 pages
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Publication Date: 2001-08-15
Edition: 0

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    Ubiquitous news, global information access, instantaneous reporting, interactivity, multimedia content, extreme customization: Journalism is undergoing the most fundamental transformation since the rise of the penny press in the nineteenth century. Here is a report from the front lines on the impact and implications for journalists and the public alike. John Pavlik, executive director of the Center for New Media at Columbia University´s Graduate School of Journalism, argues that the new media can revitalize news gathering and reengage an increasingly distrustful and alienated citizenry. The book is a valuable reference on everything from organizing a new age newsroom to job hunting in the new media....