Academic: Database security Ebooks

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Mastering SQL Server 2000 Securityby Mike Young; Curtis W. Young
John Wiley & Sons, Inc. 2003; US$ 50.00
Learn how to protect corporate information by properly designing, managing, and maintaining security at the database level Security is a primary concern in all aspects of development and IT administration. While locking down networks and erecting firewalls will always be necessary, so much more can be done to protect a corporation's most valuable intangible assets: accounting records, customer lists, and inventories. Microsoft SQL Server 2000 has proven itself to be the fastest and most reliable product available for protecting corporate data. No other book covers as thoroughly the subject of security design and implementation strategies; Mastering SQL Server 2000 Security fills that gap in literature with practical, hands-on advice. Packed... more...
Database and Applications Securityby Bhavani Thuraisingham
Auerbach Publications 2005; US$ 79.95
This is the first book to provide an in-depth coverage of all the developments, issues, and challenges in secure databases and applications. It provides directions for data and application security, including securing emerging applications such as bioinformatics, stream information processing and peer-to-peer computing. Divided into eight sections, each section focusing on some key concept of secure databases and applications. Database and Applications Security provides a comprehensive overview and focuses on all aspects of the technology including secure relational databases, inference problems, secure object databases, secure distributed databases and emerging applications. more...
Understanding DB2 9 Securityby Rebecca Bond; Kevin Yeung-Kuen See; Carmen Ka Man Wong; Yuk-Kuen Henry Chan
Pearson Education 2006; US$ 43.99
This is the eBook version of the printed book. Understanding DB2 9 Security is the only comprehensive guide to securing DB2 and leveraging the powerful new security features of DB2 9. Direct from a DB2 Security deployment expert and the IBM® DB2 development team, this book gives DBAs and their managers a wealth of security information that is available nowhere else. It presents real-world implementation scenarios, step-by-step examples, and expert guidance on both the technical and human sides of DB2 security. This book’s material is organized to support you through every step of securing DB2 in Windows®, Linux®, or UNIX® environments. You’ll start by exploring the regulatory and business issues driving... more...
The Oracle Hacker's Handbookby David Litchfield
John Wiley & Sons, Inc. 2007; US$ 44.99
David Litchfield has devoted years to relentlessly searching out the flaws in the Oracle database system and creating defenses against them. Now he offers you his complete arsenal to assess and defend your own Oracle systems. This in-depth guide explores every technique and tool used by black hat hackers to invade and compromise Oracle and then it shows you how to find the weak spots and defend them. Without that knowledge, you have little chance of keeping your databases truly secure. more...
CryptoGraphicsby Debra Cook; Angelos Keromytis
Springer-Verlag New York Inc 2006; US$ 115.00
Explores the potential for implementing ciphers within GPUs, and describes the relevance of GPU-based encryption to the security of applications involving remote displays. This work evaluates the operations found in symmetric and asymmetric key ciphers to determine if encryption can be programmed in GPUs. more...
Pro SQL Server 2005 Assembliesby Robin Dewson; Julian Skinner
Springer 2006; US$ 49.99
he book is an invaluable guide and tutorial to using the different types of assemblies in SQL Server 2005. Examples are plentiful and well chosen to represent common business solutions. — Will Wagers, C# Online.NET "Pro SQL Server 2005 Assemblies" provides a detailed and example-driven tutorial on how to build and use .NET assemblies. The authors focus on building assemblies in C#, but also provide the equivalent VB .NET code in the supplied code download. Assemblies are not a complete replacement for T-SQL stored procedures and triggers; rather, theyre enhancements, to be used at the right place and right time. This book examines the ins and outs of assemblieswhen they should and should not be used, what you can do with them,... more...
Handbook of Database Securityby Michael Gertz; Sushil Jajodia
Springer 2007; US$ 199.00
Provides an overview of data security models, techniques, and architectures for a variety of data management applications and settings. This book emphasizes aspects of data centric security that reach beyond traditional and known approaches. It covers SQL standards and security in commercial and open-source database management systems. more...
Practical Oracle Securityby Josh Shaul; Aaron Ingram
Elsevier 2007; US$ 51.95
This is the only practical, hands-on guide available to database administrators to secure their Oracle databases. This book will help the DBA to assess their current level of risk as well as their existing security posture. It will then provide practical, applicable knowledge to appropriately secure the Oracle database. The book?s companion Web site contains dozens of working scripts that DBA?s can use to secure and automate their Oracle databases. * The only practical, hands-on guide for securing your Oracle database published by independent experts. * Companion Web site contains dozens of scripts to help you automate security tasks. * Your Oracle database does not exist in a vacuum, so this book shows you how to securely integrate your database... more...
InfoSecurity 2008 Threat Analysisby Craig Schiller; Seth Fogie; Colby DeRodeff; Michael Gregg
Elsevier 2007; US$ 62.95
An all-star cast of authors analyze the top IT security threats for 2008 as selected by the editors and readers of Infosecurity Magazine. This book, compiled from the Syngress Security Library, is an essential reference for any IT professional managing enterprise security. It serves as an early warning system, allowing readers to assess vulnerabilities, design protection schemes and plan for disaster recovery should an attack occur. Topics include Botnets, Cross Site Scripting Attacks, Social Engineering, Physical and Logical Convergence, Payment Card Industry (PCI) Data Security Standards (DSS), Voice over IP (VoIP), and Asterisk Hacking. Each threat is fully defined, likely vulnerabilities are identified, and detection and prevention strategies... more...
Managing Catastrophic Loss of Sensitive Databy Constantine Photopoulos
Elsevier 2008; US$ 62.95
Offering a structured approach to handling and recovering from a catastrophic data loss, this book will help both technical and non-technical professionals put effective processes in place to secure their business-critical information and provide a roadmap of the appropriate recovery and notification steps when calamity strikes. *Addresses a very topical subject of great concern to security, general IT and business management *Provides a step-by-step approach to managing the consequences of and recovering from the loss of sensitive data. *Gathers in a single place all information about this critical issue, including legal, public relations and regulatory issues more...