Education > Security Bibliography

Anderson, Ross. 2001. Security Engineering: A Guide to Building Dependable Distributed Systems. John Wiley and Sons, Inc.

An excellent, if somewhat idiosyncratic textbook of computer security issues

Bishop, Matt. 2003. Computer Security: Art and Science. Pearson Education, Inc.

An excellent overall text, but not for the beginner

Denning, Dorothy. 1982. Cryptography and Data Security. Addison-Wesley.

One of the classic texts on cryptography

Gollmann, Dieter. 1999. Computer Security. John Wiley and Sons, Inc.

An excellent overall text, but not for the beginner

Ross T. Janssen and John Jensen. 2004. Leveraging IT Infrastructure for HIPAA Training EDUCAUSE Center for Applied Research Bulletin

Kenigsberg, Norma et al. 2004. A Framework for HIPAA IT Security Compliance: Leveraging for Security EDUCAUSE Center for Applied Research Bulletin

Analysis of the synergy between efforts to comply with HIPAA and creating a more secure institutional information infrastructure overall.

National Institute of Standards and Technology. 2004. Special Publication 800-66: An Introductory Resource Guide for Implementing the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) Security Rule (PDF file 1.9MB)

One of the best guides to implementing the HIPAA Security Rule thus far

Neumann, Peter. 1995. Computer-Related Risks. Addison-Wesley.

No one looks at risk better than Neumann

Russell, Deborah, and G. T. Gangemi, Sr. 1991. Computer Security Basics. Sebastopol CA: O'Reilly and Associates.

One of the classic basic texts

Schneier, Bruce. 2000. Secrets and Lies: Digital Security in a Networked World. John Wiley and Sons. Inc.

Another somewhat idiosyncratic, but very thoughtful and thorough introduction to information security issues

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