Surveillance or security? : (Record no. 21528)

MARC details
ISBN
International Standard Book Number 9780262518741
ISBN
International Standard Book Number 0262518740
DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER
Call number 363.252
MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL AUTHOR
Authors Landau, Susan Eva.
TITLE STATEMENT
Title Surveillance or security? :
Subtitle the risks posed by new wiretapping technologies /
Statement of responsibility, etc. Susan Landau.
PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT)
Place of publication Cambridge, Mass. ;
-- London :
Publisher MIT Press,
Date 2010.
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Extent xvi, 383 p. :
Other Details ill. ;
Size 24 cm.
GENERAL NOTE
General note Originally published: 2010.
BIBLIOGRAPHY, ETC. NOTE
Note Includes bibliographical references and index.
SUMMARY
Summary Digital communications are the lifeblood of modern society. We "meet up" online, tweet our reactions millions of times a day, connect through social networking rather than in person. Large portions of business and commerce have moved to the Web, and much of our critical infrastructure, including the electric power grid, is controlled online. This reliance on information systems leaves us highly exposed and vulnerable to cyberattack. Despite this, U.S. law enforcement and national security policy remain firmly focused on wiretapping and surveillance. But, as cybersecurity expert Susan Landau argues in Surveillance or Security?, the old surveillance paradigms do not easily fit the new technologies. By embedding eavesdropping mechanisms into communication technology itself, we are building tools that could be turned against us. Such attacks have already happened. Law-enforcement wiretapping capabilities built into the Greek Vodafone network were subverted and used to listen in to communications at the highest levels of the Greek government; a system built for wiretapping Internet-based communications was shown to have serious flaws that would allow a similar subversion. Landau argues that in embarking on an unprecedented effort to build surveillance capabilities deeply into communications infrastructure, the U.S. government is opting for short-term security and creating dangerous long-term risks.Landau describes what makes communications security hard, warrantless wiretapping and the role of electronic surveillance in the war on terror, the economic threats posed by electronic spying, and the risks created by embedding wiretapping into communications networks. How can we get communications security right? Landau offers a set of principles to govern wiretap policy that will allow us to protect our national security as well as our freedom.
SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical Heading Telecommunication
General Security measures
Form United States.
SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical Heading Wiretapping
Form United States.
SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical Heading Data encryption (Computer science)
General Government policy
Form United States.
SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical Heading Electronic surveillance
General Political aspects
Form United States.
SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical Heading Computer crimes
General Risk assessment
Form United States.
ELECTRONIC LOCATION AND ACCESS
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Holdings
Date last seen Full call number Barcode Cost, replacement price Price effective from Koha item type Lost status Source of classification or shelving scheme Damaged status Not for loan Withdrawn status Permanent location Current location Shelving location Date acquired Source of acquisition
26/01/2017 363.252 LA SU T0048634 10.99 26/01/2017 REGULAR   Dewey Decimal Classification       University of Wollongong in Dubai University of Wollongong in Dubai Main Collection 06/08/2013 AMAUK