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Created and Modified by

Amanda Izenstark, 7/15

Updated by Rick Tavares 7/17

Suggested Search Terms

To find materials on this topic in the URI Libraries Search and Article Databases, try the following terms:

Cyberterrorism
Computer networks -- security measures
Computers -- access control
Information warfare
Cloud computing -- Security measures
Penetration testing (Computer security)
Computer crimes -- prevention
Hackers

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Academic Search Complete (EBSCOhost)
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Cover-to-cover full text for more than 300 journals and periodicals and indexing and abstracts for more than 400 titles that offer news pertaining to all branches of the military and government.

Internet Resources

Cybersecurity | Homeland Security
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Provides an overview of cybersecurity and cyberterrorism.
Tips | US-CERT
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From the United States Computer Emergency Readiness Team. Provides tips for protecting yourself from cyberattacks, and also includes tools for recovering. It is aimed at non-technical users.
Cybersecurity | American Civil Liberties Union
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Outlines many of the civil liberties issues regarding cybersecurity, including access to personal data, the government's role, and more.
Digital Attack Map
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From the About page: "Digital Attack Map is a live data visualization of DDoS attacks around the globe, built through a collaboration between Google Ideas and Arbor Networks. The tool surfaces anonymous attack traffic data to let users explore historic trends and find reports of outages happening on a given day."
Security Tracker
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Security Tracker is a third-party database of the latest published vulnerabilities.
National Vulnerability Database
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The National Vulnerability Database (NVD) is the US government database for standards based network vulnerabilities. NVD is maintained by the National Institute of Standards and Technology. NVD offers a vulnerability search engine, various feeds, and data visualizations.

Books

Hacked by Charlie Mitchell
Call Number: URI TK5105.875.I57 M575 2016
ISBN: 9781442255210
Publication Date: 2016-06-20

Hacked tells the story of several famous hacking incidents, such as those perpetrated against Sony Pictures, Target, Home Depot, and Neiman Marcus. Attacks like these are often traced to countries such as Russia, North Korea, China, Iran, and others that have a strained relationship to the US, but it is not always clear if the hackers responsible are state-sponsored or just rogue cyber-criminals. Hacked follows the government response as lawmakers struggle to address these new threats.
Cybersecurity and Applied Mathematics by Leigh Metcalf; William Casey
Call Number: URI TK5105.59 .M48 2016
ISBN: 9780128044520
Publication Date: 2016-06-08

Cybersecurity and Applied Mathematics details the mathematical concepts, and statistical models needed to conduct cybersecurity research including: data analysis and visualization, and methods of analysis to determine the most effective cybersecurity solutions.
Cognitive Hack by James Bone
Call Number: URI HF5548.37 .B664 2017
ISBN: 9781498749817
Publication Date: 2017-01-31

Cognitive Hack draws on current research and case studies in data security and network vulnerability. This book is written to help the security professional reduce vulnerabilities, identify patterns in data breaches, create new security measures, and get in the mind of the hacker.
Penetration Testing Essentials by Sean-Philip Oriyano
Call Number: URI QA76.9.A25 O75 2017
ISBN: 9781119235309
Publication Date: 2016-12-05

Penetration Testing Essentials will provide professionals and beginners an introduction to the concepts, tools, and techniques of pen testing, or breaking in to a computer network to discover its vulnerabilities. The book covers setting up a legal and ethical pen testing lab, using cryptography, and removing the evidence pen testing leaves behind.
Security in the Private Cloud by John R. Vacca (Editor)
Call Number: URI QA76.585 .S4435 2017
ISBN: 9781482259551
Publication Date: 2016-09-01

Security in the Private Cloud is a professional reference guide and handbook for private cloud security. The information in this handbook will help security practitioners to weigh the business and technical advantages of different security solutions and models, and to determine the best options for their organization.