Security Solutions for Hyperconnectivity and the Internet of Things

Dawson, Maurice · Eltayeb, Mohamed · Omar, Marwan

août 2016 · IGI Global

À propos de cet ebook

The Internet of Things describes a world in which smart technologies enable objects with a network to communicate with each other and interface with humans effortlessly. This connected world of convenience and technology does not come without its drawbacks, as interconnectivity implies hackability.

Security Solutions for Hyperconnectivity and the Internet of Things offers insights from cutting-edge research about the strategies and techniques that can be implemented to protect against cyber-attacks. Calling for revolutionary protection strategies to reassess security, this book is an essential resource for programmers, engineers, business professionals, researchers, and advanced students in relevant fields.

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Maurice Dawson serves as an Assistant Professor of Information Systems at University of Missouri-St. Louis, former Visiting Assistant Professor (Honorary) of Industrial and Systems Engineering at The University of Tennessee Space Institute, and Fulbright Scholar: Specialist in the Faculty of Computational Mathematics & Informatics at South Ural State University in Chelyabinsk, Russia. Dawson is recognized as an Information Assurance System Architect and Engineer by the U.S. Department of Defense. Research focus area is cyber security, systems security engineering, open source software (OSS), mobile security, and engineering management.

Mohamed Eltayeb holds a Doctor of Computer Science from Colorado Technical University at Colorado Springs, Colorado. He received master of science degree in management of information system and a bachelor of science degree in computer information system from Bellevue University at Bellevue, Nebraska. His main areas of research interest are big data, cloud computing, mobile computing, information assurance, security engineering, and enterprise information management.

Marwan Omar serves an Assistant Professor of Computer Science at the department of computer science and CIS. Prior to joining Academia, Omar worked for Hewlett-Packard as a database developer where he helped build, design, and implement MS SQL database for their software and hardware products in the server industry. Omar is recognized for his information security expertise and knowledge and holds a security + certification from Comptia. Research interests are: cyber security, mobile security, open source software, and cloud computing. [Editor]