Computer Architecture and Security: Fundamentals of Designing Secure Computer Systems

Synopsis

The first book to introduce computer architecture for security and provide the tools to implement secure computer systems

This book provides the fundamentals of computer architecture for security. It covers a wide range of computer hardware, system software and data concepts from a security perspective. It is essential for computer science and security professionals to understand both hardware and software security solutions to survive in the workplace.

• Examination of memory, CPU architecture and system implementation
• Discussion of computer buses and a dual-port bus interface
• Examples cover a board spectrum of hardware and software systems
• Design and implementation of a patent-pending secure computer system
• Includes the latest patent-pending technologies in architecture security
• Placement of computers in a security fulfilled network environment
• Co-authored by the inventor of the modern Computed Tomography (CT) scanner
• Provides website for lecture notes, security tools and latest updates