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Books in Social sciences

The Social Sciences collection forms a definitive resource for those entering, researching, or teaching in any of the many disciplines making up this interdisciplinary area of study. Written by experts and researchers from both Academic and Commercial domains, titles offer global scope and perspectives.

Key subject areas include: Library and Information Science; Transportation; Urban Studies; Geography, Planning, and Development; Security; Emergency Management.

  • Digital Forensics Ultimate DVD

    • 1st Edition
    • Michael Cross + 5 more
    • English
    Digital Forensics Ultimate DVD contains six of our best-selling titles. This collection of ebooks provides the IT security professional with easy access to tones of information on a single DVD. It contains over 3000 pages of techniques and tools. The books included are: Malware Forensics 9781597492683 Mac OS Forensics 9781597492973 Windows Forensic Analysis DVD Toolkit, First Edition 9781597491563 UNIX and Linux Forensic Analysis DVD Toolkit 9781597492690 Alternate Data Storage Forensics 9781597491631 Scene of the Cybercrime, 2nd Edition 9781597492768

  • Hacking and Penetration Testing Ultimate CD

    • 1st Edition
    • Jay Beale + 4 more
    • English
    Hacking and Penetration Testing Ultimate CD contains six of our best-selling titles. This collection of ebooks provides the IT security professional with easy access to loads of information on a single CD. It contains over 2300 pages of techniques and tools. This features: *Long: Google Hacking: Volume One, 9781931836364*Jackso... et al.: Asterisk Hacking, 9781597491518*Haines... et al.: Kismet Hacking, 9781597491174*Kancli... NetCat Power Tools, 9781597492577*Beale, et al.: Pentester's Open Source Toolkit, 9781597490214*Orebau... and Pinkard: Nmap in the Enterprise, 9781597492416

  • High-Rise Security and Fire Life Safety

    • 3rd Edition
    • Geoff Craighead
    • English
    High-Rise Security and Fire Life Safety, 3e, is a comprehensive reference for managing security and fire life safety operations within high-rise buildings. It spells out the unique characteristics of skyscrapers from a security and fire life safety perspective, details the type of security and life safety systems commonly found in them, outlines how to conduct risk assessments, and explains security policies and procedures designed to protect life and property. Craighead also provides guidelines for managing security and life safety functions, including the development of response plans for building emergencies. This latest edition clearly separates out the different types of skyscrapers, from office buildings to hotels to condominiums to mixed-use buildings, and explains how different patterns of use and types of tenancy impact building security and life safety.

  • SQL Injection Attacks and Defense

    • 1st Edition
    • Justin Clarke-Salt
    • English
    Winner of the Best Book Bejtlich Read in 2009 award! "SQL injection is probably the number one problem for any server-side application, and this book is unequaled in its coverage." Richard Bejtlich, http://taosecurity.b... SQL injection represents one of the most dangerous and well-known, yet misunderstood, security vulnerabilities on the Internet, largely because there is no central repository of information to turn to for help. This is the only book devoted exclusively to this long-established but recently growing threat. It includes all the currently known information about these attacks and significant insight from its contributing team of SQL injection experts.

  • Cisco Router and Switch Forensics

    Investigating and Analyzing Malicious Network Activity
    • 1st Edition
    • Dale Liu
    • English
    Cisco IOS (the software that runs the vast majority of Cisco routers and all Cisco network switches) is the dominant routing platform on the Internet and corporate networks. This widespread distribution, as well as its architectural deficiencies, makes it a valuable target for hackers looking to attack a corporate or private network infrastructure. Compromised devices can disrupt stability, introduce malicious modification, and endanger all communication on the network. For security of the network and investigation of attacks, in-depth analysis and diagnostics are critical, but no book currently covers forensic analysis of Cisco network devices in any detail. Cisco Router and Switch Forensics is the first book devoted to criminal attacks, incident response, data collection, and legal testimony on the market leader in network devices, including routers, switches, and wireless access points. Why is this focus on network devices necessary? Because criminals are targeting networks, and network devices require a fundamentally different approach than the process taken with traditional forensics. By hacking a router, an attacker can bypass a network's firewalls, issue a denial of service (DoS) attack to disable the network, monitor and record all outgoing and incoming traffic, or redirect that communication anywhere they like. But capturing this criminal activity cannot be accomplished with the tools and techniques of traditional forensics. While forensic analysis of computers or other traditional media typically involves immediate shut-down of the target machine, creation of a duplicate, and analysis of static data, this process rarely recovers live system data. So, when an investigation focuses on live network activity, this traditional approach obviously fails. Investigators must recover data as it is transferred via the router or switch, because it is destroyed when the network device is powered down. In this case, following the traditional approach outlined in books on general computer forensics techniques is not only insufficient, but also essentially harmful to an investigation.Jargon buster: A network switch is a small hardware device that joins multiple computers together within one local area network (LAN). A router is a more sophisticated network device that joins multiple wired or wireless networks together.

  • Digital Library Economics

    An Academic Perspective
    • 1st Edition
    • Wendy Evans + 1 more
    • English
    Digital Library Economics covers key aspects of the management and development of the digital library from an economic viewpoint. The work is a collection of essays by leading international authorities and provides an overview of current and future positions with regard to the economics of digital library management and development. Key contextual aspects are described, providing a history of the growth of digital libraries, with special reference to financial issues, current and possible future economic models and costing methodologies and challenges, themes and issues in the field.

  • Introduction to Microsoft Certification and Study Skills: Exam 70-620

    Exam 70-620
    • 1st Edition
    • Robert Shimonski
    • English
    This is a 1-hour short course from the complete self-paced online training course for 70-620. It provides a unique and intense test prep experience. Written and designed by leading experts and Microsoft MVPs, this short course delivers rich content, an interactive learning experience, and realistic practice questions.

  • International Encyclopedia of Education

    • 3rd Edition
    • Penelope Peterson + 2 more
    • English
    The field of education has experienced extraordinary technological, societal, and institutional change in recent years, making it one of the most fascinating yet complex fields of study in social science. Unequalled in its combination of authoritative scholarship and comprehensive coverage, International Encyclopedia of Education, Third Edition succeeds two highly successful previous editions (1985, 1994) in aiming to encapsulate research in this vibrant field for the twenty-first century reader. Under development for five years, this work encompasses over 1,000 articles across 24 individual areas of coverage, and is expected to become the dominant resource in the field. Education is a multidisciplinary and international field drawing on a wide range of social sciences and humanities disciplines, and this new edition comprehensively matches this diversity. The diverse background and multidisciplinary subject coverage of the Editorial Board ensure a balanced and objective academic framework, with 1,500 contributors representing over 100 countries, capturing a complete portrait of this evolving field.

  • The Real Citrix CCA Exam Preparation Kit

    Prepare for XenApp 5.0
    • 1st Edition
    • Shawn Tooley
    • English
    The Citrix Certified Administrator (CCA) credential is the first tier of Citrix certification. The CCA is most often sought out by IT professionals whose networks employ Citrix virtualization technology, and for those IT professionals who are seeking a broad base of general network expertise. The number of CCAs is estimated at between 65 and 70K, up from 45,000 in 2003. Citrix recently released a new version of its most popular product, XenApp (formerly Presentation Server). This new version is fully compatible with Windows Server 2008. To retain their CCA credential, all current CCAs will need to upgrade to the new software. This will be particularly important to those companies enrolled in Citrix partner programs, as current certification is a requirement of the program. When packaged with practice exams, this prep kit will offer an affordable, effective solution for CCA certification and re-certification.

  • The Real MCTS SQL Server 2008 Exam 70-432 Prep Kit

    Database Implementation and Maintenance
    • 1st Edition
    • English
    SQL Server 2008 is the latest update to Microsoft's flagship database management system. This is the largest update since SQL Server 2005. SQL Server 2008 is a much more significant update than SQL Server 2005, because it brings increased ability to deliver data across more platforms, and thus many different types of devices. New functionality also allows for easy storage and retrieval of digitized images and video. These attributes address the recent explosion in the popularity of web-based video and server and desktop virtualization.The Real MCTS SQL Server 2008 Exam 70-432 Prep Kit prepares readers for the Microsoft Certified Technology Specialist exam: SQL Server 2008, Implementation and Maintenance.

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