Computer Architecture And Security: Fundamentals Of Designing Secure Computer Systems

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

Shuangbao (Paul) Wang, Beijing Normal University, People's Republic of China Wang is a National "985" Professor at Beijing National University and Associate Professor of Information Technology at George Mason University. Other appointments include CTO of thee National Biomedical Research Foundation, Bethesda, Maryland, Senior Consultant at Guardian Technologies International, and Adjunct Professor, University of Maryland University College. Previously he was Professor and Director of the Institute of Information Science and Technology, Qingdao. Wang's research interests are computer architecture for security, handheld-based data collecting and analyzing systems with data security, real-time 3D imaging systems, and wavelet image processing. Wang holds a B.S. and M.S. in Computer Science from Southwest Jiaotong University and a PhD in Computer Science from George Mason University. He serves as the Associate Editor for the International Journal of Computerized Medical Imaging and Graphics and the International Journal of Computer Language, Systems & Structures.


Robert S. Ledley, Georgetown University, USA Ledley is Professor Emeritus at Georgetown University. His extensive list of awards include the National Inventors Hall of Fame for the invention of the whole-body CT scanner, National Medal of Technology, Recognition of significant contributions to the advancement of biomedical research and informatics from The National Institute of Dental Research of NIH, the Goldhaber Award from the Harvard School of Dental Medicine, and the Morris E. Collen, M.D. Award from the American College of Medical Informatics. He is the Founding Editor of Pattern Recognition and Computers in Biology and Medicine, and the Editor-in-Chief of Computerized Medical Imaging and Graphics and Computer Languages, Systems and Structures. Ledly is President of the National Biomedical Research Foundation and a Member of the National Academy of Science.