Resources

Textbooks

In addition to the course’s optional textbook, the following textbooks are recommended for additional security background:

• Security Engineering by Ross Anderson
• Cryptography Engineering by Ferguson, Schneier, and Kohno
• Introduction to Computer Security by Matt Bishop
• Computer Security: Principles and Practice by William Stallings
• Computer Security: Art and Science by Matt Bishop
• Security in Computing by Charles P. Pfleeger

The following textbooks are recommended for additional networking background:

• Computer Networks: A Systems Approach (free) by Larry Peterson and Bruce Davie
• Computer Networking: A Top-Down Approach by James Kurose and Keith W. Ross
• Computer Networking Problems and Solutions by Russ White and Ethan Banks

Conferences

Conference proceedings are a great way to see what’s new in the security community. The following academic conferences are recommended:

• Internet Society Network and Distributed System Security Symposium (NDSS)
• USENIX Security Symposium (Security)
• ACM Conference on Computer and Communications Security (CCS)
• IEEE Symposium on Security and Privacy (S&P)
• Other security conferences by ranking

The following industry and practitioner conferences are recommended:

• RSA Conference
• Black Hat Conference
• DEF CON

News and Blogs

• Schneier on Security
• Krebs on Security