Vehicular Networking: Protecting Vehicles from Imminent Cyber Threats

Cyber threats in social networking websites

A social network is a social structure made up of individuals or organizations called nodes, which are connected by one or more specific types of interdependency, such as friendship, common interest, and exchange of finance, relationships of beliefs, knowledge or prestige. A cyber threat can be both unintentional and intentional, targeted or non targeted, and it can come from a variety of sourc...

Cyber-Physical Systems: Imminent Challenges

Protecting the Nation from Health Security Threats

Events in the United States and internationally have shown the kinds of great stakes and consequences that often follow epidemics and disasters. Consider the series of health security shocks since 2001: National fear during the anthrax letters events, with impact on all 3 branches of the US government. The respiratory transmissible SARS and MERS viruses spreading via airplanes and hospitals, so...

Protecting the FPGA Design From Common Threats

The global estimated loss to counterfeiting is expected to exceed U.S.$1.5 trillion in 2009. Counterfeiting impacts all businesses in all markets, from Gucci handbags to computer chips to proprietary algorithms. The threats to companies’ intellectual property (IP) grow as the global supply chain becomes increasingly complex. Security and protection in the global supply chain is critical to main...

Vehicular Networking

With this essential guide to vehicular networking, you’ll learn about everything from conceptual approaches and state of the art protocols to system designs and their evaluation. Covering both in-car and inter-vehicle communication, this comprehensive work outlines the foundations of vehicular networking and demonstrates its commercial applications, from improved vehicle performance to entertai...