Essential Computer Science: A Programmer’s Guide to Foundational Concepts

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P. D. Crutcher et al.Essential Computer Sciencehttps://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4842-7107-0_6

6. Computer Security

Paul D. Crutcher¹  , Neeraj Kumar Singh² and Peter Tiegs³

(1)

Welches, OR, USA

(2)

Bangalore, Karnataka, India

(3)

Hillsboro, OR, USA

 

Computer security is an extremely broad field spanning across multiple domains, ranging from the security of user data to the physical safety of the user. On a commercial robot, for instance, computer security is used to protect sensors and actuators whose malicious use can have a devastating impact on human life. Some examples of critical computer systems that could be compromised, if they have security issues, are healthcare ...