Syngress Releases "Black Hat Physical Device Security"

Syngress Announces "Black Hat Physical Device Security: Exploiting
Hardware and Software" by Black Hat, Inc.

Contact: Amy Pedersen
781-681-5151 x12
amy@syngress.com

Rockland, MA March 4, 2005 -- Syngress Publishing, Inc., today announced
the publication of "Black Hat Physical Device Security: Exploiting
Hardware and Software" (ISBN: 1-932266-81-X). Black Hat, Inc. is the
premier, worldwide provider of security training, consulting, and
conferences. In this book, the Black Hat experts show readers the types of
attacks that can be done to physical devices such as motion detectors,
video monitoring and closed circuit systems, authentication systems,
thumbprint and voice print devices, retina scans, and more.

This is the first book by world-renowned Black Hat, Inc. and it is the
first book that details methods for attacking and defending physical
security devices.

Chapter topics include: The Enveloping Paradigm, Inheriting Security
Problems, Information Security, Mitigating Exposures, Monitoring Software
Exposures, Taking a Hard Look at Hardware, Authenticating People,
Monitoring and Detecting Deviations, Notifying Systems, Terms in Context,
Factoring By Quadratic Relationships: A Construction, Factoring Source
Code for Fun

BOOK DETAILS
ISBN: 1-932266-81-X
PRICE: $49.95 U.S.
PAGE COUNT: 448 PP

About the Author
Drew Miller is an independent security consultant, and teaches and
lectures abroad on defensive security methodologies and application attack
detection. For the last several years, Drew has developed state-of-the-art
training courses for software engineers and security analysts, presenting
at the Black Hat, Inc. security conventions. His specialties include
modeling strategies of defensive programming to ensure stability,
performance and security in enterprise software. Drew has worked at many
levels of software development, from embedded operating systems, device
drivers and file systems at Datalight Inc. to consumer and enterprise
networking products such as Laplinks, PCSync and Cenzic Hailstorm.

Background Information
Syngress Publishing (www.syngress.com), headquartered in Rockland,
Massachusetts, is an independent publisher of print and electronic
reference materials for Information Technology professionals seeking skill
enhancement and career advancement. Distributed throughout Europe, Asia,
and the U.S. and Canada, Syngress titles have been translated into twenty
languages. The company's pioneering customer support program,
solutions@syngress.com, extends the value of every Syngress title with
regular information updates and customer-driven author forums. For more
information on Syngress products, contact Amy Pedersen at 781-681-5151 or
email amy@syngress.com. Syngress books are distributed in the United
States and Canada by O'Reilly Media, Inc.