Before we can even begin to comprehend RAID 5, we need to have a firm grasp on what it really is. What are the conditions under which RAID 5 should be employed rather than one of the other possible solutions?

Do other safeguards exist, or are we limited to network-based ones?

One of the most basic concepts in the field of Information Security is the CIA Triad or CIA Triangle.  This was mentioned briefly in Chapter 1 of your text.  CIA stands for Confidentiality, Integrity, and Availability.  Denial of Service (DoS) attacks challenge the "Availability" of a system or data.  This could be temporary (e.g., a SYN Flood Attack that renders a web server unavailable during the attack) or permanent (e.g., the deletion or destruction of the data).  The latter of these has become increasingly common in the case of "ransomware" which is malware that encrypts all of the data on an infected system and the administrator is notified that if they don't pay a ransom by a certain date that the key to decrypt the data will be permanently deleted.  (NOTE: This is conspicuously absent from the books discussion on malware but is a MAJOR issue right now.)  While the temporary attacks may be less destructive, they are often done against systems that generate a lot of money (such…

Have you ever given any thought to the myriad of possible uses for secure shell (SSH)? I would really appreciate it if you could provide a list of all the SSH acronyms along with a quick explanation of what each one means. I think it would be really helpful.

Give a rundown of the many subfields that may be found under the general heading of security, explain what each one entails, and give an example of how it might be used.

What's the dissimilarity between a top-down and a bottom-up strategy for information security? Because hierarchy promotes efficiency, obviously.

What are the potential repercussions that might arise from the implementation of a security architecture that is constantly active?