This comprehensive, accessible Information Security text is ideal for the one-term, undergraduate college course. The author integrates risk assessment and security policy throughout the text, believing that security systems work best at achieving goals they are designed to meet, and security policy ties real-world goals to security mechanisms. Early chapters in the text discuss individual computers and small LANS, while later chapters deal with distributed site security and the Internet. Cryptographic topics follow the same progression, starting on a single computer and evolving to Internet-level connectivity. Mathematical concepts throughout the text are defined and tutorials with mathematical tools are provided to ensure students grasp the information at hand.