Fundamentals Of Operating Systems and Security; The First Cut

This is an introductory text in the area of Operating Systems and Security focused on the Unix, Linux and Windows operating systems. The material presented includes technical “must know” basics required at the entry level into the field of Cyber Security. After ten years of teaching and studying Operating Systems Security, one of the first such courses ever offered on the academic level, the time has come to transform the vast amount of material into a concise and yet comprehensive set of chapters. Restricted by a one semester course of 12 to 14 lectures covering distinct and important topics, the authors have made an attempt to select the most relevant material and to present it, in an intuitive order with the intention of leading students inductively into the field of Cyber Security.