Macromedia Flash or Closer

Macromedia Flash

Author: Mighty Assembly

The award-winning designers of Mighty Assembly present advanced Flash concepts and techniques in this richly-illustrated,full-color book. Inside,Mighty Assembly deconstructs their own site,from initial inception through implementation,offering in-depth insight along the way.

Execute your most creative concepts using Flash Get a developer's view of what it takes to conceive and produce an award-winning Flash Web site. This detailed case study deconstructs the site mightyassembly.com,offering readers a rare opportunity to observe and analyze how concepts are executed by pushing the limits of Flash. Learn how the developers and designers at Mighty Assembly merged original ideas and inspired designs with solid engineering principles using readily accessible Flash processes and techniques. This beautifully designed and informative book thoroughly and clearly examines the development and use of Flash graphics,sound,video,code-controlled motion,and linear animation. In the spirit of furthering the understanding and proliferation of Flash,Mighty Assembly's proprietary code is available free in downloadable form.

"This is a great resource for anyone interested in the in-depth processes and methods involved in creating an immersive online Flash experience. " —Matt Owens,volumeone.com

"Illuminates the value in the little paths a team explores during the process of refining every thought,pixel or line of code. " —Joshua Davis,praystation.com

"Provides an insider's look at how a Web site is made. Detailed accounts of how a concept is developed and individual parts are crafted demystify the work of a digital designer. " —Yoshi Sodeoka,C404

praystation.com - Joshua Davis

Illuminates the value in the little paths a team explores during the process of refining every thought, pixel or line of code.

volumeone.com - Matt Owens

This is a great resource for anyone interested in the in-depth processes and methods involved in creating an immersive online Flash experience.

Yoshi Sodeoka

Provides an insider's look at how a Web site is made. Detailed accounts of how a concept is developed and individual parts are crafted demystify the work of a digital designer.

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Closer: Performance, Technologies, Phenomenology

Author: Susan Kozel

In Closer, Susan Kozel draws on live performance practice, digital technologies, and the philosophical approach of phenomenology. Trained in dance and philosophy, Kozel places the human body at the center of explorations of interactive interfaces, responsive systems, and affective computing, asking what can be discovered as we become closer to our computers--as they become extensions of our ways of thinking, moving, and touching.

Performance, Kozel argues, can act as a catalyst for understanding wider social and cultural uses of digital technology. Taking this one step further, performative acts of sharing the body through our digital devices foster a collaborative construction of new physical states, levels of conscious awareness, and even ethics. We reencounter ourselves and others through our interactive computer systems. What we need now are conceptual and methodological frameworks to reflect this.

Kozel offers a timely reworking of the phenomenology of French philosopher Maurice Merleau-Ponty. This method, based on a respect for lived experience, begins by listening to the senses and noting insights that arrive in the midst of dance, or quite simply in the midst of life. The combination of performance and phenomenology offered by Closer yields entwinements between experience and reflection that shed light on, problematize, or restructure scholarly approaches to human bodies using digital technologies.

After outlining her approach and methodology and clarifying the key concepts of performance, technologies, and virtuality, Kozel applies phenomenological method to the experience of designing and performing in a range of computationalsystems: telematics, motion capture, responsive architectures, and wearable computing.

The transformative potential of the alchemy between bodies and technologies is the foundation of Closer. With careful design, future generations of responsive systems and mobile devices can expand our social, physical, and emotional exchanges.

Exploring Getting Started with Computing Concepts or Managing Information Security Risks

Exploring Getting Started with Computing Concepts

Author: Robert T Grauer

The Exploring series helps students master the How and Why of performing tasks in Office to gain a greater understanding of how to use the individual applications together to solve business problems. Exploring titles feature Perfect pages where every step of every hands-on exercise as well as every end-of-chapter problem begins on a new page and has its own screen shot to make it easier to follow. Each chapter contains Hands-on Exercises, Capstone Exercises, and Mini-Cases for practicing and reviewing skills acquired. 

Ideal for students and individuals seeking a comprehensive introduction to computer concepts for Microsoft Office 2007.

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Managing Information Security Risks: The OCTAVE Approach

Author: Christopher J Alberts

Information security requires far more than the latest tool or technology. Organizations must understand exactly what they are trying to protect--and why--before selecting specific solutions. Security issues are complex and often are rooted in organizational and business concerns. A careful evaluation of security needs and risks in this broader context must precede any security implementation to insure that all the relevant, underlying problems are first uncovered.

The OCTAVE approach for self-directed security evaluations was developed at the influential CERT(R) Coordination Center. This approach is designed to help you:

• Identify and rank key information assets
• Weigh threats to those assets
• Analyze vulnerabilities involving both technology and practices

OCTAVE(SM) enables any organization to develop security priorities based on the organization's particular business concerns. The approach provides a coherent framework for aligning security actions with overall objectives.

Managing Information Security Risks, written by the developers of OCTAVE, is the complete and authoritative guide to its principles and implementations. The book:

• Provides a systematic way to evaluate and manage information security risks
• Illustrates the implementation of self-directed evaluations
• Shows how to tailor evaluation methods to different types of organizations

Special features of the book include:

• A running example to illustrate important concepts and techniques
• A convenient set of evaluation worksheets
• A catalog of best practices to which organizations can comparetheir own

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Booknews

Written for people who manage information security risks for their organizations, this book details a security risk evaluation approach called "OCTAVE." The book provides a framework for systematically evaluating and managing security risks, illustrates the implementation of self-directed evaluations, and shows how to tailor evaluation methods to the needs of specific organizations. A running example illustrates key concepts and techniques. Evaluation worksheets and a catalog of best practices are included. The authors are on the technical staff of the Software Engineering Institute. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

Table of Contents:

	List of Figures
	List of Tables
	Preface
	Acknowledgments
Pt. I	Introduction	1
Ch. 1	Managing Information Security Risks	3
Ch. 2	Principles and Attributes of Information Security Risk Evaluations	17
Pt. II	The OCTAVE Method	41
Ch. 3	Introduction to the OCTAVE Method	43
Ch. 4	Preparing for OCTAVE	59
Ch. 5	Identifying Organizational Knowledge (Processes 1 to 3)	81
Ch. 6	Creating Threat Profiles (Process 4)	109
Ch. 7	Identifying Key Components (Process 5)	137
Ch. 8	Evaluating Selected Components (Process 6)	157
Ch. 9	Conducting the Risk Analysis (Process 7)	169
Ch. 10	Developing a Protection Strategy - Workshop A (Process 8A)	191
Ch. 11	Developing a Protection Strategy - Workshop B (Process 8B)	227
Pt. III	Variations on the OCTAVE Approach	239
Ch. 12	An Introduction to Tailoring OCTAVE	241
Ch. 13	Practical Applications	255
Ch. 14	Information Security Risk Management	275
	Glossary	293
	Bibliography	301
App. A	Case Scenario for the OCTAVE Method	311
	App. B: Worksheets	363
	App. C: Catalog of Practices	443
	About the Authors	457
	Index	461

The Sims 2 or Information Security Governance

The Sims 2: Nightlife: Prima Official Game Guide

Author: Greg Kramer

Make it a night to remember
*Complete catalog of over 125 new Objects and Items
*Details on the new Pleasure and Aspiration
*Create the ultimate social butterfly with details on fun group outings night after night
*Send your Sims to the fanciest restaurant and the dingiest dives in the new downtown neighborhood
*Build the downtown of your dreams
*Become a true creature of the night--live the life of a vampire or a partier
*Be a winner at the dating game with tips for supercharging romantic pursuits

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Information Security Governance: Design, Implementation, Measurement & Compliance

Author: Timothy P Layton

Organizations rely on digital information today more than ever before. Unfortunately, that information is equally sought after by criminals. New security standards and regulations are being implemented to deal with these threats, but they are very broad and organizations require focused guidance to adapt the guidelines to their specific needs. Fortunately, Information Security: Design, Implementation, Measurement, and Compliance outlines a complete roadmap to successful adaptation and implementation of a security program based on the ISO/IEC 17799:2005 (27002) Code of Practice for Information Security Management. The book first describes a risk assessment model, a detailed risk assessment methodology, and an information security evaluation process. Upon this foundation, the author presents a proposed security baseline for all organizations, an executive summary of the ISO/IEC 17799 standard, and a gap analysis exposing the differences between the recently rescinded version and the newly released version of the standard. Finally, he devotes individual chapters to each of the 11 control areas defined in the standard, covering systematically the 133 controls within the 39 control objectives. Tim Layton's Information Security is a practical tool to help you understand the ISO/IEC 17799 standard and apply its principles within your organization's unique context.

Table of Contents:

Ch. 1	Information security risk assessment model (ISRAM)	3
Ch. 2	Global information security assessment methodology (GISAM)	17
Ch. 3	Developing an information security evaluation (ISE) process	49
Ch. 4	A security baseline	55
Ch. 5	Background of the ISO/IEC 17799 standard	71
Ch. 6	ISO/IEC 17799:2005 gap analysis	77
Ch. 7	Security policy	117
Ch. 8	Organization of information security	125
Ch. 9	Asset management	133
Ch. 10	Human resources security	139
Ch. 11	Physical and environmental security	147
Ch. 12	Communications and operations management	155
Ch. 13	Access control	173
Ch. 14	Information systems acquisition, development, and maintenance	185
Ch. 15	Information security incident management	195
Ch. 16	Business continuity management	199
Ch. 17	Compliance	203
App. A	ISO standards cited in ISO/IEC 17799:2005	209

SPSS for Psychologists or Pattern Oriented Software Architecture

SPSS for Psychologists: A Guide to Data Analysis Using SPSS for Windows, Versions 12 And 13

Author: Nicola Brac

The new edition of this best-selling guide carefully leads the user through the process of using SPSS to analyze psychological data. The authors review the basic issues regarding design and proceed through all of the major statistical techniques used in psychology, from introductory to advanced level. Readers are introduced to the rationale and use of each test and shown how to choose, perform, and report the statistical analysis of their own data.

SPSS for Psychologists, 3/E covers SPSS versions 12 and 13, but is also appropriate for those using versions 9 - 11. The new edition highlights the differences between the versions and now includes coverage of reliability measures, partial correlations, and using statistics for scale constructions.

Comprehensive in coverage, the book reviews advanced statistical material such as ANCOVA, factor analysis, logistic regression, and discriminant analysis as well as issues related to research design, data entry, data handling, data manipulation and modification in SPSS; how to calculate basic statistical procedures using SPSS; tests of difference for two sample designs, tests of correlation, and tests for nominal and categorical data; and tests for experiments involving complex designs or for data obtained using surveys.

Each statistical test features a brief description, an example of typical or actual research that might be analyzed using the test, and step-by-step instructions on how to perform the test using SPSS. Numerous screenshots and detailed descriptions of the steps required to perform the test, are included. Annotated examples of SPSS output help the reader understand and report the results of theiranalyses. Information on how to insert output into a text document is also included. The data used in the examples is found in an appendix and on a book specific Web site.

Intended for use as a supplementary text in statistics/research methods courses in psychology and related social sciences, a basic knowledge of Windows is assumed.

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Pattern-Oriented Software Architecture: A Pattern Language for Distributed Computing, Vol. 4

Author: Douglas C Schmidt

The eagerly awaited Pattern-Oriented Software Architecture (POSA) Volume 4 is about a pattern language for distributed computing.

The authors will guide you through the best practices and introduce you to key areas of building distributed software systems. POSA 4 connects many stand-alone patterns, pattern collections and pattern languages from the existing body of literature found in the POSA series. Such patterns relate to and are useful for distributed computing to a single language.

• The panel of experts provides you with a consistent and coherent holistic view on the craft of building distributed systems.

• Includes a foreword by Martin Fowler

• A must read for practitioners who want practical advice to develop a comprehensive language integrating patterns from key literature.