(BQ) The Handbook of information and communication security covers some of the latest advances in fundamentals, cryptography, intrusion detection, access control, networking (including extensive sections on optics and wireless systems), software, forensics, and legal issues. The editors intention, with respect to the presentation and sequencing of the chapters, was to create a reasonably natural flow between the various sub-topics. The book is divided into 2 parts, part 1 from chapter 1 to chapter 20.