In an era defined by cloud computing, AI disruption, and evolving cyber threats, traditional security models are no longer enough. Foundations of Modern Information Security delivers a vendor-neutral, real-world guide to designing and maintaining secure systems that stand up to today’s—and tomorrow’s—challenges.This book bridges the gap between legacy infosec thinking and modern enterprise realities. Covering everything from Zero Trust Architecture and post-quantum cryptog...

The Art of Hurting Softly is a tender, poetic exploration of love, loss, and the quiet ache that lingers long after goodbye.In this deeply emotional collection, Ankit Gupta writes about the pain that doesn't scream — the kind that hums softly beneath the skin. Each fragment captures the raw beauty of heartbreak and the slow, fragile art of healing.From the one who hurt him gently to the one who taught him how to love again, every word is a reflection of the moments that bre...

With the market becoming more and more competitive in every segment, time-to-market is emerging as the most important factor defining a product’s success. However, designing and prototyping a product takes a long time as each part has to be produced in small quantities at different manufacturing units. With the advent of desktop manufacturing, most of these parts can now be produced in-house, saving a lot of time

Identity Security in the AI Era addresses one of the most urgent challenges in cybersecurity today: safeguarding digital identities in a world transformed by artificial intelligence. As enterprises embrace cloud technologies, automation, and data-driven systems, identity has become the new perimeter and the most common target. This book provides a practical framework for understanding how AI is reshaping identity threats and offers actionable strategies to build r...

This book encapsulates and highlights the most recent innovations, breakthroughs, and comparisons of advanced sustainable manufacturing and material processing techniques for high-performance materials applications with a focus on sustainability and using conventional available methods.Sustainable Advanced Manufacturing and Materials Processing: Methods and Technologies addresses the various sustainable manufacturing and materials processing techniques for advanced materia...

This book captures the intellectual spirit and interdisciplinary synergy of a global forum dedicated to redefining the future of civil engineering through innovation and sustainability in the field of transportation engineering. The proceedings of the 1st International Conference on Innovations and Sustainability in Civil Engineering: Shaping Tomorrow’s Infrastructure (ISCESTI – 2025), held from May 14–16, 2025, at the National Institute of Technology (NIT) Patna, present a groundbreaking ...

Ratan Tata was the Chairman of Tata Group from 1991 to 2012. During his 21-year tenure, he made major changes to the group and became part of Tata group's international brands like Tetley, Chorus and Jaguar-Land-Rover. He was also the main force behind creating the cheapest car in the world, Tata Nano. Ratan Tata has been conferred with Padma Vibhushan, India's second highest civilian honour, and is currently the chairman of Tata Trusts.

Elon Musk is the founder of the spacecraft manufacturer SpaceX, and the CEO of Tesla motors, the world's largest company producing electric cars. Musk works as a designer in these companies, and is additionally the founder and co-founder of many more companies. He is currently the richest man in this world with a net worth of 197 billion dollars.

Jeff Bezos is the founder, president and the largest shareholder of the American company Amazon. He is the richest person in the world today. Jeff started the company with an online sale of books and then extended it towards many directions, making it one of the largest technology companies in the world. He is an ideal to reckon with.

Few things are as important as the food we eat. Conversations in Food Studies demonstrates the value of interdisciplinary research through the cross-pollination of disciplinary, epistemological, and methodological perspectives. Widely diverse essays, ranging from the meaning of milk, to the bring-your-own-wine movement, to urban household waste, are the product of collaborating teams of interdisciplinary authors. Readers are invited to engage and reflect on the theories and practi...

This book covers innovative breakthroughs in additive manufacturing processes used for biomedical engineering. More and more, 3D printing is selected over traditional manufacturing processes, especially for complex designs, because of the many advantages such as fewer restrictions, better production cost savings, higher quality control, and accuracy.Current challenges and opportunities regarding material, design, cost savings, and efficiency are covered along with an outline of the...

The book features original papers from the 4th International Conference on Smart IoT Systems: Innovations in Computing (SSIC 2023), organized by Manipal University, Jaipur, India during 26 – 27 October 2023. It discusses scientific works related to data engineering in context of computational collective intelligence consisted of interaction between smart devices for smart environments and interactions. Thanks to the high-quality content and the broad range of the topics covered, the book a...