Network Security: The Complete Reference (Osborne Complete Reference Series) - Softcover

Bragg, Roberta; Rhodes-Ousley, Mark; Strassberg, Keith

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0072226978 ISBN 13: 9780072226973

Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education, 2003

Synopsis

Teaches end-to-end network security concepts and techniques. Includes comprehensive information on how to design a comprehensive security defense model. Plus, discloses how to develop and deploy computer, personnel, and physical security policies, how to design and manage authentication and authorization methods, and much more.

About this title

From the Back Cover:

The Most Authoritative Volume Available on Network Security

Includes a Security Dictionary and contributions from topical experts!

The solution to today's computer system security ills will only be solved when organizations obtain and implement a network security program. This comprehensive resource provides all the information necessary to formulate strategies to reach that goal. Learn to plan, implement, and maintain a secure network, and protect confidential information such as customer lists, credit card numbers, and stockholder names, and addresses. Prevent the attack or theft of specialized information such as trade secrets, formulas, production details, and other intellectual property. Network Security: The Complete Reference provides critical strategies, concepts, techniques, and solutions to keep your network system secure.

• Learn what it takes to build a solid security architecture
• Manage and control all access points to your digital data
• Anticipate incidents using risk analysis, threat definition, and vulnerability assessment
• Secure confidentiality, integrity, privacy, and availability
• Understand how HIPAA, Gramm-Leach-Bliley and other security legislation affects you
• Learn about a California law that requires compliance from all organizations, no matter what state they reside in

Technical Experts:

• Dr. Nick Efford & Steve Wright, Windows .NET Security
• Ken Pfeil, Physical Security
• Ben Rothke, Operating System Security
• Roger A. Grimes, Intrusion Detection
• Anil Desai & Rob Kraft, Database Security
• Ole Drews Jensen, Router & Device Security
• Dr. Andrew A. Vladimirov & Stephen Prendergast, Wireless Security
• Michael Howard, Secure Software
• Thaddeus Fortenberry & Eric Maiwald, VPN Security
• Michael O'Dea, Windows Security
• Brian Buege, Michael Judd & Jim Keogh, J2EE Security
• Bernard Chapple, Disaster Recovery
• Glen Carty & Steve Thomas, Novell Security
• Christian Genetski & Curtis Karnow, Legal Issues
• Curtis W. Rose, Incident Response & Computer Forensics
• Thomas Knox & Robert Clugston, Linux/UNIX Security
• Barak Weicheselbaum, Application Security

About the Author:

Roberta Bragg (Grain Valley, MO) has been a "Security Advisor" columnist for MCP magazine for 5 years, is a "Security Expert" for searchWin2000.com, and writes for the Securitywatch newsletter, which has more than 55,000 subscribers. Roberta designed, planned, produced and participated in the first Windows Security Summit, held in Seattle, WA in 2002. Also in 2002 at TechMentor-San Diego, Roberta gave the first production of Security Academy three-day hands-on secure network-building workshop and was subsequently scheduled for 5 repeat presentations in 2003. Sept/Oct 2002 Roberta was an instructor for 4 sessions of SANS Gold Standard Windows 2000 Training. Roberta has participated in numerous security audits, is a Security Evangelist traveling all over the world consulting, assessing and training on network and Windows security. Roberta has served as adjunct faculty at Seattle Pacific University and the Johnson County Community College teaching courses on Windows 2000 Security Design and Network Security Design. Roberta is the lead author of McGraw-Hill/Osborne's Network Security: The Complete Reference, and the upcoming MCSE 70-298 Designing Windows Server 2003 Security, and Windows Server 2003 Security Administrators Companion by Microsoft Press. She has written on SQL Server 2000, CISSP and Windows Security for QUE and New Riders.

About this edition

• Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
• Publication date: 2003
• ISBN 10: 0072226978
• ISBN 13: 9780072226973
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 896