Hardening Windows Systems - Softcover

Bragg, Roberta

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0072253541 ISBN 13: 9780072253542

Publisher: McGraw-Hill, 2004

Synopsis

“The definitive tool to learn what’s proper for Microsoft Windows systems. Roberta’s excellent guidance will easily help you build secure, resiliant systems.” --Steve Riley, Security Business and Technology Unit, Windows Division, Microsoft Corporation

Take a proactive approach to network security by hardening your Windows systems against attacks before they occur. Written by security evangelist Roberta Bragg, this hands-on resource provides concrete steps you can take immediately as well as ongoing actions to ensure long-term security. Whether you have one Windows server or one hundred, you’ll get complete details on how to systematically harden your network from the ground up, as well as strategies for getting company-wide support for your security plan. With coverage of Windows 95/98/NT 4.0/2000/XP and Windows Server 2003, this book is an essential security tool for on-the-job IT professionals.

Features a four-part hardening methodology:

• Do This Now!--Checklist of immediate steps to take to lockdown your system from further attack
• Take It From The Top--Systematic approach to hardening your enterprise from the top down, focusing on authentication, access controls, borders, logical security boundaries, communications, storage, and administrative authority
• Once Is Never Enough!--Ongoing monitoring and assessment plan to keep your network secure, including patch management and auditing
• How to Succeed At Hardening Your Windows Systems--Strategies for getting budget approval, management buy-in, and employee cooperation for your security program

Roberta Bragg, CISSP, MCSE: Security, Security+, co-author of Network Security: The Complete Reference, instructor, and consultant, focuses on how to proactively deploy proven security principles to defend Windows systems from possible attack. Roberta is the Security Advisor columnist for MCP magazine, the Security Expert for searchWin2000.com, and

About this title

About the Author:

Robert Bragg (Grain Valley, MO), CISSP, MCSE: Security; Security+, ETI-Client Server, Certified Technical Trainer, IBM Certified Trainer, DB2-UDB, Citrix Certified Administrator, has been a Security Advisor columnist for MCP magazine for five years, is a Security Expert for searchWin2000.com, and writes for the Securitywatch newsletter, which has over 55,000 subscribers. She designed, planned, produced, and participated in the first Windows Security Summit, held in Seattle in 2002. She 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.

Synopsis:

This title meets the need for decisive, concise action hardening networks before they get hacked. It is poised to prevent almost every type of security breach by providing the correct security configurations, patches, designs, and maintenance plans. Its huge market includes thousands of network administrators and IT pros managing Windows, Linux, mixed, and mainframe systems. It also offers on-the-job guidance - written for those responsible for creating, deploying, and maintaining system security for their organization or company.

About this edition

• Publisher: McGraw-Hill
• Publication date: 2004
• ISBN 10: 0072253541
• ISBN 13: 9780072253542
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 544