The Secured Enterprise: Protecting Your Information Assets - Softcover

Proctor, Paul E.; Byrnes, F. Christian

Softcover

ISBN 10: 013061906X ISBN 13: 9780130619068

Publisher: Prentice Hall, 2002

Synopsis

Computer Security. Critical to business effectiveness. The Melissa virus. The I Love You Virus. The disgruntled employee who can sabotage key data quietly and effectively. How do you, the business or IT manager, take effective steps to protect your business? This book explains for the non-technical professional, what methods, processes, decisions, and steps your business can take to protect itself from unwanted breaches of security. Written by internationally recognized security expert, Paul Proctor (author of Practical Intrusion Detection Handbook) and Chris Byrnes, this book will become the bible for small to large businesses.

About this title

About the Author

PAUL E. PROCTOR has worked with the CIA, FBI, and NSA on security issues andled a study of state-of-the-art intrusion detection methodology for the U.S. government.Currently Senior Vice President for NFR Security, Inc., he has spent his entire careerdeveloping information security systems and assisting large enterprises in theirdeployment. Proctor is also author of The Practical Intrusion Detection Handbook(Prentice Hall PTR).

F. CHRISTIAN BYRNES has worked for IBM, Oxford Software Corporation, andMETA Group. He is author of Security in Enterprise Computing: A Practical Guide, aglobal best-practices report that has become the benchmark for enterprise securityprocess formation by META Group clients worldwide.

From the Back Cover

Securing your key digital and information assets in an age of insecurity.

Securing enterprise data, applications, and intellectual property has become THE critical issue for business decision-makers in this era of hackers and potential cyberterrorism. But until now, most books on information security have been written for programmers and networking professionals, not business people. The Secured Enterprise: Protecting Your Information Assets fills the gap, delivering a non-technical, business-focused briefing on every key aspect of information security: frompeople to process to technology.

• A guide to today's security threats―including cyberterrorism
• How to establish effective, realistic security policies
• The tools for defending your information assets
• Effective mechanisms for identification, authentication, and access control
• What firewalls can―and cannot―do
• Vulnerability scanners, virus detectors, and intrusion detection systems
• Virtual private networks: leveraging the cost savings without exposing your data to risk
• Securing B2B and B2C e-commerce
• How to evaluate third-party security products and services
• New security options for wireless applications

Security has gotten more complex with time, and it has become more difficult to distill it. After reading this book you will understand security better and be more prepared to apply it in your enterprise.

―Jeff Moss,
Founder, DEF CON President,
Black Hat, Inc.

Edition details

• Publisher: Prentice Hall
• Publication date: 2002
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 013061906X
• ISBN 13: 9780130619068
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 336