There is no sorcery to implementing proper information security, and the concepts that are included in this fully updated second edition are not rocket science. Build a concrete foundation in network security by using this hands-on guide. Examine the threats and vulnerabilities of your organization and manage them appropriately. Includes new chapters on firewalls, wireless security, and desktop protection. Plus, plenty of up-to-date information on biometrics, Windows.NET Server, state laws, the U.S. Patriot Act, and more.
Key Features
New chapters on Firewalls, Wireless Security, and Desktop Protection.
Covers biometrics, Windows.NET Server, new IDS technology and new standards such as ISO 17799.
New coverage of Patriot Act and additional information on State Laws, HIPAA, and Graham Leach-Bliley.
Updated VPN coverage and brand new network attacks.
Inside front and back covers contain blueprints that demonstrate practical applications of security in different environments.
Author Biography
Eric Maiwald (Gaithersburg, MD) is the Director of Security Services for Fortrex Technologies. Mr. Maiwald is also the lead instructor for Fortrex Security Training including the ISS Certified Engineer (ICE) training class. He is a prominent speaker at several security conferences, is the author of Network Security: A Beginner?s Guide, co-author of Security Planning & Disaster Recovery and was a contributing author of Hacker?s Challenge all published by McGraw-Hill/Osborne. Additionally he has written several white papers on Intrusion Detection for conference proceedings.
Table of Contents
PART I Information Security Basics
1: What Is Information Security?
2: Types of Attacks
3: Hacker Techniques
4: Information Security Services
PART II: Groundwork
5: Legal Issues in Information Security
6: Policy
7: Managing Risk
8: Information Security Process
9: Information Security Best Practices
PART III Security Technologies
10: Firewalls
11: Virtual Private Networks
12: Encryption
13: Intrusion Detection
PART IV: Practical Applications and Platform-Specific Implementations
14: Unix Security Issues
15: Windows 2000/Windows 2003 Server Security Issues
16: Internet Architecture
17: E-Commerce Security Needs
18: Wireless Security
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Reviews
Reviews
In this new edition of Smith's book, the focus has changed with the times. There are about half as many lens designs in the new edition, and the new material is directed toward design projects. Smith shows what he did, including blunders, to design a lens from first concept to final design. The designs include a cemented doublet, a triplet anastigmat, a Heliar, a Schmidt-Cassegrain, a landscape lens, and many more. The computer program OSLO was used to design the work, but the write-ups are program-neutral. Therefore, this book can be used with any lens design software. This book is a working person's text; there are very few derivations of techniques or derivations from first principles, Maxwell's equations, or Fermat's principle. The assumption is that the reader understands the basic optical principles and may have a command of the fundamentals of classical optical design methods. In short, a compendium of design techniques available today and a prescriptive resource for a variety of already designed lens types that can be starting points for a lens designer's efforts. Summing Up: Recommended. Upper-division undergraduates through professionals. -- D.B. Mason, Albright College