Network Security A Beginner's Guide, Third Edition

3. Auflage 2012
ISBN: 978-0-07-179570-8
Verlag: McGraw-Hill Education

Buch, Englisch, 336 Seiten, Format (B × H): 191 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 633 g

Publisher's Note: Products purchased from Third Party sellers are not guaranteed by the publisher for quality, authenticity, or access to any online entitlements included with the product.Security Smarts for the Self-Guided IT ProfessionalDefend your network against a wide range of existing and emerging threats. Written by a Certified Information Systems Security Professional with more than 20 years of experience in the field, Network Security: A Beginner's Guide, Third Edition is fully updated to include thelatest and most effective security strategies.You'll learn about the four basic types of attacks, how hackers exploit them, and how to implement information security services to protect information and systems. Perimeter, monitoring, and encryption technologies arediscussed in detail. The book explains how to create and deploy an effective security policy, manage and assess risk, and perform audits. Information security best practices and standards, including ISO/IEC 27002, arecovered in this practical resource.Network Security: A Beginner's Guide, ThirdEdition features: - Lingo--Common security terms defined so that you're in the know on the job
- IMHO--Frank and relevant opinions based on theauthor's years of industry experience
- Budget Note--Tips for getting security technologies and processes into your organization's budget
- In Actual Practice--Exceptions to the rules of security explained in real-world contexts
- Your Plan--Customizable checklists you can use on the job now
- Into Action--Tips on how, why, and when to applynew skills and techniques at work

Autoren/Hrsg.

Maiwald, Eric

Fachgebiete

• Mathematik | Informatik EDV | Informatik Computerkommunikation & -vernetzung Netzwerksicherheit
• Mathematik | Informatik EDV | Informatik Technische Informatik Computersicherheit

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Part I: Informaiton Security Basics

1What is Information Security?
2Types of Attacks
3Hacker Techniques
4Information Security Services

Part II: Ground Work

5Policy
6Managing Risk
7Information Security Process
8Information Security Best Practices & Drivers

Part III: Network Security Technology

9Perimeter Technology
10Monitoring Technology
11Encryption Technology

Über Autor(innen)

Maiwald, Eric
Eric Maiwald is a Research Vice President with Gartner, Inc. where he focuses on enterprise security infrastructure and mobility technologies. Mr. Maiwald has over twenty years of experience in information security where has worked as a security officer and consultant for large financial institutions, healthcare providers, services firms, and manufacturers. He has extensive experience in the security field performing assessments, policy development, architecture design, and product implementations. Mr. Maiwald holds a Bachelors of Science in Electrical Engineering degree from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and a Masters of Engineering in Electrical Engineering from Stevens Institute of Technology and is a Certified Information Systems Security Professional. He is a named inventor on patent numbers 5,577,209, “Apparatus and Method for Providing Multi-level Security for Communications among Computers and Terminals on a Network,” 5,872,847, “Using Trusted Associations to Establish Trust in a Computer Network,” 5,940,591 “Apparatus and Method for Providing Network Security,” and 6,212,636 “Method for Establishing Trust in a Computer Network via Association.” Mr. Maiwald is a regular presenter at a number of well-known security conferences. He has also written Security Planning and Disaster Recovery (with William Sieglein), and Fundamentals of Network Security, both published by Osborne/McGraw-Hill and is a contributing author for Hacking Linux Exposed, and Hacker’s Challenge also published by Osborne/McGraw-Hill.

Eric Maiwald, CISSP, is a Research Vice President with Gartner, Inc., where he focuses on enterprise security infrastructure and mobility technologies. He is the author of Fundamentals of Network Security and coauthor of Security Planning and Disaster Recovery.