Fundamentals of Network Security

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• Cover Type: Paperback with 672 pages
• Published by: McGraw-Hill Osborne Media
• Edition: 1st Edition November 7, 2003
• Written in: English
• ISBN 10 Number: 0072230932
• ISBN 13 Number: 978-0072230932
• Book Dimensions: 9.1 x 7.4 x 1.4 inches
• Weighs: 2.4 pounds

Product Description
This hands-on, project-based approach to the basics of network security concepts and skills helps students understand security best practices, laws, and standards that will enable them to build a complete security program. This book introduces a strong foundation that includes security policy, planning, and development of good processes. A step-by-step design teaches students security implementation using recent advances in security tools, such as firewalls, VPN's, encryption, techniques, and intrusion detection devises. Platform-specific defenses are revealed for the desktop, Windows networks, UNIX, Internet, and wireless systems. Laws and government regulation are also covered, including the Patriot Act, homeland security initiatives, and special information on relevant state laws.

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Essential IT Skills for On-the-Job Success

Fundamentals of Network Security is a comprehensive introduction to computer and network security. It provides a fundamental understanding of security best practices, laws, and standards that will enable you to build a complete security program. It includes the most recent advances in security tools and platform-specific defenses.

Inside this book, you will learn to:

• Assess the threats, vulnerabilities, and risks to a network
• Defend against access, modification, denial-of-service, and repudiation attacks
• Identify a variety of hacking methods, including sniffing, spoofing, viruses, Trojan horses, and worms
• Apply new federal and state laws, including the Patriot Act, HIPAA, and Graham Leach-Bliley
• Configure wireless security technologies
• Create policy, manage risk, and implement an information security program
• Develop a backup and recovery plan
• Apply security technologies such as firewalls, VPNs, encryption methods, and intrusion detection systems
• Implement platform-specific security measures for computer desktops, UNIX, and Windows NT/2000/2003
• Implement security measures for e-commerce

Key features:

• Critical Skills Identified in Each Chapter
• Easy-to-Understand Diagrams and Figures
• Blueprints That Illustrate Key Security Concepts for Quick Reference
• Detailed Step-by-Step Projects
• Progress Check Exercises
• Ask the Expert Sidebars
• Helpful Notes, Tips, and Cautions
• Chapter Summaries and Key Term Lists
• End-of-Chapter Quizzes and Lab Projects

Reader Reviews
I rate this book as 4 stars, what are the good chapters to be considered: Unix chapter, this section is exceptionally good and you'll learn about how to configure standard secure Unix Box (Solaris or Linux) Windows 2000 & 2003 Chapter is a nice and average technical discussions, it has good explanation of Group Policy and I like it very much even though it short. Policy Chapter, this chapter is exceptionally good for any starting IT Managers, if your type of Manager who want to know where you want to start doing your IT policy then considered this chapter. IDS and VPN Chapter, This is very good technical material for starting basic management of Firewall. e-Commerce Chapter, this is the last chapter that i pressume it has theoretically approach design and strategy but few technical discussions. Bad Side of the Book: Firewall Chapter (the most important one), it's a crap it only discuss few ideas but never discuss about Firewall Technology and features and tips on how to choose good Firewall, It never discuss basic tips on what strategy you need to considered in maintaining your Firewall. It never discuss about Firewall Appliance and OS based Firewall comparison. The only thing i appreciate is the author give some insight about the protocols that is always used that must be on top policy and that's it. Hope this help for anyone going to buy this book. Comment | | (Report this)