Network Security A Beginner's Guide 3/E / Edition 3

by Eric Maiwald

Overview

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Defend 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

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780071795708
Publisher:	McGraw Hill LLC
Publication date:	09/25/2012
Series:	Beginner's Guide
Edition description:	3rd Updated ed.
Pages:	336
Product dimensions:	7.40(w) x 9.10(h) x 0.80(d)

About the Author

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.

Table of Contents

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