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PCI DSSby Steve Wright
IT Governance Publishing 2011; US$ 49.95
This newly revised, practical guide, gives you a step by step guide to achieving Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS) compliance – showing you how to create, design and build a PCI compliance framework. more...
Hacking For Dummiesby Kevin Beaver
John Wiley & Sons, Inc. 2009; US$ 29.99
A new edition of the bestselling guide-now updated to cover the latest hacks and how to prevent them! It's bad enough when a hack occurs-stealing identities, bank accounts, and personal information. But when the hack could have been prevented by taking basic security measures-like the ones described in this book-somehow that makes a bad situation even worse. This beginner guide to hacking examines some of the best security measures that exist and has been updated to cover the latest hacks for Windows 7 and the newest version of Linux. Offering increased coverage of Web application hacks, database hacks, VoIP hacks, and mobile computing hacks, this guide addresses a wide range of vulnerabilities and how to identify and prevent them. Plus,... more...
Hack Attacks Revealedby John Chirillo
John Wiley & Sons, Inc. 2002; US$ 59.99
The #1 menace for computer systems worldwide, network hacking can result in mysterious server crashes, data loss, and other problems that are not only costly to fix but difficult to recognize. Author John Chirillo knows how these can be prevented, and in this book he brings to the table the perspective of someone who has been invited to break into the networks of many Fortune 1000 companies in order to evaluate their security policies and conduct security audits. He gets inside every detail of the hacker's world, including how hackers exploit security holes in private and public networks and how network hacking tools work. As a huge value-add, the author is including the first release of a powerful software hack attack tool that can be configured... more...
Cryptography for Internet and Database Applicationsby k Galbreath
John Wiley & Sons, Inc. 2003; US$ 43.00
Cryptography is the gold standard for security. It is used to protect the transmission and storage of data between two parties by encrypting it into an unreadable format. Cryptography has enabled the first wave of secure transmissions, which has helped fuel the growth of transactions like shopping, banking, and finance over the world's biggest public network, the Internet. Many Internet applications such as e-mail, databases, and browsers store a tremendous amount of personal and financial information, but frequently the data is left unprotected. Traditional network security is frequently less effective at preventing hackers from accessing this data. For instance, once-private databases are now completely exposed on the Internet. It turns out... more...
Mission-Critical Security Plannerby Eric Greenberg
John Wiley & Sons, Inc. 2003; US$ 57.95
Shows step-by-step how to complete a customized security improvement plan, including analyzing needs, justifying budgets, and selecting technology, while dramatically reducing time and cost Includes worksheets at every stage for creating a comprehensive security plan meaningful to management and technical staff Uses practical risk management techniques to intelligently assess and manage the network security risks facing your organization Presents the material in a witty and lively style, backed up by solid business planning methods Companion Web site provides all worksheets and the security planning template more...
Mastering Web Services Securityby Bret Hartman; Donald J. Flinn; Konstantin Beznosov; Shirley Kawamoto
John Wiley & Sons, Inc. 2003; US$ 64.00
Uncovers the steps software architects and developers will need to take in order to plan and build a real-world, secure Web services system Authors are leading security experts involved in developing the standards for XML and Web services security Focuses on XML-based security and presents code examples based on popular EJB and .NET application servers Explains how to handle difficult-to-solve problems such as passing user credentials and controlling delegation of those credentials across multiple applications Companion Web site includes the source code from the book as well as additional examples and product information more...
Hack Attacks Testingby John Chirillo
John Wiley & Sons, Inc. 2003; US$ 50.00
Learn how to conduct thorough security examinations via illustrations and virtual simulations A network security breach (a hack, crack, or other invasion) occurs when unauthorized access to the network is achieved and havoc results. The best possible defense is an offensive strategy that allows you to regularly test your network to reveal the vulnerabilities and close the holes before someone gets in. Written by veteran author and security expert John Chirillo, Hack Attacks Testing explains how to perform your own security audits. Step by step, the book covers how-to drilldowns for installing and configuring your Tiger Box operating systems, installations, and configurations for some of the most popular auditing software suites. In addition,... more...
Check Point NG VPN-1/Firewall-1 Advanced Configuration and Troubleshootingby Doug Maxwell; Kyle X. Hourihan; Robert Stephens; Jim Noble
Syngress Publishing 2003; US$ 49.95
Written by the authors of the best selling Check Point Next Generation Security Administration , this book is your complete reference guide to installing and understanding some of the most difficult Check Point configurations. It specifically focuses on the Feature Pack 3 (FP3). Check Point NG VPN-1/FireWall-1 Advanced Configuration and Troubleshooting provides you with a firm picture of the new features of NG FP3 and how to best utilize these features in securing your environment. more...
PKI Security Solutions for the Enterpriseby Kapil Raina
John Wiley & Sons, Inc. 2003; US$ 40.00
Outlines cost-effective, bottom-line solutions that show how companies can protect transactions over the Internet using PKI First book to explain how PKI (Public Key Infrastructure) is used by companies to comply with the HIPAA (Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act) rules mandated by the U.S. Department of Labor, Health, and Human Services Illustrates how to use PKI for important business solutions with the help of detailed case studies in health care, financial, government, and consumer industries more...
Hack Attacks Deniedby John Chirillo
John Wiley & Sons, Inc. 2001; US$ 54.99
Once you've seen firsthand in Hack Attacks Revealed all the tools and techniques that hackers use to exploit network security loopholes, you're ready to learn specific methods for protecting all parts of the network against security breaches. Corporate hack master Chirillo shows readers how to develop a security policy that has high alert capability for incoming attacks and a turnkey prevention system to keep them out. Network professionals will find expert guidance on securing ports and services, intrusion detection mechanisms, gateways and routers, Tiger Team secrets, Internet server daemons, operating systems, proxies and firewalls, and more. more...