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IT Security Metrics: A Practical Framework for Measuring Security & Protecting Databy Lance Hayden
McGraw-Hill 2010; US$ 49.99Implement an Effective Security Metrics Project or Program IT Security Metrics provides a comprehensive approach to measuring risks, threats, operational activities, and the effectiveness of data protection in your organization. The book explains how to choose and design effective measurement strategies and addresses the data requirements of those strategies. The Security Process Management Framework is introduced and analytical strategies for security metrics data are discussed. You'll learn how to take a security metrics program and adapt it to a variety of organizational contexts to achieve continuous security improvement over time. Real-world examples of security measurement projects are included in this definitive guide. Define... more...
Maximum Linux Security, Adobe Readerby Anonymous; John Ray
Sams Publishing 2006; US$ 39.99This is the eBook version of the printed book. Maximum Linux Security helps Linux administrators identify and plug security holes on their systems by detailing Linux system holes, attack methods, and hacker's tools that hackers have had years to study, explore, and improve upon. As Linux continues to become more and more mainstream, network administrators will need to know all about the weaknesses in Linux systems that hackers and crackers have had years to learn and explore. Maximum Linux Security provides a crash course on the vulnerabilities of Linux systems, and how to protect these systems from outside attacks. Written from the same hacker perspective as Maximum Security, this book contains everything the Linux network administrator... more...
Risky Businessby Stuart Poole-Robb; Alan Bailey
Kogan Page 2003; US$ 25.95The terrorist outrages of 11 September 2001 and the rapid collapse of Enron both highlight the uncomfortable fact that business and business people are subject to risks much broader and often more personally hazardous than the commercial and financial risks studied at business school. This book is the result of 20 years? experience in this field. It explains in detail the nature of risk and provides country analysis showing the extent and severity of local risk. It also proposes a series of defences against these risks ? through careful assessment, staff awareness, good business practice and practical measures such as building design and use of security equipment. more...
Cryptography for Internet and Database Applicationsby k Galbreath
John Wiley & Sons, Inc. 2003; US$ 43.00Cryptography 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...
Developing Java Web Servicesby Ramesh Nagappan; Robert Skoczylas; Rima Patel Sriganesh
John Wiley & Sons, Inc. 2003; US$ 57.95One of the first books to cover Sun Microsystem's new Java Web Services Developer Pack Written by top Sun consultants with hands-on experience in creating Web services, with a foreword from Simon Phipps, Chief Evangelist at Sun Case studies demonstrate how to create Web services with the tools most used by Java developers, including BEA WebLogic, Apache Axis, Systinet WASP, and Verisign more...
Mastering Web Services Securityby Bret Hartman; Donald J. Flinn; Konstantin Beznosov; Shirley Kawamoto
John Wiley & Sons, Inc. 2003; US$ 64.00Uncovers 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$ 50.00Learn 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...
MCSE/MCSA Implementing and Administering Security in a Windows 2000by Will Schmied; Robert J. Shimonski; Thomas W. Shinder; Tony Piltzecker
Syngress Publishing 2003; US$ 62.95The MCSE/MCSA Implementing and Administering Security in a Windows 2000 Network Study Guide & DVD Training System (Exam 70-214) is a one-of-a-kind integration of text, DVD-quality instructor led training, and Web-based exam simulation and remediation. This system gives you 100% coverage of the official Microsoft 70-214 exam objectives plus test preparation software for the edge you need to pass the exam on your first try. more...
Web Site Privacy with P3Pby Helena Lindskog; Stefan Lindskog
John Wiley & Sons, Inc. 2003; US$ 40.00A cutting-edge, first look at how to embed and design a Web site compliant with the new personal privacy standard, P3P Introduces the P3P standard with detailed descriptions and then examines its parameters Includes helpful guidelines, explanations, and P3P how-to examples for system architects to follow Presents detailed case studies covering companies in both finance and retail more...
PKI Security Solutions for the Enterpriseby Kapil Raina
John Wiley & Sons, Inc. 2003; US$ 40.00Outlines 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...









