Intranet Security - Stories from the Trenches - Softcover

McCarthy, Linda

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0138947597 ISBN 13: 9780138947590

Verlag: Prentice Hall, 1997

Inhaltsangabe

89475-8 Security consultant Linda McCarthy shows: *How breaches occurred *What steps were taken to deal with them-and how well they worked *What steps could have been taken to prevent the crisis There's nothing academic about network security when it's late at night and some hacker is rummaging through your R&D files. If you don't want that 3 a.m. phone call, and you don't want your company's strategic plans in tomorrow's Wall Street Journal, now's the time to prevent it from happening to you. In this book, you'll watch as real network administrators track hacker intrusions. You'll see firsth and how companies struggle with security problems caused by poor training, lack of management support, hidden agendas, and careless intranet development. You'll find checklists of preventive security measures you can take right now-and lists of tools that can help. Above all, you'll find insight into the all-too-human security flaws that make corporate intranets an easy target for hackers." Linda McCarthy's book not only blends statistics with real life stories to good effect, but discusses and documents crucial items such as the importance of a security policy, the impact of organizational politics, and actual transcripts of break-ins. Read the book-it will help you understand security in the real world. And when all is said and done, that's saying a lot, isn't it?" --Dan Farmer, Security Researcher "In addition to accurate and scary war stories, this book is chock-full of practical advice that anyone can benefit from." --Marcus J. Ranum, CEO, Network Flight Recorder

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Security consultant Linda McCarthy shows how breaches occurred, what steps were taken to deal with them - and how well they worked, what steps could have been taken to prevent the crisis. In this book, you'll watch as real network administrators track hacker intrusions. You'll see firsthand how companies struggle with security problems caused by poor training, lack of management support, hidden agendas, and careless intranet development. You'll find checklists of preventive security measures you can take right now - and lists of tools that can help. Above all, you'll find insight into the all-too-human security flaws that make corporate intranets an easy target for hackers.

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: Prentice Hall
• Erscheinungsdatum: 1997
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 0138947597
• ISBN 13: 9780138947590
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Anzahl der Seiten: 288
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