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This hands-on, project-based approach to the fundamentals 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.
PART I: Information Security Basics1: What Is Information Security?2: Types of Attacks3: Hacker Techniques4: Information Security ServicesPART II: Groundwork5: Legal Issues in Information Security6: Policy7: Managing Risk8: Information Security Process9: Information Security Best PracticesPART III: Security Technologies10: Firewalls11: Virtual Private Networks12: Encryption13: Intrusion DetectionPART IV: Practical Applications and Platform-Specific Implementations14: Desktop Protection15: Unix Security Issues16: Windows NT Security Issues17: Windows 2000/ Windows 2003 Server Security Issues18: Internet Architecture19: E-Commerce Security Needs20: Wireless SecurityEric Maiwald is an Analyst with the Burton Group (www.burtongroup.com), where he focuses on enterprise security infrastructure technologies. Mr. Maiwald has ls