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Computer Security Handbook, Fifth Edition
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Computer Security Handbook, Fifth Edition

by SEYMOUR BOSWORTH, ERIC WHYNE, M.E. KABAY
February 2009
Intermediate to advanced
2048 pages
80h 12m
English
Wiley
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CHAPTER 47

OPERATIONS SECURITY AND PRODUCTION CONTROLS

M. E. Kabay, Don Holden, and Myles Walsh

47.1 INTRODUCTION

47.1.1 What Are Production Systems?

47.1.2 What Are Operations?

47.1.3 What Are Computer Programs?

47.1.4 What Are Procedures?

47.1.5 What Are Data Files?

47.2 OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT

47.2.1 Separation of Duties

47.2.2 Security Officer or Security Administrator

47.2.3 Limit Access to Operations Center

47.2.4 Change-Control Procedures from the Operations Perspective

47.2.5 Using Externally Supplied Software

47.2.6 Quality Control versus Quality Assurance

47.3 PROVIDING A TRUSTED OPERATING SYSTEM

47.3.1 Creating Known-Good Boot Medium

47.3.2 Installing a New Version of the Operating System

47.3.3 Patching the Operating System

47.4 PROTECTION OF DATA

47.4.1 Access to Production Programs and Control Data

47.4.2 Separating Production, Development, and Test Data

47.4.3 Controlling User Access to Files and Databases

47.5 DATA VALIDATION

47.5.1 Edit Checks

47.5.2 Check Digits and Log Files

47.5.3 Handling External Data

47.6 CONCLUDING REMARKS

47.7 FURTHER READING

47.8 NOTES

47.1 INTRODUCTION.

Despite the enormous increase in individual computing on personal computers and workstations in the years since the first edition of this Handbook was published in 1975, many mainframe computers and their networks are still used for enterprise computing in applications devoted to the core business of the enterprise. This chapter focuses on how to run vital computers and networks safely and ...

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