Book description
Security for Microsoft Windows System is a handy guide that features security information for Windows beginners and professional admin. It provides information on security basics and tools for advanced protection against network failures and attacks.The text is divided into six chapters that cover details about network attacks, system failures, audits, and social networking. The book introduces general security concepts including the principles of information security, standards, regulation, and compliance; authentication, authorization, and accounting; and access control. It also covers the cryptography and the principles of network, system, and organizational and operational security, including risk analysis and disaster recovery. The last part of the book presents assessments and audits of information security, which involve methods of testing, monitoring, logging, and auditing.
This handy guide offers IT practitioners, systems and network administrators, and graduate and undergraduate students in information technology the details they need about security concepts and issues. Non-experts or beginners in Windows systems security will also find this book helpful.
- Take all the confusion out of security including: network attacks, system failures, social networking, and even audits
- Learn how to apply and implement general security concepts
- Identify and solve situations within your network and organization
Table of contents
- Cover
- Title Page
- Copyright
- Dedication
- Table of Contents
- Acknowledgments
- About the Author
- Chapter 1: Introduction to General Security Concepts
- Chapter 2: Cryptography
- Chapter 3: Network Security
- Chapter 4: System Security
- Chapter 5: Organizational and Operational Security
- Chapter 6: Security Assessments and Audits
- Appendix A: Common Applications and Port Numbers
- Appendix B: Information Security Professional Certifications
- Index
Product information
- Title: Security for Microsoft Windows System Administrators
- Author(s):
- Release date: November 2011
- Publisher(s): Syngress
- ISBN: 9781597495950
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