General Security Considerations

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The material in this section covers general security issues.

Read Your Corporate Security Policy

Having a security policy is paramount. You need ready answers to questions like

  • How do we react to a break-in?
  • Where are the backups stored?
  • Who is allowed to access the server?

Good sources of policy information can be found at SANS Institute (http://www.sans.org); Baseline Software, Inc. (http://www.baselinesoft.com); and Practical Unix & Internet Security (O'Reilly Books, 1996).

Subscribe to the Microsoft Security Notification Service

You can stay abreast of Microsoft-related security issues and fixes by subscribing to the Microsoft Security Notification Services at http://www.microsoft.com/security/services/bulletin.asp. You'll get automatic notification of security issues by e-mail.

You should also consider placing a shortcut to the Microsoft Security Advisor Program on your desktop. To do so, follow these steps:

  1. Open Internet Explorer.
  2. Navigate to http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security.
  3. Choose Add To Favorites from the Favorites menu.
  4. Check the Make Available Offline check box.
  5. Click Customize.
  6. Click Next in the Offline Favorite Wizard.
  7. Select the Yes option button and specify to download pages two links deep from this page.
  8. Click Next.
  9. Select the I Would Like To Create A New Schedule option button, and click Next.
  10. Accept the default settings, and click Next.
  11. Click Finish.
  12. Click OK.
  13. Choose Organize Favorites from the Favorites menu.
  14. Select the Microsoft TechNet Security shortcut in the Organize Favorites dialog box.
  15. Click Properties.
  16. Click the Download tab of the Microsoft TechNet Security Properties dialog box.
  17. Uncheck the Follow Links Outside Of This Page's Web Site check box.
  18. Click OK and then Close.

You can now drag the Microsoft TechNet Security shortcut from your Favorites menu to your desktop. A small red mark will appear on the icon when there is new security news.

IMPORTANT
You MUST stay on top of new security issues as they arise. This cannot be stressed enough.



Designing Secure Web-Based Applications for Microsoft Windows 2000 with CDROM
Designing Secure Web-Based Applications for Microsoft Windows 2000 with CDROM
ISBN: N/A
EAN: N/A
Year: 1999
Pages: 138

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