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Computer Security Basics

ISBN: 0596006691
EAN: 2147483647

Year: 2004
Pages: 121

Authors: Rick Lehtinen, G.T. Gangemi Sr.

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• Computer Security Basics, 2nd Edition
• Table of Contents
• Copyright
• Preface
• Part PART I: Security for Today
• Chapter 1. Introduction
• Section 1.1. The New Insecurity
• Section 1.2. What Is Computer Security?
• Section 1.3. Threats to Security
• Section 1.4. Why Buy Security?
• Section 1.5. What s a User to Do?
• Section 1.6. Summary
• Chapter 2. Some Security History
• Section 2.1. Information and Its Controls
• Section 2.2. Computer Security: Then and Now
• Section 2.3. Early Computer Security Efforts
• Section 2.4. Building Toward Standardization
• Section 2.5. Computer Security Mandates and Legislation
• Section 2.6. Summary
• Part PART II: Computer Security
• Chapter 3. Computer System Security and Access Controls
• Section 3.1. What Makes a System Secure?
• Section 3.2. System Access: Logging into Your System
• Section 3.3. Summary
• Chapter 4. Viruses and Other Wildlife
• Section 4.1. Financial Effects of Malicious Programs
• Section 4.2. Viruses and Public Health
• Section 4.3. Viruses, Worms, and Trojans (Oh, My)
• Section 4.4. Who Writes Viruses?
• Section 4.5. Remedies
• Section 4.6. The Virus Hype
• Section 4.7. An Ounce of Prevention
• Section 4.8. Summary
• Chapter 5. Establishing and Maintaining a Security Policy
• Section 5.1. Administrative Security
• Section 5.2. Overall Planning and Administration
• Section 5.3. Day-to-Day Administration
• Section 5.4. Separation of Duties
• Section 5.5. Summary
• Chapter 6. Web Attacks and Internet Vulnerabilities
• Section 6.1. About the Internet
• Section 6.2. What Are the Network Protocols?
• Section 6.3. The Fragile Web
• Section 6.4. Summary
• Part PART III: Communications Security
• Chapter 7. Encryption
• Section 7.1. Some History
• Section 7.2. What Is Encryption?
• Section 7.3. The Data Encryption Standard
• Section 7.4. Other Cryptographic Algorithms
• Section 7.5. Message Authentication
• Section 7.6. Government Cryptographic Programs
• Section 7.7. Cryptographic Export Restrictions
• Section 7.8. Summary
• Chapter 8. Communications and Network Security
• Section 8.1. What Makes Communication Secure?
• Section 8.2. Modems
• Section 8.3. Networks
• Section 8.4. Network Security
• Section 8.5. Summary
• Part PART IV: Other Types of Security
• Chapter 9. Physical Security and Biometrics
• Section 9.1. Physical Security
• Section 9.2. Locks and Keys: Old and New
• Section 9.3. Biometrics
• Section 9.4. Gentle Reminder
• Section 9.5. Summary
• Chapter 10. Wireless Network Security
• Section 10.1. How We Got Here
• Section 10.2. Today s Wireless Infrastructure
• Section 10.3. How Wireless Works
• Section 10.4. Playing the Fields
• Section 10.5. What Is This dB Stuff?
• Section 10.6. Why Does All This Matter?
• Section 10.7. Encouraging Diversity
• Section 10.8. Physical Layer Wireless Attacks
• Section 10.9. Summary
• Part PART V: Appendixes
• OSI Model
• TEMPEST
• Section B.1. The Problem of Emanations
• Section B.2. The TEMPEST Program
• Section B.3. TEMPEST Standards
• Section B.4. Hard As You Try
• The Orange Book, FIPS PUBS, and the Common Criteria
• Section C.1. About the Orange Book
• Section C.2. Rating by the Book
• Section C.3. Summary of Orange Book Classes
• Section C.4. FIPS by the Numbers
• Section C.5. I Don t Want You Smelling My Fish
• About the Author
• Colophon
• Index
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