Computer Security Basics
Computer Security Basics
ISBN: 0596006691
EAN: 2147483647
EAN: 2147483647
Year: 2004
Pages: 121
Pages: 121
Authors: Rick Lehtinen, G.T. Gangemi Sr.
- 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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Computer Security Basics
ISBN: 0596006691
EAN: 2147483647
EAN: 2147483647
Year: 2004
Pages: 121
Pages: 121
Authors: Rick Lehtinen, G.T. Gangemi Sr.