Defending Your Digital Assets Against Hackers, Crackers, Spies and Thieves
Randall K. Nichols, Daniel Ryan, Julie Ryan
Résumé
Security has become the most crucial issue facing Information Technology today. Malicious viruses and expensive hacks increasingly make headlines as they damage data and cost organizations millions of dollars in repair. Hackers have broken into the computer systems of banks, Fortune 500 companies, the U. S. Senate, the FBI, and many others; analysts with IDC claim that 50 % of all networks are attacked at some point, many from within, and only 3% of those attacks are ever discovered.
Even though the accessibility of the Internet makes it a security risk, individuals and groups must be able to connect to it if they want to be competitive. While there is often no way of knowing who else is logged on to your network and what their motives are, you can use security tools and procedures to protect your IT resources. Nichols, the founder of COMSEC solutions, has extensive experience keeping networks safe and showing IT professionals how to prevent data from being stolen or sabotaged. Co-authors Daniel and Julie Ryan, also experts in computer security, assist in presenting to readers the range of threats and the available security options.
Defending Your Digital Assets is written for the manager and policy maker, to assist professionals responsible for protecting their organization's information assets. Anyone working with information security (INFOSEC)-from CIOs and operations directors to programmers and database managers-can benefit from this detailed examination of IT security.
Beginning with an overview of security threats to
commercial and government systems, Defending Your Digital
Assets goes on to show what can be done about them, first
explaining the theoretical foundations of INFOSEC
technology, subsequently detailing practical
INFOSEC countermeasures such as cryptography, public key
systems, access control, digital signatures,
identification, authorization, and VPNs. Nichols also
explains what administrators need to know when they've
uncovered a security attack.
Readers of this book can learn what security tools are
available to them, how to organize and manage a network in
a manner that reduces the risk of attack, and what steps
they can take if the network does come under attack from a
computer criminal.
L'auteur - Randall K. Nichols
(Carlisle, PA) formed COMSEC Solutions, LLC in 1997 [www.comsec-solutions.com]. He has 35 years of experience in a variety of leadership roles in cryptography and computer applications in the engineering, consulting, construction, and chemicals industries. In addition to CEO duties for COMSEC Solutions, Nichols teaches graduate level courses in Cryptography and Systems Applications Management and Policy at the George Washington University in Washington, DC and has also taught cryptography at the FBI National Academy in Quantico, VA. Mr. Nichols is a professional speaker and regularly presents material at professional conferences, national technology meetings, schools and client in-house locations on INFOCRIME/INFOSEC/ INFOWAR. Defending Your Digital Assets is Randall's fourth book on cryptography and INFOSEC countermeasures.
L'auteur - Daniel Ryan
(Washington, DC) is a lawyer, businessman and educator. Prior to entering private practice, Ryan served as Corporate VP of Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC), and was responsible for strategic planning and development of the company's business and information security for government and commercial clients. Daniel has also held positions in information security for the CIA, the Secretary of Defense, and private consulting firms.
L'auteur - Julie Ryan
(Washington, DC) is President of the Wyndrose Technical Group, Inc, which provides information technology and security consulting services. Prior to Wyndrose, Julie's experience includes security and systems positions with the Defense Intelligence Agency, Booz Allen & Hamilton, and TRW.
Caractéristiques techniques
PAPIER | |
Éditeur(s) | Mc Graw Hill |
Auteur(s) | Randall K. Nichols, Daniel Ryan, Julie Ryan |
Parution | 15/12/1999 |
Nb. de pages | 858 |
Format | 18,5 x 23,5 |
Poids | 1468g |
EAN13 | 9780072122855 |
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