Synopses & Reviews
Synopsis
"Gone are the days when computer security was just a big-company problem. Ensuring safe and secure communications, transactions, and data transfer is now an issue for everyone doing business online. This versatile book is a step-by-step guide to solving both the common and the more complex security issues (and protecting your precious information).
Thorough, yet practical and plain-spoken, the book is accessible to both novices and computer professionals, and covers every base, including:
Analyzing and eliminating vulnerabilities and risks * file-sharing issues * virus threats * SPAM * e-mail security * Public Key Infrastructure * digital signatures * ""Pretty Good Privacy"" * hardware and software firewalls
Other key issues include the security risks of different Internet connections, particularly the vulnerability of the new ""always-on"" broadband technology. Readers also get information on safe Web browsing and ""cookie"" technology, remote connectivity and wireless Web technology--plus the future of the Internet and online security."
About the Author
Douglas Schweitzer (Nesconset, NY) is a Cisco Certified Network Associate with multiple certifications from the Computing Technology Industry Association and from Brainbench, an online certification authority. He is a vice president at an actuarial consulting firm, where he is responsible for corporate network design and security.
Table of Contents
A Brief History of the Internet
Introduction
Acknowledgements
Chapter 1: Technical Essentials for Internet Security
Chapter 2: Connecting to the World Wide Web
Chapter 3: First Steps Toward Internet Security
Chapter 4: Always On, Always Vulnerable
Chapter 5: Secure Your Business
Chapter 6: Making Your Web Server Secure
Chapter 7: Public Key Infrastructure
Chapter 8: Secure Remote Access
Chapter 9: What Do We Do? We've Been Hacked!
Chapter 10: CyberCrime
Chapter 11:The Future of the Internet: IPv6 and WAP
Appendix A. How to Report Internet-Related Crime
Appendix B. Identity Theft: The Crime of the New Millennium
Appendix C. Statement on "Internet Fraud"
Appendix D. Working with Victims of Computer Network Hacks
Appendix E. Internet Denial-of-Service Attacks Statement
Glossary: Hacker Vernacular
Index
About the Author