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- Developing Your Information Security Program
- This sample chapter from The Executive Guide to Information Security: Threats, Challenges, and Solutions identifies key concepts to consider when building a new security program or improving an existing one. After introducing the concept of the information security life cycle, the chapter outlines a structured yet flexible methodology that can...
- Tags: Addison-Wesley, information security, security, executive
- Download resources 2006-05-30
- Fight Off Security Threats with Updated Tools and Sound Security Architecture
- IT security professionals know that two of the most important factors for performing adequate penetration testing are: 1) keeping your skills and tool kit current; and 2) effective countermeasures. This sample chapter from Hack I.T.: Security Through Penetration Testing describes ways to keep current on the latest tools and techniques...
- Tags: countermeasure, Addison-Wesley, security issue, Hack I.T., information technology, IT security, Penetration Testing, security, technique, tool
- Download resources 2006-05-31
- Exchanging Secret Keys Over Public Distribution Channels
- The problem of how to deliver a secret key using insecure public lines of communication has plagued cryptographers for centuries. This sample chapter from Cryptography Decrypted describes the operation of the Diffie-Hellman-Merckle public key system, a strategy used by all public key cryptography today. This public key system also served...
- Tags: strategy, Addison-Wesley, RSA Security Inc., cryptographer, cryptography, Cryptography Decrypted, Published, distribution channel
- Download resources 2006-05-30
- Cryptography Decrypted: Implementing Secret Key Assurances
- This sample chapter from Cryptography Decryptedexplains how secret key cryptography implements the following electronic data assurances: confidentiality, authentication, integrity, and nonrepudiation. This chapter lays the conceptual foundation for a succeeding and more complex discussion later in the book that focuses on public keys, a method more commonly used in modern...
- Tags: Digital security, SECURITY, cryptography, Cryptography Decrypted, Addison-Wesley, confidentiality, assurance, authentication
- Download resources 2006-05-30
- Computer Archaeology: On the Trail of Deleted Files
- This sample chapter from Forensic Discovery investigates numerous examples of file deletion, primarily on Unix systems, in order to demonstrate how deleted file information can escape destruction for years, how it can provide insight into previous system activity, and how deleted files can be even more persistent and informative than...
- Tags: Forensic Discovery, Published, Addison-Wesley, deletion, Unix system, trail, destruction, Unix, computer
- Download resources 2006-05-23
- Enterprise Database Management with SQL Server 2005
- Rather than study SQL Server 2005 from a feature list, this sample chapter from SQL Server 2005 groups the features according to some tasks common to database administration. Coverage includes: Infrastructure management. How do installation and configuration work? SQL Server monitoring - Divided into reactive and proactive to...
- Tags: Addison-Wesley, Microsoft SQL Server, Microsoft SQL Server 2005, administration, data availability, high availability, recovery, replication, backup, database, server, business intelligence, enterprise data management, infrastructure management, VLDB, monitoring
- Download resources 2006-05-23
- Understanding RFID: History and Controversy
- This sample chapter from RFID: Applications, Security, and Privacy informs the debate on RFID, arguably the first important technology of the 21st century, by looking beyond technical issues to examine legal and social implications. The chapter offers business managers implementing or evaluating Radio Frequency Identification RFID technology a concise yet...
- Tags: Addison-Wesley, privacy, radio, RFID, security, supplier
- Download resources 2006-05-23
- Fight Spam with SpamAssassin
- Written specifically for in-the-trenches system administrators, Slamming Spam: A Guide for Systems Administrators skips over theoretical discussions of spam and how spammers work, instead directly targeting practical implementation of anti-spam solutions. This sample chapter examines hands-on scenarios for using SpamAssassin to detect, manage, and deter spam in Unix environments. Title:...
- Tags: SpamAssassin, Slamming Spam, system administrator, Addison-Wesley, spam, spammer, anti-spam, Unix
- Download resources 2006-05-15
- Managing OUs, Users, and Groups in Active Directory
- This sample chapter from Inside Active Directory: A System Administrator's Guide focuses on using the Users and Computers snap-in as a tool to manage OUs and users, contacts, computers, and groups. The chapter proceeds by: Describing the contents of the Active Directory domain right after installation. Exploring how to manage...
- Tags: Addison-Wesley, computer, Managing OU, Microsoft Windows Active Directory, system administrator, tool
- Download resources 2006-05-15
- Mastering the Active Directory Schema
- This sample chapter from Inside Active Directory: A System Administrator's Guide examines the Active Directory schema in detail, discusses how the schema is built up from classes, attributes, and syntaxes and describes the attributes of classSchema and attributeSchema objects. Systems administrators who read this chapter will: Understand...
- Tags: Directory services, Active Directory Schema, Microsoft Windows Active Directory, Mika Seitsonen, schema, system administrator, Addison-Wesley, administration
- Download resources 2006-05-15
- Master Process Management in FreeBSD
- This sample chapter from The Design and Implementation of the FreeBSD Operating System explains process management in FreeBSD in detail, covering topics like context and thread switching, signals, and jails. It concludes with exercises to help put this new knowledge into practice. Title: The Design and Implementation of the...
- Tags: Addison-Wesley, exercise, FreeBSD, FreeBSD Operating System, knowledge, operating system, Process Management
- Download resources 2006-05-15
- Create A WMI/ADSI Script That Gathers Windows System Information Across Your Domain
- This sample chapter from Managing Windows with VBScript and WMI walks Windows administrators through the process of designing, writing, testing, and debugging a complete WMI/ADSI script from scratch. The example script is designed to accomplish three tasks: Query a list of computers from the domain. Query information...
- Tags: Addison-Wesley, computer, domain, job, Microsoft VBScript, Microsoft Windows, window, WMI, WMI/ADSI, WMI/ADSI Script
- Download resources 2006-05-11
- Integrate C# code with Microsoft Excel
- Excel is the application most frequently programmed against in the Microsoft Office family.This sample chapter from Visual Studio Tools for Office: Using C# with Excel, Word, Outlook, and InfoPath briefly considers several of the ways that you can integrate your C# code with Excel, explores building user-defined functions for Excel,...
- Tags: Addison-Wesley, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Excel, Microsoft InfoPath, Microsoft Outlook, Microsoft Visual Studio, Microsoft Word, C#, programming, tool
- Download resources 2006-05-05
- Build custom SharePoint site and list templates
- Custom templates enable a user to define a default layout, functionality, and default content for a newly created site.This sample chapter from SharePoint 2003 Advanced Concepts: Site Definitions, Custom Templates, and Global Customizations discusses how to create custom site and list templates. After being created, they seamlessly appear within the...
- Tags: Groupware, Custom Templates, Microsoft SharePoint, Addison-Wesley, user interface, Web
- Download resources 2006-05-05
- Identify and manage Fibre Channel SAN security risks
- The critical issues associated with SANs, combined with the lack of communication concerning defenses, has created a security gap in storage.This sample chapter from Securing Storage: A Practical Guide to SAN and NAS Security discusses Fibre Channel SAN security risks. The chapter covers the following topics:SAN risksRisks of Fibre ChannelFibre...
- Tags: Addison-Wesley, attack, fibre channel, fibre channel SAN, NAS, SAN, security, security risk, storage
- Download resources 2006-05-05
- Strengthen network security with these packet collection techniques
- Accessing traffic can be more difficult than interpreting it. When carrying packets is more important than analyzing them, security staff must find ways to capture network traces.This sample chapter from Extrusion Detection: Security Monitoring for Internal Intrusions examines several creative ways to approach the packet collection problem.Title: Extrusion Detection: Security...
- Tags: Addison-Wesley, enterprise network, Extrusion Detection, instrumentation, Internal Intrusions, network, network security, Published, security, security monitoring, technique, trace
- Download resources 2006-05-05
- Identify and mitigate Web application security threats with Apache
- This sample chapter from Preventing Web Attacks with Apache discusses how to arm the reader with practical information regarding the threats associated with running Web applications, including corresponding Apache mitigation strategies. This chapter also highlight the limits of control thatApache can inflict on the overall security of Web applications.Title: Preventing...
- Tags: Addison-Wesley, Apache Software Foundation, classification, security, strategy, Web, Web application
- Download resources 2006-05-05
- Hands-On Microsoft Access: A Practical Guide to Improving Your Access Skills
- Pivot tables are much more powerful than crosstab queries: They add extra levels of detail for more in-depth analysis. They are extremely flexible, so you can Â"slice and diceÂ" your data in many ways. They also make it easy to find all kinds of totals, such as sums, counts, and...
- Tags: slice, sum, Addison-Wesley, Microsoft Corp., Access Skills, Microsoft Access, Hands-On Microsoft Access, Practical Guide, analysis
- Download resources 2006-04-28
- Detect rootkits and rootkit behavior with these techniques
- Rootkits can be difficult to detect, especially when they operate in the kernel. This is because akernel rootkit can alter functions used by all software, including those needed by security software.This sample chapter from the Rootkits: Subverting the Windows Kernel discusses two basic approaches to rootkit detection: detecting the rootkit...
- Tags: Addison-Wesley, Microsoft Windows, kernel, rootkit, software, security, technique
- Download resources 2006-04-24
- Build security into your network design with an architectural risk analysis
- By explicitly identifying risk, you can create a good general-purpose measure of software security, especially if you track risk over time.This sample chapter from the Software Security: Building Security In discusses the necessity of risk analysis in your organization. Performing a risk analysis at the design level is an important...
- Tags: NETWORKING, Building Security, Software Security, software, software security, Gary McGraw, Addison-Wesley, network design, network
- Download resources 2006-02-03
