- Paperback: 406 pages
- Publisher: MICROSOFT PRESS; 1 edition (1 Jun 2003)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0735618771
- ISBN-13: 978-0735618770
- Product Dimensions: 22.9 x 18.5 x 3 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
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Get the single resource that defines—and illustrates—the rapidly evolving world of computer and network security. The MICROSOFT ENCYCLOPEDIA OF SECURITY delivers more than 1000 cross-referenced entries detailing the latest security-related technologies, standards, products, services, and issues—including sources and types of attacks, countermeasures, policies, and more. You get clear, concise explanations and case scenarios that deftly take you from concept to real-world application—ready answers to help maximize security for your mission-critical systems and data.
- Know your vulnerabilities—understand the ways black-hat attackers footprint and enumerate systems, exploit security holes, crack passwords, elevate privileges, and cover their tracks.
- Deploy your best defense—review fundamental concepts of intrusion detection systems, encryption technologies, virus protection, and computer forensics.
- Stay one step ahead—keep pace with emerging security technologies, such as Wi-Fi Protected Access and XML Encryption; recent government legislation; and the latest industry trends.
- Decipher security acronyms—from AES to XMLDSIG and 3DES to 802.11i, decode essential terms.
- Build your own network of resources—from professional associations and standards organizations to online communities and links to free information, know how to stay current.
- Get an edge in certification preparation—ideal reference for anyone pursuing Security+, MCSE, CISSP, GIAC, and other professional certifications.
Entries include:
- Advanced Encryption Standard
- backdoors
- CERT/CC
- cookie poisoning
- digital rights management
- dynamic packet filtering
- E-SIGN Act
- file slack
- hacking
- honeypots
- ICMP tunneling
- IPSec
- John the Ripper
- keystroke logging
- L2TP
- L0phtCrack
- managed security service providers
- message digests
- NIAP
- Nmap
- Qchain
- one-time passwords
- password cracking
- PKI
- port scanning
- privacy
- reverse Telnet
- Safe Harbor Agreement
- spoofing
- Tcp_wrapper
- Trin00
- UDP scanning
- viruses
- wardriving
- Windows® cryptographic API
- XML signatures
- Web services security
- worms
- zombie zapper
- and more
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Front Cover | Copyright | Table of Contents | Excerpt | Index | Back Cover
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
One for your Bookshelf - Cliff Hobbs [FAQShop.com],
This review is from: Encyclopedia of Security (Paperback)
Computer Security is a dry subject. Reading encyclopaedias is hard going at the best of times so combining the two hardly seems to me to be a good idea but I was pleasantly surprised by this book written by Mitch Tulloch.Don't assume that by it's very title that this is going to be a monster of a book. 450 pages for an encyclopaedia may not sound a lot but when you get inside it and start reading you'll soon find it's packed with useful and relevant information. Rather than just being an alphabetically organised list of security-related terms the book opens with a really useful introduction to the subject that defines what computer security is and then goes onto cover other useful areas such as Threats and Vulnerabilities, Hacking and Cracking amongst others. The meat of the book is an alphabetically sorted list of terms and their definitions. But rather than just leave it at that, where relevant each term has it's own overview, details of how the term is implemented and a "For More Information" section explaining where to go to find out more. For example did you know that a "bastion host" is "a host that is fully exposed to attack on a public network"? Well I didn't. Are you sure you know how to reduce the risk of such hosts? I could recall some of the obvious ones but it's only when it's written down in front of you in black and white that you realise you probably could do a lot more. Ever heard of "island hopping" where one compromised system or network is used to break into another? Sounds like something out of the movies but computer security finally seems to be getting the right amount of exposure it deserves and is being moved up the corporate agenda of major issues facing companies today. Full indexed and cross-referenced this encyclopaedia lives up to it's name of providing a complete reference on the subject. Fair enough I haven't read the book from cover to cover (to my mind that's not what encyclopaedias are about), but I'm safe in the knowledge that should I need to know something relating to security I can reach for this book and easily find it. It would be nice if the book came with a CD containing a fully-searchable version of the book but then this probably wouldn't be as impressive as having an encyclopaedia sitting on your bookshelf. In summary every company should have a copy of this book even if it only ever sees the light of day when you need to look up a term because it's getting exposure in the media and you want to understand what it means and the implications to you and your company.
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3.0 out of 5 stars (2 customer reviews) 8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Very useful encyclopedia for security,
By D. M Swaney - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Encyclopedia of Security (Paperback)
As a new student to the realm of security I've been hit hard with new terminology and after a while sometimes I find it hard to rememberr what an acronym stands for or what it means.This book makes it easy to look it up quickly for a refresher without having to flip through various books or search the internet. Great if you are a student like myself and working late at night cramming for an exam and you can't remember what PFS stands for. This book I will keep near me at home, school, and at work because it is just a great reference book. I gave it four stars instead of five because it would have been great if Microsoft included a CD with the book in electronic format so instead of carrying the book around I could just load it up on my computer and have quick access whenever I need it without having to remember where I left the book this time. 1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
2.0 out of 5 stars
Good knowledge, however big mistakes and omissions.,
By coffee_fan - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Encyclopedia of Security (Paperback)
I changed my review - I previously gave a 3 to this book, as I had done a cursory browsing and it looked great. Lately I have been focusing on security and trying to use the book as an actual reference and found it has some big omissions and mistakes and is NOT a reference -- Which deserves a 1 -- I am however giving it a 2 because it has coverage of lots of subjects which are important.
If you are a beginner in the security area, this book may prove valuable, but be forwarned that you may be de-railed in some concepts as they are plain wrong. So far what I have found: Notable omissions: Subject, Object, Domain (not the NT one), Capability, Protected susbsystem, TCB, Reference monitor. Errors: RBAC, Principal, Ticket. FWIW here goes my previous review: Handy Reference - 3 This encyclopedia is a good "1st base" reference that gets you closer to security definitions and perspectives. Security is a constantly moving target, so some definitions are dated or lack accuracy, which is why I say it is just the 1st base. You may need to seek your 2nd and 3rd bases of information on the internet or via updated security information sources. Nevertheless, the book has value in that it allows me to avoid some amount of googling. |
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