Surviving Security: How to Integrate People, Process and Technology (Sams white book) [Paperback]

"Surviving Security is a crash course in all of the things that we should be doing in cyberspace that don't come naturally to most of us. It is a soup-to-nuts portrayal of how to do security right, from an experienced practitioner of digital security in real-world environmentsPerhaps the best thing about this book, though, is that it's up-to-date. Mandy hasn't written just another cookbook recitation of the three R's of security, she has built a comprehensive structure on sound principles and extended it with her intimate knowledge of exciting new technology I see few other titles on the shelves that can match this volume of experience and expertise in such a concise, lucidly written, and easy to read package." Joel Scrambray, Co-author, Hacking Exposed from The Foreword --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.

Surviving Security addresses a breadth of security technologies and processes, including policy, encryption, physical security, and maintenance, while continually answering the following questions that are critical to network administrators and managers:

• Why is this technology/practice important to a security infrastructure?
• How does this fit into the larger security layer model?
• What different options-technology and vendor-are available for this area (vendor-specific reviews will be placed primarily on the companion web site) and what is the cost of implementing these options?

Surviving Security addresses a breadth of security technologies and processes, including policy, encryption, physical security, and maintenance, while continually answering the following questions that are critical to network administrators and managers-
Why is this technology/practice important to a security infrastructure?
How does this fit into the larger security layer model?
What different options-technology and vendor-are available for this area (vendor-specific reviews will be placed primarily on the companion web site) and what is the cost of implementing these options?

Mandy Andressis CEO and Founder of ArcSec Technologies, a security consulting firm in the San Francisco area. Previously, she was Chief Security Officer for Evant, a San Francisco-based ASP; Director of Security for Privada, a San Jose-based privacy provider; and a senior consultant in Ernst & Young's security practice. Mandy has written many security product and technology reviews for InfoWorld and Network World magazines and has spoken at numerous conferences, including Networld+Interop, The Internet Security Conference (TISC), and The Black Hat Briefings.