Mastering Network Security - Softcover

Security is the hottest topic in IT, as well as everywhere else. The past four significant Internet worm attacks alone have cost companies more than $10 billion in repairs and lost productivity. And as hackers continue to discover new ways to exploit vulnerable networks, the need for up-to-date security information grows. This new edition of the highly acclaimed and best-selling "Mastering Network Security" provides a systematic and practical approach to assessing threats to the network and implementing workable and effective security measures to avert them. The coverage ranges from physical network security to data theft and viruses.

The Technology You Need is Out There. The Expertise You Need is inHere.

Expertise is what makes hackers effective.It’s what will make you effective, too, as you fight to keep them at bay.Mastering Network Security has been fully updated to reflect the latestdevelopments in security technology, but it does much more than bring you up todate. More importantly, it gives you a comprehensive understanding of the threatsto your organization’s network and teaches you a systematic approach inwhich you make optimal use of the technologies available to you. Coverageincludes:

• Understanding security from a topologicalperspective
• Configuring Cisco router security features
• Selecting andconfiguring a firewall
• Configuring Cisco’s PIX firewall
• Configuringan intrusion detection system
• Providing data redundancy
• Configuring aVirtual Private Network
• Securing your wireless network
• Implementingauthentication and encryption solutions
• Recognizing hackerattacks
• Detecting and eradicating viruses
• Getting up-to-date securityinformation
• Locking down Windows NT/2000/XP servers
• Securing UNIX, Linux, and FreBSD systems