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Security De-Engineering: Solving the Problems in Information Risk Management

As hacker organizations surpass drug cartels in terms of revenue generation, it is clear that the good guys are doing something wrong in information security. Providing a simple foundational remedy for our security ills, Security De-Engineering: Solving the Problems in Information Risk Management is a definitive guide to the current problems impacting corporate information risk management. [...]


Essential SNMP

Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) provides a “simple” set of operations that allows you to more easily monitor and manage network devices like routers, switches, servers, printers, and more. The information you can monitor with SNMP is wide-ranging–from standard items, like the amount of traffic flowing into an interface, to far more esoteric items, like [...]


CWNA Certified Wireless Network Administrator & CWSP Certified Wireless Security Professional All-in-One Exam Guide (PW0-104 & PW0-204)

Get complete coverage of all the material included on the CWNA and CWSP exams inside this comprehensive resource. Written by a wireless systems expert, this authoritative guide covers exams PW0-104 and PW0-204 in full detail. You’ll find learning objectives at the beginning of each chapter, exam tips, practice exam questions, and in-depth explanations. Designed to [...]


Secure Coding in C and C++

“The security of information systems has not improved at a rate consistent with the growth and sophistication of the attacks being made against them. To address this problem, we must improve the underlying strategies and techniques used to create our systems. Specifically, we must build security in from the start, rather than append it as [...]


Rails Cookbook (Cookbooks (O’Reilly))

Rails Cookbook is packed with the solutions you need to be a proficient developer with Rails, the leading framework for building the new generation of Web 2.0 applications. Recipes range from the basics, like installing Rails and setting up your development environment, to the latest techniques, such as developing RESTful web services. With applications that [...]


Security Development Lifecycle

Your customers demand and deserve better security and privacy in their software. This book is the first to detail a rigorous, proven methodology that measurably minimizes security bugs—the Security Development Lifecycle (SDL). In this long-awaited book, security experts Michael Howard and Steve Lipner from the Microsoft Security Engineering Team guide you through each stage of [...]


A+, Network+, Security+ Exams in a Nutshell: A Desktop Quick Reference (In a Nutshell (O’Reilly))

If you’re preparing for the new CompTIA 2006 certification in A+, or the current Network+ and Security+ certifications, you’ll find this book invaluable. It provides all the information you need to get ready for these exams, including the four new A+ exams — the required Essentials exam and three elective exams that pertain to your [...]


Darknet | Ethical Hacking, Penetration Testing & Infosec

Don`t Learn to HACK – Hack to LEARN. That`s our motto and we stick to it, we are all about Ethical Hacking, Penetration Testing & Infosec News.Kindle blogs are fully downloaded onto your Kindle so you can read them even when you’re not wirelessly connected. And unlike RSS readers which often only provide headlines, blogs [...]


Network Defense and Countermeasures: Principles and Practices

KEY BENEFIT: Network Defense and Countermeasures fills a void left by other books with complete coverage of a wide range of defense strategies, forms of attacks, and policies related to computer security. KEY TOPICS: This comprehensive volume covers practical applications of firewalls, intrusion detection systems, encryption fundamentals, operating system hardening, defending against virus attacks, Trojan [...]


Untying the Gordian Knot, Demystifying Information Risk Assessment

Information Risk Assessment is both a process and the product of the process, most managers do not know what to exprect to receive in an assessment or understand the process used to develop it. This volume explains the content by providing a suggest table of contents and suggested content for each section of the document. [...]