eBook By Category (Network Security)

Written to appeal to a broad audience, 802...

AAA (Authentication, Authorization, Accounting) describes a framework for intelligently controlling access to network resources, enforcing policies, and providing the information necessary to bill for services...

Active Defense is our new comprehensive guide to implementing effective network security using the latest technologies...

Maximize end-point security with Cisco Security Agent

• Eases the complexity of CSA installation and management
• Helps users maximize their CSA investment and the security of their end-point systems
• Provides a structured approach to host IPS planning and installation
• Includes hard-to-find information on advanced CSA feature deployment
• Presents real-world expertise gathered from field installations

I'm Mad As Hell, and I'm Not Gonna Take it Anymore! · Analyze the Technical, Legal, and Financial Ramifications of Revolutionary and Controversial Network Strike-Back and Active Defense Techniques * Follow the Travails of Eight System Administrators Who Take Cyber Law into Their Own Hands * See Chillingly Realistic Examples of Everything from a PDA to the MD5 Hash Being Used as Weapons in Cyber Dogfights There is a certain satisfaction for me in seeing this book published...

Hacker extraordinaire Kevin Mitnick delivers the explosive encore to his bestselling The Art of Deception Kevin Mitnick, the world's most celebrated hacker, now devotes his life to helping businesses and governments combat data thieves, cybervandals, and other malicious computer intruders...

This book is essential reading for anyone wanting to protect Internet-connected computers from unauthorized access...

The complete guide to implementing biometric security solutions for your network Network security has become the latter-day equivalent of oxymoronic terms like "jumbo shrimp" and "exact estimate...

Botnets have become the platform of choice for launching attacks and committing fraud on the Internet...

Learn how to protect your network with this guide to building complete and fully functional network security tools Although open source network security tools come in all shapes and sizes, a company will eventually discover that these tools are lacking in some area - - whether it's additional functionality, a specific feature, or a narrower scope...

With this concise, problem-solving guide, networking professionals will learn how to identify network security threat implement uniform security throughout their networks, secure remote dial-in access with CiscoSecure ACS and Cisco IOS AAA features, protect Internet access on their perimeter routers with the CiscoSecure IOS firewall software, and implement secure VPNs using IPSec and Cisco Encryption Technology...

Identify, analyze, and resolve current and potential network security problems

• Learn diagnostic commands, common problems and resolutions, best practices, and case studies covering a wide array of Cisco network security troubleshooting scenarios and products
• Refer to common problems and resolutions in each chapter to identify and solve chronic issues or expedite escalation of problems to the Cisco TAC/HTTS
• Flip directly to the techniques you need by following the modular chapter organization
• Isolate the components of a complex network problem in sequence
• Master the troubleshooting techniques used by TAC/HTTS security support engineers to isolate problems and resolve them on all four security domains: IDS/IPS, AAA, VPNs, and firewalls

Cisco Systems, Inc...

A comprehensive survey of computer network security concepts, methods, and practices...

Configuring Check Point NGX VPN-1/FireWall-1 is the perfect reference for anyone migrating from earlier versions of Check Point's flagship firewall/VPN product as well as those deploying VPN-1/FireWall-1 for the first time...

Configuring SonicWALL Firewal is the first book to deliver an indepth look at the SonicWALL firewall product line...

Cross Site Scripting Attacks starts by defining the terms and laying out the ground work...

In this age of viruses and hackers, of electronic eavesdropping and electronic fraud, security is paramount...

Designing and Building Enterprise DMZs covers a sorely needed area in critical business infrastructure: the Demilitarized Zone...

Over 75% of network attacks are targeted at the web application layer...

End-to-End Network Security

Defense-in-Depth

Best practices for assessing and improving network defenses and responding to security incidents

Omar Santos

Information security practices have evolved from Internet perimeter protection to an in-depth defense model in which multiple countermeasures are layered throughout the infrastructure to address vulnerabilities and attacks...

A Comprehensive, Proven Approach to Securing All Your Network Endpoints!

Despite massive investments in security technology and training, hackers are increasingly succeeding in attacking networks at their weakest links: their endpoints...

There are open-source firewalls, and there are commercial firewalls that are easier to configure...

Protect your network and web sites from malicious attacks with help from this cutting-edge guide...

The Essential Field Guide for Multitasking Security Professionals A firewall is as good as its policies and the security of its VPN connections...

With more and more small-office and home computers being left connected to the Internet at all times, the owners of those machines are being faced with problems that used to confront only big operations...

With the rapid deployment of wireless networks in business environments, IT professionals must implement security mechanisms that are equivalent to those existing today for wire-based networks...

Remember the first time someone told you about the OSI model and described the various layers? It's probably something you never forgot...

A description and analysis of the vulnerabilities caused by programming errors in Web applications, this book is written from both from the attacker's and security specialist's perspective...

Sidestep VoIP Catastrophe the Foolproof Hacking Exposed Way

"This book illuminates how remote users can probe, sniff, and modify your phones, phone switches, and networks that offer VoIP services...

Secure Your Wireless Networks the Hacking Exposed Way

Defend against the latest pervasive and devastating wireless attacks using the tactical security information contained in this comprehensive volume...

Security is one of the most significant components in wireless systems to ensure the integrity of communications among terminals, networks, and services...

Bulletproof your system before you are hacked! From the publisher of the international best-seller, Hacking Exposed, here is a brilliant new offering written with a passion for security that will help you make the necessary upgrades and take the essential steps to secure your network infrastructure...

A straightforward, graphic-based reference book for network security for the home and small business

• A four-color, simplified approach to learning about home network security
• Learn network security fundamentals, how to design security strategies for the home, and how to optimize network security as needs change
• Another release from the best-selling "Simplified" series from Cisco Press

In 2003, fraud and identity theft cost consumers at least $437 million dollars...

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF CONTENT:
There is a significant need for a comprehensive book addressing the operational and day-to-day security management requirements...

Hackers know things that you don't...

Helps computer and network engineers understand, develop and support secure TCP/IP-based networks and build efficient systems for safeguarding commercial Internet applications...

In the last 12 years we have observed amazing growth of electronic communication...

Intrusion Detection and Correlation: Challenges and Solutions presents intrusion detection systems (IDSs) and addresses the problem of managing and correlating the alerts produced...

Text shows step-by-step how to mount a comprehensive defense against hackers, perform real-time security monitoring, and implement a proactive incident response plan...

Protect your network with Snort: the high-performance, open source IDS Snort gives network administrators an open source intrusion detection system that outperforms proprietary alternatives...

From the Foreword by Stephen Northcutt, Director of Training and Certification, The SANS Institute Within a year of the infamous "Intrusion Detection is Dead" report by Gartner, we started seeing Intrusion Prevention System (IPS) products that actually worked in the real world...

An introduction to network attack mitigation with IPS

• Where did IPS come from? How has it evolved?
• How does IPS work? What components does it have?
• What security needs can IPS address?
• Does IPS work with other security products? What is the “big picture”?
• What are the best practices related to IPS?
• How is IPS deployed, and what should be considered prior to a deployment?

This book focuses on securing Linux in a networked environment, where the security of the entire network needs to be considered rather than just isolated machines...

The instant access that hackers have to the latest tools and techniques demands that companies become more aggressive in defending the security of their networks...

Modern society depends critically on computers that control and manage the systems on which we depend in many aspects of our daily lives...

The best security for a network segment is isolation, but that's not an option if you want your users to enjoy Internet connectivity...

Develop the skills you need in the real world Hit the ground running with the street-smart training you'll find in this practical book...

Network Intrusion Detection: An Analyst's Handbook explains some of what you need to know to prevent unauthorized accesses of your networked computers and minimize the damage intruders can do...

Network security is finally getting the attention it's long deserved, with organizations devoting time and money to the problem and more than a few independent consultants peddling their services in the area...

This book will take readers from the discovery of vulnerabilities and the creation of the corresponding exploits, through a complete security assessment, all the way through deploying patches against these vulnerabilities to protect their networks...

How secure is your network? The best way to find out is to attack it...

The world of IT is always evolving, but in every area there are stable, core concepts that anyone just setting out needed to know last year, needs to know this year, and will still need to know next year...

An introduction to the key tools and technologies used to secure network access

• Examine common security vulnerabilities and the defenses used to protect network resources
• Learn about cryptography, including modern-day techniques like 3DES, RSA, hashing, and the use of certificates
• Learn how to design, adopt, and enforce security policies
• Evaluate the nuances of secure network design
• Secure HTTP traffic by hardening operating systems, servers, and browsers
• Protect routers through administrative access policies and services
• Understand what firewalls do and how to implement them to maximum effect
• Inspect and monitor network activity with IDS
• Utilize VPNs for secure remote access
• Learn about PKI technologies
• Examine secure wireless design techniques
• Use logging and auditing tools, such as syslog, SNMP, RMON, and SAA, to manage network traffic

This information-packed book provides more than 100 quick, practical, and clever things to do to help make your Linux, UNIX, or Windows networks more secure...

In the fast-moving world of computers, things are always changing...

Network security: fast fun? If you think a background in computer science is necessary for understanding information security, think again...

Network Security Technologies, Second Edition presents key security technologies from diverse fields, using a hierarchical framework that enables understanding of security components, how they relate to one another, and how they interwork...

If you're an advanced security professional, then you know that the battle to protect online privacy continues to rage on...

Adams, David Security Management : Books for beginners fall into two categories: the Dummies or Idiot’s Guide books that treat the reader like an imbecile, and those that treat novices as mature and intelligent...

Penetration testing a network requires a delicate balance of art and science...

The practical guide to simulating, detecting, and responding to network attacks Create step-by-step testing plans Learn to perform social engineering and host reconnaissance Evaluate session hijacking methods Exploit web server vulnerabilities Detect attempts to breach database security Use password crackers to obtain access information Circumvent Intrusion Prevention Systems (IPS) and firewall protections and disrupt the service of routers and switches Scan and penetrate wireless networks Understand the inner workings of Trojan Horses, viruses, and other backdoor applications Test UNIX, Microsoft, and Novell servers for vulnerabilities Learn the root cause of buffer overflows and how to prevent them Perform and prevent Denial of Service attacks Penetration testing is a growing field but there has yet to be a definitive resource that instructs ethical hackers on how to perform a penetration test with the ethics and responsibilities of testing in mind...

Personal firewalls explained for remote corporate and home users...

Solid knowledge of firewalls isn't the exclusive domain of specialists anymore--everyone needs to know something about protecting private networks from the public Internet, while keeping Internet connectivity easy...

• Penetration testing is a special skill in which penetrators (acting as hackers) attempt to circumvent the security features of a system in order to "break" the system and its code
• After a review of Web applications and their protocols, the book covers vulnerability analysis, attack simulation, and results analysis, the elements of successful pen testing
• Features installation guidance for Linux Fedora, VMWare, Apache, MySQL, PHP, Perl, JBoss, and much more
• The timing of this book is crucial-American corporations lose as much as $300 billion a year to every form of hacking, cracking, physical security breaches, and other criminal activities
• The companion Web site shows readers how to build their own pen testing lab, including the installation of traps used to detect or deflect attempts to use information without authorization

This comprehensive reference provides a detailed overview of intrusion detection systems (IDS) offering the latest technology in information protection...

A systematic guide to the technologies, standards, protocols, and means used for the transparent security of information interaction in computer networks, this resource enables an independent understanding of the various methods of providing computer and information security when using modern network technology...

Router Security Strategies: Securing IP Network Traffic Planes provides a compre-hensive approach to understand and implement IP traffic plane separation and protection on IP routers...

This is the only book to clearly demonstrate how to get big dollar security for your network using freely available tools...

Security Monitoring with Cisco Security MARS

Threat mitigation system deployment

Gary Halleen

Greg Kellogg

Networks and hosts are probed hundreds or thousands of times a day in an attempt to discover vulnerabilities...

There are many ways that a potential attacker can intercept information, or learn more about the sender, as the information travels over a network...

Snort For Dummies covers everything the reader needs to: Learn why and how an IDS should be implemented Identify how Snort fits in to a security management environment Deploy Snort on Linux and Windows systems Understand and create Snort detection rules Generate reports with ACID and other tools Discover the nature and source of attacks real-time...

This all new book covering the brand new Snort version 2...

In the fast-paced, caffeine-powered, and sometimes reckless world of computer security, the security analogy of a "hard crunchy outside and soft chewy inside," a staple of the security community today, is uncannily apropos as we spend millions to protect and fortify the outside perimeter network and nary spend a dime to address internal threats...

"Great writing ...

# The best-selling Stealing the Network series reaches its climactic conclusion as law enforcement and organized crime form a high-tech web in an attempt to bring down the shadowy hacker-villain known as Knuth in the most technically sophisticated Stealing book yet...

• Covers security basics and guides reader through the process of testing a Web site...

The Best Damn Firewall Book Period covers the most popular Firewall products, from Cisco's PIX Firewall to Microsoft's ISA Server to CheckPoint NG, and all the components of an effective firewall set up...

Understand the total cost of ownership and return on investment for network security solutions * Understand what motivates hackers and how to classify threats * Learn how to recognize common vulnerabilities and common types of attacks * Examine modern day security systems, devices, and mitigation techniques * Integrate policies and personnel with security equipment to effectively lessen security risks * Analyze the greater implications of security breaches facing corporations and executives today * Understand the governance aspects of network security to help implement a climate of change throughout your organization * Learn how to qualify your organization’s aversion to risk * Quantify the hard costs of attacks versus the cost of security technology investment to determine ROI * Learn the essential elements of security policy development and how to continually assess security needs and vulnerabilities The Business Case for Network Security: Advocacy, Governance, and ROI addresses the needs of networking professionals and business executives who seek to assess their organization’s risks and objectively quantify both costs and cost savings related to network security technology investments...

"The book you are about to read will arm you with the knowledge you need to defend your network from attackers�both the obvious and the not so obvious...

Wireless networks technologies have been dramatically improved by the popularity of third generation (3G) wireless networks, wireless LANs, Bluetooth, and sensor networks...

The Wireless Security Handbook provides a well-rounded overview of wireless network security...

Ethereal Network Protocol Analyzer Toolkit provides the reader with a completely integrated book and companion Web site to analyze network traffic using Ethereal, the world's most popular network protocol analyzer on Windows, Unix, and Apple OS X...