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This is the must-have book for a must-know field. Today, general security knowledge is mandatory, and, if you who need to understand the fundamentals,Computer Security Basics 2nd Editionis the book to consult.
The new edition builds on the well-established principles developed in the original edition and thoroughly updates that core knowledge. For anyone involved with computer security, including security administrators, system administrators, developers, and IT managers,Computer Security Basics 2nd Editionoffers a clear overview of the security concepts you need to know, including access controls, malicious software, security policy, cryptography, biometrics, as well as government regulations and standards.
This handbook describes complicated concepts such as trusted systems, encryption, and mandatory access control in simple terms. It tells you what you need to know to understand the basics of computer security, and it will help you persuade your employees to practice safe computing.

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Computer Security Basics, 2nd Edition
Rick Lehtinen
G.T. Gangemi Sr.
Editor
Tatiana Apandi

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Preface
About This Book

This book is about computer securitywhat it is, where it came from, where its going, and why we should care about it. It introduces the many different areas of security in clear and simple terms: access controls, worms and viruses, cryptography, firewalls, network and web security, biometric devices, and more. If youre at all interested in computer security or if computer security is a part of your job (whether you want it to be or not!), you should find this book useful. Ive tried to give you the big picture and quite a few helpful details.

This book is not a technical reference. Ive tried to pull together the basics about many different areas of computer security and put that information together comprehensively. If you need particularly technical information about a specific area of computer security (for example, making your specific system or operating system more secure, securing your web site, or configuring a router or firewall), you should refer to other, more specialized books.

Summary of Contents

This book is divided into 10 chapters and 3 appendixes.

, Security for Today

This section presents a brief overview of what computer security is, where it came from, and where its going.

, Introduction

This chapter introduces computer security: what it is and why its important. It summarizes the threats to computers and the information stored on them, and it introduces the different types of computer security.

, Some Security History

This chapter briefly describes the history of computer security: where it came from, and what government mandates, laws, and standards address it.

, Computer Security

This section discusses computer security methods of protecting information stored in a computer system, primarily by controlling access to that information.

, Computer System Security and Access Controls

This chapter introduces computer system security and describes how that security controls access to systems and data.

, Viruses and Other Wildlife

This chapter explores viruses, worms, Trojans, and other types of malicious code.

, Establishing and Maintaining a Security Policy

This chapter describes the administrative procedures that improve security within an organization. It also introduces business continuity and disaster recovery as part of security.

, Web Attacks and Internet Vulnerabilities

This chapter introduces the perils that can attack your system or network while it is connected to the Internet.

, Communications Security

This section discusses communications security methods of protecting information while its being transmitted over communications lines and network backbones.

, Encryption

This chapter explains what encryption is and how it protects data.

, Communications and Network Security

This chapter introduces network concepts and discusses some basic communications security issues.

, Other Types of Security

This section describes several additional types of security.

, Physical Security and Biometrics

This chapter introduces physical security and describes different types of biometric devices.

, Wireless Network Security

This chapter describes the workings of wireless networks and the security ramifications of this access medium.

, Appendixes

This section provides a number of quick references to computer security requirements and programs.

, OSI Model

This appendix describes the seven layers of OSI and how each relates to security.

, TEMPEST

This appendix describes what TEMPEST is and why its important.

, The Orange Book, FIPS PUBS, and the Common Criteria

This appendix provides a summary of legacy Orange Book requirements, the Federal Information Processing Publications (FIPS PUBS), and the Common Criteria, which is the international successor to the Orange Book.

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Acknowledgments

Any author of a second edition is incredibly indebted to the authors of the first. Deborah Russell, you were great to work with from start to finish. The text authored by you and G.T. Gangemi Sr. gave me an excellent starting point. Lets do it again some day. And to my buds at Ciscos Network Academy and to Gwen, my CISSP coach, who put me up to thiswarm thanks, I owe you.

Thanks to Kathy, Jana, Jon, Kyle and a few cats who did not see enough of me during this books production, and Louise who said I shouldnt undertake it, but was kind of proud once it got done.

Many people from OReilly helped to produce this second edition: Deborah Russell for seeing the value in the project and Tatiana Apandi for keeping me at it and cheering me on when it conflicted with my day job. Thanks to my technical reviewers: Mark Lucking, Simon Biles, and especially Mary Dageforde for all her help. Many thanks!

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