Windows Nt Security: A Practical Guide to Securing Windows Nt Servers and Workstations (McGraw-Hill Ncsa Guides) - Softcover

Rutstein, Charles B.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0070578338 ISBN 13: 9780070578333

Publisher: Computing McGraw-Hill, 1997

Synopsis

Explains how to design and administer secure NT networks, protect data against system failures, configure auditing features, and securely access NT from remote locations

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Co-sponsored by the National Computer Security Association Written by one of the world's foremost systems security experts and co-sponsored by the National Computer Security Association (NCSA), Windows NT Security succinctly addresses how to: Understand and integrate the basic NT security model; Design and administer secure NT networks; Protect data against system failures; Maximize the security features of the Registry; Ensure the security of files, printers, and user accounts; Solve problems with servers, workstations and popular NT add-ons; Configure NT's auditing features; Access NT securely from remote locations with RAS; Use NT as an Internet host; Assess the security of an existing NT system; Avoid common security pitfalls. Co-sponsored by the National Computer Security Association, this authoritative guide explains how to maximize the sophisticated security capabilities of the Windows NT Desktop Operating System. Written by a foremost systems security expert, it shows how to design, administer, and manage secure NT networks-encompassing NT workstations, servers, and popular add-ons. Windows NT Security offers practical guidance on making existing NT networks more secure, as well as suggestions for avoiding common pitfalls and security traps. ABOUT THE AUTHOR Charles B. Rutstein (Bethesda, MD), principal consultant with Price Waterhouse, LLC, is an internationally recognized expert on computer viruses. The author of the NCSA/3M pamphlet How to Avoid Computer Viruses, he has been quoted in the Wall Street Journal, and has discussed systems security on television programs on CBS, ABC, NBC, as well as the MacNeil-Lehrer News Hour.

Edition details

• Publisher: Computing McGraw-Hill
• Publication date: 1997
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0070578338
• ISBN 13: 9780070578333
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 352