Network Defense And Countermeasures: Principles And Practices - Softcover

Easttom, Chuck

9780131711266: Network Defense And Countermeasures: Principles And Practices

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0131711261 ISBN 13: 9780131711266

Publisher: Pearson College Div, 2005

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 horses and spyware, security policies and security standards. For network administrators, network security professionals and security audit professionals.

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About the Author:

Chuck Easttom has many years ofpractical experience in all aspects of IT. He holds a Doctor of Science inCyberSecurity and 3 masters degrees (including 1 in applied computer scienceand 1 in systems engineering). He has authored 26 computer science books ( sofar) and is an inventor with fifteen computer science patents, and numerousresearch papers on topics such as digital forensics, cyber warfare, engineeringprocesses, cryptography, and other areas.
He was a subject matter expert forCompTIA in the creation of their Security+, Linux+, and Server+ certificationtests and on the Job Task Analysis team for CEH v8. He created the OSForensicscertification test and course. He currently holds over 40 ITcertifications (A+,Network+, iNet+, Linux+, Server+, MCP, MCAD, MCSA, MCSE,MCDBA,MCTS,MCITP, CEH, CHFI, CISSP, CCFP, ISSAP, and more).

Dr. Easttom is frequently a speaker on computer science related topics,oftenspecifically on computer security and related subjects. In the past he has beena speaker at: Hacker Halted, TakedownCon, Secure World, ISC2Security Congress,Harvard Computer Society, Columbia University ACM chapter, University of Texasat Dallas ACM Chapter, Southern Methodist University Research Colloquium, HakonIndia, Defcon, Enfuse,to name a few. He has spoken on the history of viruses,cryptographic back doors, cryptanalysis, cyber warfare and terrorism, thedetails of the RSA algorithm, forensic report writing, Feistel ciphers,and other computer security topics. He is also a Distinguished Speaker ofthe ACM, as well as a member of the ACM and INCOSE and a Senior Member of theIEEE.

You can find book errata at chuckeasttom.com/errata.htm

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You can find out more about the author, inventor, computer scientist atChuckEasttom.com

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