Hacking For Dummies - Softcover

Beaver, Kevin

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ISBN 10: 047005235X ISBN 13: 9780470052358

Publisher: For Dummies, 2006

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Are you worried about external hackers and rogue insiders breaking into your systems? Whether it’s social engineering, network infrastructure attacks, or application hacking, security breaches in your systems can devastate your business or personal life. In order to counter these cyber bad guys, you must become a hacker yourself—an ethical hacker.

Hacking for Dummies shows you just how vulnerable your systems are to attackers. It shows you how to find your weak spots and perform penetration and other security tests. With the information found in this handy, straightforward book, you will be able to develop a plan to keep your information safe and sound. You’ll discover how to:

Work ethically, respect privacy, and save your system from crashing
Develop a hacking plan
Treat social engineers and preserve their honesty
Counter war dialing and scan infrastructures
Understand the vulnerabilities of Windows, Linux, and Novell NetWare
Prevent breaches in messaging systems, web applications, and databases
Report your results and managing security changes
Avoid deadly mistakes
Get management involved with defending your systems

As we enter into the digital era, protecting your systems and your company has never been more important. Don’t let skepticism delay your decisions and put your security at risk. With Hacking For Dummies, you can strengthen your defenses and prevent attacks from every angle!

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From the Back Cover:

Develop a plan to keep your information safe

Find out how to test your systems, plug the holes, and foil attackers

You'll find out how external hacker and rogue insider hacks happen, how to discover where your systems and network are weak, what you can do to strengthen your defenses, and how to prepare reports and recommendations to management.

Discover how to

Identify the different types of attacks
Create a plan for testing
Recognize vulnerabilities in your network
Prevent attacks by rogue insiders
Test applications, files, and databases
Plug security holes

About the Author:

Kevin Beaver is an independent information security consultant, speaker, and expert witness with two decades of experience in the IT industry. He specializes in performing information security assessments revolving around compliance and IT governance.

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