Fundamentals of Network Security

Maiwald, Eric

ISBN 10: 0072230932 / ISBN 13: 9780072230932

Published by McGraw Hill, 2003

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Fundamentals of Network Security
• Publisher: McGraw Hill
• Publication Date: 2003
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0072230932
• ISBN 13: 9780072230932
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: As New

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This hands-on, project-based approach to the fundamentals of network security concepts and skills helps students understand security best practices, laws, and standards that will enable them to build a complete security program.This book introduces a strong foundation that includes security policy, planning, and development of good processes. A step-by-step design teaches students security implementation using recent advances in security tools, such as firewalls, VPN's, encryption, techniques, and intrusion detection devises. Platform-specific defenses are revealed for the desktop, Windows networks, UNIX, Internet, and wireless systems. Laws and government regulation are also covered, including the Patriot Act, homeland security initiatives, and special information on relevant state laws.

About the Author

Eric Maiwald is an Analyst with the Burton Group (www.burtongroup.com), where he focuses on enterprise security infrastructure technologies. Mr. Maiwald has over seventeen years of experience in information security, where he has worked as a security officer and consultant for large financial institutions, healthcare providers, services firms, and manufacturers. He has extensive experience in the security field performing assessments, policy development, architecture design, and product implementations. Mr. Maiwald holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Electrical Engineering from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and a Master’s in Electrical Engineering from Stevens Institute of Technology and is a Certified Information Systems Security Professional.Mr. Maiwald is a named inventor on patent numbers 577,209, "Apparatus and Method for Providing Multi-level Security for Communications among Computers and Terminals on a Network"; 5.872.847, "Using Trusted Associations to Establish Trust in a Computer Network"; 5,940,591, "Apparatus and Method for Providing Network Security"; and 6,212.636, "Method for Establishing Trust in a Computer Network via Association."Mr. Maiwald is a regular presenter at a number of well-known security conferences. He has also written Network Security: A Beginner's Guide, Security Planning and Disaster Recovery (with William Sieglein), and Fundamentals of Network Security, all published by McGraw-Hill, and is a contributing author for Hacking Linux Exposed and Hacker's Challenge, also published by McGraw-Hill.