Securing the Network From Malicious Code

Description

Cover procedures and practices for everything from social engineering to effectively configuring an intrusion detection system.
  
* Author provides the benefit of his day-to-day practices as a security expert.
  
* Companion Website features several non-shareware products for effectively defending against malicious code.

FEATURES:

You'll learn how to:

Understand the threat virus writers and hackers pose
Get a handle on various types of malicious code
Protect BIOS, booting, ^le systems, memory, and other basics
Secure e-mail, browsers, and ^le sharing
Eliminate virus threats to instant messaging
Mobilize staff against the threat of viruses and social engineering
Strengthen ^rewalls, intrusion detection, and data recovery
Defend against server-side exploits
Prepare for cyberterrorism and the viruses of the future
The companion Web site contains multiple links to security software solutions.

CONTENTS:

Acknowledgments.

  
Introduction.

  
Part I: Threat Analysis.

  
Chapter 1: Threats Posed by Viruses, Worms, and Trojan Horses.

  
Chapter 2: Virus Writers and Hackers: Architects of Digital Disease.

  
Chapter 3: Other Digital Threats to Your Organization.

  
Chapter 4: Types of Viruses, Trojan Horses, and Malicious Code.

  
Part II: Applied Tactics for Malicious Code Defense.

  
Chapter 5: Fundamentals Needed for Digital Security.

  
Chapter 6: Networking and Internet Essentials.

  
Chapter 7: Internet Relay Chat (IRC), I-Seek-You (ICQ), Web Page Chat, and Instant Messaging.

  
Chapter 8: Defending Your Company's Network Using Human Resources.

  
Chapter 9: Hardware and Software Protective Measures.

  
Chapter 10: Server-Side Exploits.

  
Part III: Looking Ahead.

  
Chapter 11: Cyberterrorism and Hacktivism-New Millennium, New Threats.

  
Chapter 12: Cyberforensics and the Future of Virus Warfare.

  
Appendix A: What's on the Web Site.

  
Appendix B: Cybercrime before Congress.

  
Appendix C: It's Not Just Fun and "War Games"-Juveniles and Computer Crime.

  
Appendix D: National Infrastructure Protection Center Statement on Cybersecurity

  
Appendix E: National Infrastructure Protection Center Statement on Cybercrime.

  
Appendix F: Glossary-Worm Words and Virus Vocabulary.

  
Index.