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Published by John Wiley & Sons.

ISBN 0470025557

Published March 2006. £18.99.

   

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Defeating The Hacker has information and advice on all the problems facing IT security today.  The chapter headings are:

1 Introduction 22 File Sharing and “P2P”
2 A hacker is made 23 Backups and Archives
3 Preparation and Planning 24 Preventing Internet Misuse
4 International Laws and Standards 25 Document Security
5 Passwords and Beyond 26 Data Theft
6 Your Information Security Policy 27 Encryption
7 Security Awareness Training 28 Employees’ Own Computers
8 Patch Management 29 How Hackers Use Search Engines
9 Windows Workstation Security 30 Denial of Service Attacks
10 Basic Server Security 31 Provisioning and Identity Management
11 Understanding Firewalls 32 Data Interception
12 Protecting Your Web Site 33 Out of the Office
13 Wireless Networking 34 Social Engineering
14 Penetration Testing & Vulnerability Scanning 35 E-Commerce Fraud
15 Security Through Obscurity 36 Intrusion Detection Systems
16 Windows Vista 37 Outsourcing
17 Email 38 Securing your Premises
18 The Curse of Spam 39 Forensics
19 Viruses 40 Planning for the Worst
20 Spyware, Adware and Diallers 41  Hardware Theft
21 Piracy 42 Let’s Be Careful Out There