Overview
"Gone are the days when computer security was just a big-company problem. Ensuring safe and secure communications, transactions, and data transfer is now an issue for everyone doing business online. This versatile book is a step-by-step guide to solving both the common and the more complex security issues (and protecting your precious information).
Thorough, yet practical and plain-spoken, the book is accessible to both novices and computer professionals, and covers every base, including:
Analyzing and eliminating vulnerabilities and risks
• file-sharing issues
• virus threats
• SPAM
• e-mail security
• Public Key Infrastructure
• digital signatures
• "Pretty Good Privacy"
• hardware and software firewalls
Other key issues include the security risks of different Internet connections, particularly the vulnerability of the new "always-on" broadband technology. Readers also get information on safe Web browsing and "cookie" technology, remote connectivity and wireless Web technology—plus the future of the Internet and online security."
Editorials
Schweitzer offers this nontechnical, step-by-step guide to help computer users of all levels to better understand how the Internet works, and how to enjoy the benefits of the Internet while still maintaining computer security. Topics include secure Web browsing, cookie monitoring and removal, installing antivirus software, e-mail attachments and spam, securing a Web server, public key infrastructure, secure remote access and virtual private networks, and handling hacker attacks and cybercrime. The author is a vice president at an actuarial consulting firm, where he is responsible for corporate network design and security. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)