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IT Security: Risking the Corporation

Name: IT Security: Risking the Corporation
Author: Linda McCarthy
ISBN: 9780131011120

by Linda McCarthy

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Overview

"Even the world's largest and most sophisticated networks are vulnerable to attack - and so is yours. The scenarios described in IT Security: Risking the Corporation expose crucial flaws in operating systems, networks, servers, and software - as well as the vulnerability caused by poor training, corporate politics, and careless management." In the previous version of this book, originally published as Intranet Security: Stories from the Trenches, Linda McCarthy drew on her experience penetrating thousands of corporate networks to identify key security risks and practical solutions. This update is even more compelling and offers a clear plan for improving the security of your systems. You'll find useful tools and preventive measures you can take right now. In addition, McCarthy's security checklists and resource listings can help you tighten security throughout your entire IT infrastructure.

Synopsis

McCarthy is the executive security advisor for Symantec Corporation. As a follow-up to McCarthy's previous work, Intranet Security: Stories from the Trenches, this text provides IT professionals and managers with an analysis of the types of security risks faced by corporations of all sizes. Each chapter addresses a specific, common security issue—e.g. network access, security training, e-mail security, a hacker's walk through the network—and is based on security audits conducted by McCarthy for real, live, functioning companies (real names of the companies and personnel having been replaced with fictitious ones). Annotation (c)2003 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

About the Author, Linda McCarthy

Linda McCarthy has worked with UNIX for over a decade, focusing primarily on security administration, hardware architecture, product development, and key management (encryption) technology. She lead a worldwide security research and development team at Sun Microsystems. She has also taught several courses at Sun, including classes in hardware architecture, system administration, and UNIX security. As part of her research Linda, has broken into thousands of systems on corporate intranets, often while posing as a new clerical worker at the company. She currently is a security consultant.