Author Description

Here's a complete arsenal of practical solutions for the "White Hats" in computer security -- the good guys doing battle against crackers, virus authors, intruders, and corporate spies. AT&T's Aviel D. Rubin -- one of the world's leading infosecurity experts -- focuses on helping today's IT professionals solve the real problems they encounter most often. From configuring firewalls to securing notebook PCs, Rubin presents best practices that work. He takes a problem-solving approach to computer security, identifying one key problem at a time, and presenting the best technical and management solutions. You'll learn secure approaches to storing data in both local and remote environments, and to enterprise backup. Walk through implementing key encryption techniques for securing data transfer; protecting against threats to the network perimeter and attacks from the Internet; setting up effective firewalls; detecting intrusions; and dealing with denial of service attacks. Finally, Rubin offers expert advice on protecting e-commerce transactions and customer privacy. For all security specialists, netadmins, sysadmins, and other technical professionals and decision-makers concerned with protecting computers, networks, and data.