Computer Security Basics [2nd ed] 9781449317058, 1449317057, 9781449317423, 1449317421, 0-596-00669-1

Table of contents :
Content: Table of Contents
Preface
About This Book
Summary of Contents
Part I, Security for Today
Part II, Computer Security
Part III, Communications Security
Part IV, Other Types of Security
Part V, Appendixes
Using Code Examples
Comments and Questions
Safari® Enabled
Acknowledgments
Part I
Introduction
The New Insecurity
Who You Gonna Call?
Information Sharing and Analysis Centers
Vulnerable broadband
No computer is an island
The Sorry Trail
Computer crime
What Is Computer Security?
A Broader Definition of Security
Secrecy and Confidentiality. Accuracy, Integrity, and AuthenticityAvailability
Threats to Security
Vulnerabilities
Physical vulnerabilities
Natural vulnerabilities
Hardware and software vulnerabilities
Media vulnerabilities
Emanation vulnerabilities
Communications vulnerabilities
Human vulnerabilities
Exploiting vulnerabilities
Threats
Natural and physical threats
Unintentional threats
Intentional threats
Insiders and outsiders
Countermeasures
Computer security
Communications security
Physical security
Why Buy Security?
Government Requirements
Information Protection
What's a User to Do?
Summary. Some Security HistoryInformation and Its Controls
Computer Security: Then and Now
Early Computer Security Efforts
Tiger Teams
Research and Modeling
Secure Systems Development
Building Toward Standardization
Standards for Secure Systems
National Computer Security Center
Birth of the Orange Book
Standards for Cryptography
Standards for Emanations
Computer Security Mandates and Legislation
The Balancing Act
Computer Fraud and Abuse Act
Computer Security Act
Searching for a Balance
Recent Government Security Initiatives
Modern Standards for Computer Security. GASSP and GAISP OverviewPrivacy Considerations
Summary
Part II
Computer System Security and Access Controls
What Makes a System Secure?
System Access: Logging into Your System
Identification and Authentication
Multifactor authentication
Login Processes
Password Authentication Protocol
Challenge Handshake Authentication Protocol (CHAP)
Mutual authentication
One-time password
Per-session authentication
Tokens
Biometrics
Remote access (TACACS and RADIUS)
DIAMETER
Kerberos
Passwords
Protecting passwords
Protecting your login and password on entry. Protecting your password in storagePassword attacks
Authorization
Sensitivity labels
Access models
Access Control in Practice
Discretionary access control
Mandatory access control
Access decisions
Role-based access control
Access control lists
Directory Services
Email example
About X.500
Lightweight Directory Access Protocol
Identity Management
Financial and legal pressures
Summary
Viruses and Other Wildlife
Financial Effects of Malicious Programs
Viruses and Public Health
Viruses, Worms, and Trojans (Oh, My!)
Viruses
The history of viruses
Worms
Trojan Horses
Bombs.

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