Author : Roger A Grimes
Release : 2006-06
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Kind : eBook
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Book Synopsis PROFESSIONAL WINDOWS DESKTOP & SERVER HARDENING by : Roger A Grimes

Download or read book PROFESSIONAL WINDOWS DESKTOP & SERVER HARDENING written by Roger A Grimes. This book was released on 2006-06. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Market_Desc: · Tech Professionals· Students in Computer Security Courses Special Features: · Exclusive coverage and in-depth analysis: step-by-step coverage of how both desktop and server security can be improved in the Windows platform by configuring default security, which must be done before running any security products bought off the shelf. The problem is that technology professionals should know these configurations, but many don t and thus their standard firewalls or anti-virus scanners are not effective. This book will cure that problem.· Coverage: cover Windows 2000, XP, and Server 2003, as well as emerging technologies from Microsoft, which are available to the author as a MSFT MVP Over the last 5 years, none of the author s clients has had a virus, worm, trojan, or successful hacker attack, using his guidance· Author platform: author will spread the word through his highly-rated sessions at SANS security conferences; through his MSFT MVP peer network; wrox.com /P2P· Web site: downloadable author-created custom security templates and group policies that will automate advice given in the book About The Book: This book is organized into five broad sections which are as follows: Part I-The first chapter will educate readers about the real threat to their computer systems-roving malware not dedicated human attackers. This lesson is central to the book s method of defensePart II-The second part of the book (Chapters 3 and 4) will discuss using NTFS permissions to make the ultimate defensePart III-Windows Operating System HardeningPart IV-Application SecurityPart V-Automating Security-this is perhaps the second most valuable part of the book, discussed no where else in the world