Protect Your Windows Network: From Perimeter to Data (Microsoft Technology)

Praise for Protect Your Windows NetworkA good book should make you think. A good computer book should make you change how you are doing things in your I was fortunate enough to be setting up a new server as I read the book and incorporated many of the items discussed. The lessons in these chapters have relevance to networks large and small and blow through many of the myths surrounding computer security and guide you in making smarter security decisions. Too many times people focus in on just one aspect or part of a network's security and don't look at the bigger picture. These days I'm doing my very best to keep in mind the bigger picture of the forest (active directory notwithstanding), and not just looking at those trees. -Susan Bradley, CPA, GSEC, MCP, Small Business Server MVP, http://www.msmvps.com/Bradley, sbradcpa@pacbell.netJesper Johansson and Steve Riley's Protect Your Windows Network is a must read for all organizations to gain practical insight and best practices to improve their overall security posture. -Jon R. Wall, CISSPIn order to protect your particular Windows network you need to understand how Windows security mechanisms really work. Protect Your Windows Network gives you an in-depth understanding of Windows security so that you use the security techniques that best map to your needs. -Chris Wysopal, Director, Development, Symantec Corporation, http://www.symantec.comSecurity is more than knobs and switches. It is a mind set. Jesper Johansson and Steve Riley clearly understand this. Protect Your Windows Network is a great book on how you can apply this mind set to people, process, and technology to build and maintain more secure networks. This book is a must read for anyone responsible for protecting their organization's network. -Ben Smith, Senior Security Strategist, Microsoft Corporation, Author of Microsoft Windows Security Resource Kit 2 and Assessing Network SecurityIn this book, two senior members of Microsoft's Security Business and Technology Unit present a complete Defense in Depth model for protecting any Windows network-no matter how large or complex. Drawing on their work with hundreds of enterprise customers, they systematically address all three elements of a successful security program: people, processes, and technology.Unlike security books that focus on individual attacks and countermeasures, this book shows how to address the problem holistically and in its entirety. Through hands-on examples and practical case studies, you will learn how to integrate multiple defenses-deterring attacks, delaying them, and increasing the cost to the attacker. Coverage includes Improving security from the top of the network stack to the bottom Understanding what you need to do right away and what can wait Avoiding pseudo-solutions that offer a false sense of security Developing effective security policies-and educating those pesky users Beefing up your first line of defense: physical and perimeter security Modeling threats and identifying security dependencies Preventing rogue access from inside the network Systematically hardening Windows servers and clients Protecting client applications, server applications, and Web services Addressing the unique challenges of small business network securityAuthoritative and thorough, Protect Your Windows Network will be the standard Microsoft security guide for sysadmins, netadmins, security professionals, architects, and technical decision-makers alike.© Copyright Pearson Education. All rights reserved.