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Computer Security: 20 Things Every Employee Should Know (McGraw-Hill Professional...
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by Ben Rothke
Sales Rank: 206442
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List Price: $7.95
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Paperback: 48 pages
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Osborne Media; 2 edition August 18, 2005
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0072262826
ISBN-13: 978-0072262827
Product Dimensions:
8.6 x 6 x 0.2 inches
Shipping Weight: 4 ounces
Book Description
It’s five o’clock, do you know where your confidential office document is? The truth is that many employees may not. This convenient handbook brings your workplace up to speed with 21st century security issues from computer passwords to hard copy document disposal. Covers technical issues and social engineering scenarios that put corporate security and data at risk.
--This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
Back Cover Copy
Securing corporate resources and data in the workplace is everyone’s responsibility. Corporate IT security strategies are only as good as the employee’s awareness of his or her role in maintaining that strategy. This book presents the risks, responsibilities, and liabilities (known and unknown) of which every employee should be aware, as well as simple protective steps to keep corporate data and systems secure. Inside this easy-to-follow guide, you’ll find 20 lessons you can use to ensure that you are doing your part to protect corporate systems and privileged data. The topics covered include: - Phishing and spyware
- Identity theft
- Workplace access
- Passwords
- Viruses and malware
- Remote access
- E-mail
- Web surfing and Internet use
- Instant messaging
- Personal firewalls and patches
- Hand-held devices
- Data backup
- Management of sensitive information
- Social engineering tactics
- Use of corporate resources
Ben Rothke, CISSP, CISM, is a New York City-based senior security consultant with ThruPoint, Inc. He has more than 15 years of industry experi¬ence in the area of information systems security and privacy.
Customer Reviews & Comments
This review is from: Computer Security: 20 Things Every Employee Should Know (Paperback)
This little brochure packs a lot of good advice for end-users and non-security managers. While those in the field of security will likely learn nothing new from the book, it will definitely enlighten less computer security savvy (which is the whole point of the book). In fact, it goes a bit beyond computer security and covers broader issues of information security. Some of the topics include dealing with malware, virus hoaxes, securing the laptop, defending against social engineering, disposing of digital media, secure remote access, etc. The book also contains concise and clear glossary of security terms. The book is great, the only problem remaining is how to make those employees read it and actually follow the advice collected. But this is a different story altogether. I think that getting and distributing copies to just about everybody in the organization will be a good use for the book. It is well-written and easy to follow, so there is a good chance that a decent percentage of those given the copy will at least browse through it - and some of the tips will stick, potentially saving the company from major security incident loss... Anton Chuvakin, Ph.D., GCIA, GCIH is a Senior Security Analyst with a major information security company. His areas of infosec expertise include intrusion detection, UNIX security, forensics, honeypots, etc. In his spare time, he maintains his security portal info-secure.org
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