GFI Network Security and PCI Compliance Power Tools

Publisher: Syngress
Language: English
ISBN: 159749285X
Paperback: 466 pages
Data: Sep 2008
Format: PDF
Description: For system administrators and IT security professionals to properly secure their networks, it is imperative that they utilize tools which constantly scan their networks and report back suspicious activity and/or the presence of known security vulnerabilities. These tasks are also key components for companies who must achieve Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI) compliance. GFI Network Security is a market leader in this security scanning, reporting, and federal compliance space. Their products are deployed on over 200,000 networks worldwide and they have over 10,000 worldwide re-sellers. The GFI customer base is also extremely active and tightly-knit. Their forums have over 14,000 registered users and there are currently 18,200 topics under discussion. These are good indicators of both the size of the market and users’ need to gain more information on GFI products. This book is the first reference for these system administrators and security professionals specifically covering GFI’s products. The book is being developed with support of the GFI Engineering team.

GFI LANGuard Network Security Scanner (NSS) combines vulnerability scanning and patch management functions into one, powerful tool set. By analyzing the operating system and the applications running on a network, GFI LANguard NSS identifies potential security issues. It then alerts system administrators and security professionals to weaknesses before a hacker can find them. This allows the IT staff to close any holes before they are exploited. The GFI PCI Suite is a package comprising the core software required for companies to achieve Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI) compliance. This suite is a component of GFI LANGuard Network Security Scanner (NSS). The GFI PCI Suite also features enhanced reporting functionality with reports created specifically to help organizations become compliant.

GFI products have received introductory coverage in dozens of IT books for system administrators and security professionals. But, these tools have never received the in-depth, substantive coverage required to truly master them. While our book will have a certain amount of introductory material, it will be primarily written for intermediate to advanced users who must push these tools to the limits to do their jobs. Readers of this book have already scoured the user forums and smattering of coverage in other books. Now, they’ll finally have the comprehensive reference they need.

* Use GFI EndPointSecurity to Lock Down Hardware
* Create Protection Policies to Control the Level of Device Access
* Master Advanced Features of GFI: Locking Device Categories, Blacklisting and Whitelisting Devices, Using File Type Restrictions and More

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Learning by Doing: CCNA Lab Manual Version 4 Volumes 1 and 2

Learning by Doing: CCNA Lab Manual Version 4 Volumes 1 and 2 - By Matthew Basham. | PDF | English | 80Mb
Preface
This manual was developed to prepare students for hands-on training to accompany classroom lectures on CISCO networking theory for the CISCO CCNA 3.0 (#640-607) examination. These labs are intended to supplement and enhance the Cisco Networking Academy Program with additional information, explanations, and laboratory materials, not to replace them. If you are looking for a lot of theory, then you have got the wrong book.

All labs and exercises contain four basic parts:
1. An objective section giving a brief topic for exploration in the lab or exercise
2. A tools and materials list
3. Steps needed to complete the lab or exercise
4. Supplemental lab or exercise challenge activities

Some sections include background information if needed. Answers, where required, is included on the companion CD-ROM.

Some of the labs contain guest router names that are borrowed from computer security history. I do this to spice up the labs a bit and give you a cross-reference and some history of computer security.

About the Author

Matthew Basham is the Program Director Main Contact and Lead Instructor for the St. Petersburg College-CISCO Regional Networking Academy in Clearwater, Florida. Mr. Basham has been employed (adjunct and full-time) with SPC since 1996. He has completed his CCAI (CISCO instructor), CCNA 2.0, and CCDA. Currently he is finishing the instructor CCNP 2.0 track. He holds an M.A.M.C. from the University of Florida and a B.A. from Oakland University (Rochester, Michigan). Mr. Basham has been working professionally in networking as a network administrator, technical writer, teacher, and consultant since 1993. He has been using computers since the 1970's and still owns his original Commodore 64. He has held certifications or trained students in Novell 3 and 4, NT 4.0 workstation, TCP/IP, NT 4.0 server, A , Network , COBOL, Fortran, Pascal, DOS, BASIC, and HTML. His hobbies include computer security, cyber-law, and anti-hacking techniques for network administrators and educators. In 2002 he will be a panel member for a discussion of cybersecurity education in Washington D.C. and be attending a summer school session at Harvard Law School on Internet Law.

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Network Security Technologies and Solutions

Cisco Press | 2008-03-30 | ISBN: 1587052466 | 840 pages | PDF | 13,1 Mb

A comprehensive, all-in-one reference for Cisco network security

Yusuf Bhaiji, CCIE No. 9305
Network Security Technologies and Solutions is a comprehensive reference to the most cutting-edge security products and methodologies available to networking professionals today. This book helps you understand and implement current, state-of-the-art network security technologies to ensure secure communications throughout the network infrastructure.
With an easy-to-follow approach, this book serves as a central repository of security knowledge to help you implement end-to-end security solutions and provides a single source of knowledge covering the entire range of the Cisco network security portfolio. The book is divided into five parts mapping to Cisco security technologies and solutions: perimeter security, identity security and access management, data privacy, security monitoring, and security management. Together, all these elements enable dynamic links between customer security policy, user or host identity, and network infrastructures.
With this definitive reference, you can gain a greater understanding of the solutions available and learn how to build integrated, secure networks in today’s modern, heterogeneous networking environment. This book is an excellent resource for those seeking a comprehensive reference on mature and emerging security tactics and is also a great study guide for the CCIE Security exam.

“Yusuf’s extensive experience as a mentor and advisor in the security technology field has honed his ability to translate highly technical information into a straight-forward, easy-to-understand format. If you’re looking for a truly comprehensive guide to network security, this is the one! ”

–Steve Gordon, Vice President, Technical Services, Cisco

Yusuf Bhaiji, CCIE No. 9305 (R&S and Security), has been with Cisco for seven years and is currently the program manager for Cisco CCIE Security certification. He is also the CCIE Proctor in the Cisco Dubai Lab. Prior to this, he was technical lead for the Sydney TAC Security and VPN team at Cisco.

Filter traffic with access lists and implement security features on switches
Configure Cisco IOS router firewall features and deploy ASA and PIX Firewall appliances
Understand attack vectors and apply Layer 2 and Layer 3 mitigation techniques
Secure management access with AAA
Secure access control using multifactor authentication technology
Implement identity-based network access control
Apply the latest wireless LAN security solutions
Enforce security policy compliance with Cisco NAC
Learn the basics of cryptography and implement IPsec VPNs, DMVPN, GET VPN, SSL VPN, and MPLS VPN technologies
Monitor network activity and security incident response with network and host intrusion prevention, anomaly detection, and security monitoring and correlation
Deploy security management solutions such as Cisco Security Manager, SDM, ADSM, PDM, and IDM
Learn about regulatory compliance issues such as GLBA, HIPPA, and SOX

This book is part of the Cisco CCIE Professional Development Series from Cisco Press, which offers expert-level instruction on network design, deployment, and support methodologies to help networking professionals manage complex networks and prepare for CCIE exams.

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Mastering Network Security

Sybex Inc | 1998-11-05 | ISBN: 0782123430 | 672 pages | PDF | 4,5 MB

Do you need to secure your network? Here's the book that will help you implement and maintain effective network security, no matter what size your network is or which NOS you're using. Packed with practical advice and indispensable information, this book systematically identifies the threats that your network faces and explains how to eliminate or minimize them. Covers all major network operating systems -- NT, NetWare, and Unix -- and all aspects of network security, from physical security of premises and equipment to anti-hacker countermeasures to setting up your own Virtual Private Networks. The CD includes evaluation and demonstration versions of commercial firewalls, intrusion detection software, and a complete security policy.

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Network Security Technologies

As the role of enterprise networks keeps expanding in its support of both internal and external connectivity in the form of emerging Internet, intranet, and extranet applications, network components are being exposed more and more seriously to malicious as well as unintentional security breaches. Network security becomes an ever increasingly critical element of enterprise network designs and implementations. A typical network security exercise involves the planning and design of a company’s networks and information technology (IT) security infrastructures so as to protect its valuable applications, sensitive data, and network resources from unauthorized access that results in either intentional or unintentional misuse and malicious alterations of the company’s assets.

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Digital Communities in a Networked Society

Digital Communities in a Networked Society: e-Commerce, e-Business and e-Government deals with the accelerating evolution in the computerization of society. This evolution, or should we call it a revolution, is dominantly driven by the Internet, and documented by the novelties introduced, year by year, by Information and Communication Technologies. The book contains recent results of research and development in the areas of: -E-government, -Business models of e-applications, -Innovative structures in the internet, -Auctions and e-payment, -Future aspects of communication, -Internet and the web, -Advanced platforms and grid computing, -Cooperation and integration, -Modeling and construction of e-services.

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Book- Chris McNab “Network Security Assessment: Know Your Network"

Chris McNab “Network Security Assessment: Know Your Network"
O'Reilly Media, Inc. | 2007-11-01 | ISBN:0596510306 | PDF | 504 pages | 4,3 Mb

How secure is your network? The best way to find out is to attack it. Network Security Assessment provides you with the tricks and tools professional security consultants use to identify and assess risks in Internet-based networks-the same penetration testing model they use to secure government, military, and commercial networks. With this book, you can adopt, refine, and reuse this testing model to design and deploy networks that are hardened and immune from attack.

Network Security Assessment demonstrates how a determined attacker scours Internet-based networks in search of vulnerable components, from the network to the application level. This new edition is up-to-date on the latest hacking techniques, but rather than focus on individual issues, it looks at the bigger picture by grouping and analyzing threats at a high-level. By grouping threats in this way, you learn to create defensive strategies against entire attack categories, providing protection now and into the future.
Network Security Assessment helps you assess:
Web services, including Microsoft IIS, Apache, Tomcat, and subsystems such as OpenSSL, Microsoft FrontPage, and Outlook Web Access (OWA)
Web application technologies, including ASP, JSP, PHP, middleware, and backend databases such as MySQL, Oracle, and Microsoft SQL Server
Microsoft Windows networking components, including RPC, NetBIOS, and CIFS services
SMTP, POP3, and IMAP email services
IP services that provide secure inbound network access, including IPsec, Microsoft PPTP, and SSL VPNs
Unix RPC services on Linux, Solaris, IRIX, and other platforms
Various types of application-level vulnerabilities that hacker tools and scripts exploit
Assessment is the first step any organization should take to start managing information risks correctly. With techniques to identify and assess risks in line with CESG CHECK and NSA IAM government standards, Network Security Assessment gives you a precise method to do just that.

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