"The definitive tool to learn what's proper for Microsoft Windows
systems. Roberta's excellent guidance will easily help you build
secure, resiliant systems." --Steve Riley, Security Business and
Technology Unit, Windows Division, Microsoft Corporation
Take a proactive approach to network security by hardening your
Windows systems against attacks before they occur. Written by
security evangelist Roberta Bragg, this hands-on resource provides
concrete steps you can take immediately as well as ongoing actions
to ensure long-term security. Whether you have one Windows server
or one hundred, you'll get complete details on how to
systematically harden your network from the ground up, as well as
strategies for getting company-wide support for your security plan.
With coverage of Windows 95/98/NT 4.0/2000/XP and Windows Server
2003, this book is an essential security tool for on-the-job IT
professionals.
Features a four-part hardening methodology: Do This
Now!--Checklist of immediate steps to take to lockdown your system
from further attack Take It From The Top--Systematic approach to
hardening your enterprise from the top down, focusing on
authentication, access controls, borders, logical security
boundaries, communications, storage, and administrative authority
Once Is Never Enough!--Ongoing monitoring and assessment plan to
keep your network secure, including patch management and auditing
How to Succeed At Hardening Your Windows Systems--Strategies for
getting budget approval, management buy-in, and employee
cooperation for your security program
Roberta Bragg, CISSP, MCSE: Security, Security+, co-author of
Network Security: The Complete Reference, instructor, and
consultant, focuses on how to proactively deploy proven security
principles to defend Windows systems from possible attack. Roberta
is the Security Advisor columnist for MCP magazine, the Security
Expert for searchWin2000.com, and writes for the Security Watch
newsletter. Roberta is the series editor of McGraw-Hill/Osborne's
Hardening security series.
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