Philip Alexander

Home and Small Business Guide to Protecting Your Computer Network, Electronic Assets, and Privacy (eBook, PDF)

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

In the news on a daily basis are reports of lost or stolen computer data, hacker successes, identity thefts, virus and spyware problems, and network incursions of various kinds. Many people, especially nonprofessional administrators of home or small business networks, feel helpless. In this book, technical security expert Philip Alexander explains in layman's terms how to keep networks and individual computers safe from the bad guys. In presenting solutions to these problems and many others, the book is a lifeline to those who know their computer systems are vulnerable to smart thieves and hackers-not to mention tech-savvy kids or employees who are swapping music files, stealing software, or otherwise making a mockery of the word security. In his job protecting data and combating financial fraud, Philip Alexander knows well which power tools are required to keep hackers and thieves at bay. With his gift for putting technical solutions in everyday language, Alexander helps readers with home and/or small business networks protect their data, their identities, and their privacy using the latest techniques. In addition, readers will learn how to protect PDAs and smartphones, how to make hardware thefts more unlikely, how to sniff out scammers and the motives of offshore tech support personnel who ask too many questions, and how to keep personal information safer when shopping over the Internet or telephone.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury Publishing Inc
• Seitenzahl: 176
• Altersempfehlung: ab 7 Jahre
• Erscheinungstermin: 30. April 2009
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780313360084
• Artikelnr.: 43831100

Autorenporträt

Philip Alexander is Director of Security Operations for a fraud-management company. He began his career in computers back in the late 1980s while serving in the U.S. military. Since then, he has worked in both the public and private sectors in positions including engineer, principal security consultant, security architect, and information technology director. He holds numerous certifications, including the CISSP and ISSMP. Alexander has written numerous articles on data security issues, and he is the author of Data Breach Disclosure Laws: A State-by-State Perspective.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface Acknowledgments 1. Job #1: Secure Your Network 2. Solve Problems
While Neutralizing Nosy Tech Support 3. Know Where Personal and Customer
Data Goes 4. Gain Remote Access Securely 5. Keep Hackers and Snoops Out of
Your Wireless World 6. Laugh Off Scammers 7. Employ Helpful Software and
Safety Tools 8. Protect Your Cell Phones and PDAs 9. Avoid Theft and Loss
of Hardware 10. Combat ID Theft 11. Protecting Children Appendix A: Online
Back-up Services Appendix B: Services to Help Keep Children Safer Online
Appendix C: Tips and Tricks Glossary