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* Shows step-by-step how to complete a customized security improvement plan, including analyzing needs, justifying budgets, and selecting technology, while dramatically reducing time and cost * Includes worksheets at every stage for creating a comprehensive security plan meaningful to management and technical staff * Uses practical risk management techniques to intelligently assess and manage the network security risks facing your organization * Presents the material in a witty and lively style, backed up by solid business planning methods * Companion Web site provides all worksheets and the security planning template
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Text introduces computer and intrusion forensics, covering the areas of law enforcement, national security, and corporate fraud. Provides guidance on effectively handling evidence from digital sources, and law enforcement considerations in dealing with computer-related crimes. For professionals and students. Includes index.
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The subtitle explains the book more fully: "The Art and Practice of Presenting Testimony as an Expert Technical Witness." However, those with expectations about the form of technical literature should note that the style of this work follows that of the legal profession and case law: it primarily teaches by using examples rather than pointing out a specific methodology. The preface illustrates another difference between the technical and legal worlds. Computer work generally involves finding an answer to a problem: if the code works, background study and documented analysis is generally irrelevant. The legal profession, on the other hand, absolutely depends upon advance preparation, and an answer is almost useless unless the reasoning,... Rest of this review on the detail page
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Bruce Schneier reviews security in America two years after 9/11 in this book, and uses this as a prime example of security measures, security theatre and how to evaluate security measures. Schneier promotes logical thinking about security and uses statistics to show that we should be worrying a lot more about car safety than about possible terrorism. Schneier shows possible (and very likely) hidden agendas in security measures implemented after 9/11. This book is very readable, even for someone not experienced in threat-analysis and security-analysis. Using simple examples from everyday life, Schneier makes his point and explains the reasoning. If you want to read one book about security, read his book "Secrets and Lies". If you wa... Rest of this review on the detail page
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