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Security+ Guide to Network Security Fundamentals
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11/11/2008
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Summary
Now in its third edition, the best-selling SECURITY+ GUIDE TO NETWORK SECURITY FUNDAMENTALS provides the most up-to-date industry information, reflecting the changes in security that have occurred since the most recent CompTIA Security+ objectives were created. The book covers all of the new CompTIA Security+ 2008 exam objectives and maps to the new Security+ 2008 exam. This updated edition features many all-new topics, including topics new to the CompTIA exams like cross site scripting, SQL injection, rootkits, and virtualization, as well as topics of increasing importance in the industry as a whole, like the latest breeds of attackers, Wi-Fi Protected Access 2, and Microsoft Windows Vista security.
Table of Contents
| Introduction to Security | |
| Challenges of Securing Information | |
| Today+s security attacks | |
| Difficulties in defending against attacks | |
| What Is Information Security? | |
| Defining information security | |
| Information security terminology | |
| Understanding the importance of information security | |
| Preventing data theft | |
| Thwarting Identity Theft | |
| Avoiding legal consequences | |
| Maintaining Productivity | |
| Foiling Cyberterrorism | |
| Who Are the Attackers? | |
| Hackers | |
| Script Kiddies | |
| Spies | |
| Employees | |
| Cybercriminals | |
| Cyberterrorists | |
| Attacks and Defenses | |
| Steps of an attack | |
| Defenses against attacks | |
| Layering | |
| Limiting | |
| Diversity | |
| Obscurity | |
| Simplicity | |
| Surveying Information Security Careers and the CompTIA Security+ Certification | |
| System Threats and Risks | |
| Software-Based Attacks {1.1) | |
| Infecting Malware | |
| Viruses (1.1) | |
| Worms (1.1) | |
| Concealing Malware | |
| Trojan Horses (1.1) | |
| Rootkits (1.1) | |
| Logic Bombs (1.1) | |
| Privilege escalation (1.1) | |
| Profiting Malware | |
| Spam (1.1) | |
| Spyware (1.1) | |
| Adware (1.1) | |
| Keyloggers | |
| Botnets (1.1) | |
| Hardware Attacks {1.2} | |
| BIOS (1.2) | |
| USB devices (1.2) | |
| Removable storage (1.2) | |
| Network attached storage (1.2) | |
| Cell phones (1.2) | |
| Attacks on Virtualized Systems (1.6) | |
| What is virtualization? | |
| Attacks on virtual systems | |
| Protecting Systems | |
| Hardening the Operating System {1.3} | |
| Managing operating system updates | |
| Hot fixes (1.3) | |
| Service packs (1.3) | |
| Patches (1.3) | |
| Patch management techniques (1.3) | |
| Protecting the operating system through procedures | |
| Group policies (1.3) | |
| Security templates (1.3) | |
| Configuration baselines (1.3) | |
| Managing Application Security | |
| Protecting the web browser (1.4) | |
| ActiveX (1.4) | |
| Java (1.4) | |
| Scripting (1.4) | |
| Cookies (1.4) | |
| Input validation (1.4) | |
| Cross-site scripting (1.4) | |
| Protecting communication applications | |
| Buffer overflows (1.4) | |
| SMTP open relays (1.4) | |
| Instant messaging (1.4) | |
| P2P (1.4) | |
| Applying System Security Applications | |
| Host Intrusion Detection Systems (HIDS) (1.5) | |
| Personal software firewalls (1.5) | |
| Antivirus (1.5) iv. Anti-Spam (1.5) v. Popup blockers (1.5) NETWORK SECURITY | |
| Network Vulnerabilities and Attacks | |
| Liabilities in Networks | |
| Media Liabilities | |
| Vampire taps (2.6) | |
| Cable placement | |
| Wireless Network Liabilities | |
| Data emanation (2.7) | |
| SSID broadcast (2.7) | |
| Weak encryption (2.7) | |
| Attacks on Networks | |
| Protocol-based attacks {2.1} | |
| Antiquated protocols (2.1) | |
| DNS poisoning (2.1) | |
| ARP Poisoning (2.1) | |
| Impersonation attacks | |
| TCP/IP hijacking (2.1) | |
| Spoofing (2.1) | |
| Man in the middle (2.1) | |
| Replay (2.1) | |
| Wireless attacks | |
| War driving (2.7) | |
| Blue jacking (2.7) | |
| Blue snarfing (2.7) | |
| Rogue access points (2.7) iv. Other attacks {2.1} | |
| Null sessions (2.1) | |
| DOS (2.1) | |
| DDOS (2.1) | |
| Kiting (2.1) | |
| Network Defenses | |
| Creating a Secure Network | |
| Security through network technologies | |
| Network Address Translation (NAT) (2.2) | |
| Network Access Control (NAC) (2.2) | |
| Security through network design | |
| Demilitarized zones (DMZ) (2.2) | |
| Virtual LAN (VLAN) (2.2) | |
| Virtual private network | |
| Subnetting (2.2) | |
| Network interconnections (2.2) | |
| Convergence [? CompTIA has +Telephony+] (2.2) | |
| Network Device Vulnerabilities {2.5} | |
| Privilege escalation (2.5) | |
| Weak passwords (2.5) | |
| Back doors (2.5) | |
| Def | |
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