Techno Security's guide to managing risks : for IT managers, auditors, and investigators / Jack Wiles ; Russ Rogers, technical editor.

Author/creator Wiles, Jack
Format Electronic
Publication InfoBurlington, Mass. : Elsevier, ©2007.
Description1 online resource (xxxix, 391 pages) : illustrations
Supplemental ContentClick to View
Subjects
Computer security.
Computer networks--Security measures.
Industries--Security measures.

Contents Cover -- Contents -- Introduction -- Foreword -- Chapter 1. Social Engineering: Risks, Threats, Vulnerabilities, and Countermeasures -- Introduction -- How Easy Is It? -- Human Nature: Human Weakness -- Risk Management: Performing a Mini Risk Assessment -- Outsider-Insider Threats -- The Mind of a Social Engineer -- The Mind of a Victim -- Countermeasures: How Do Bad Guys Target Us, and What Can We Do About It -- Social Engineering Awareness: A War Story -- Answer to the Riddle -- Summary -- Chapter 2. Personal, Workforce, and Family Preparedness -- Introduction -- Threats -- Your Personal Preparedness Plan -- Summary -- Chapter 3. Seizure of Digital Information -- Introduction -- Defining Digital Evidence -- Digital Evidence Seizure Methodology -- Factors Limiting the Wholesale Seizure of Hardware -- Other Options for Seizing Digital Evidence -- Common Threads within Digital Evidence Seizure -- Determining the Most Appropriate Seizure Method -- Summary -- Works Cited -- Chapter 4. Handheld Forensics -- Digital Forensics -- What Is the Handheld Forensic Impact? -- Cellular Handling -- Evidence Preservation -- Maintain a Forensic Data Connection -- Analysis and Reporting -- Summary -- Bibliography -- Chapter 5. RFID: An Introduction to Security Issues and Concerns -- Introduction -- Background -- RFID Purposes -- Where Does RFID fit in? -- Technology Involved -- Summary -- Chapter 6. Open Source Intelligence -- Introduction -- Direction -- Discovery -- Summary -- Notes -- Chapter 7. Wireless Awareness: Increasing the Sophistication of Wireless Users -- Introduction -- Putting Together a War-Driving Team -- Increasing User Sophistication -- Summary -- Chapter 8. No-Tech Hacking -- Introduction: What Is "No-Tech Hacking?" -- Physical Security -- Lock Bumping -- Information Security -- Checklist -- Summary -- Notes -- Chapter 9. The Basics of Penetration Testing -- Introduction -- Know the Security Analysis Life Cycle -- Know When to Deviate -- The Penetration Tester Mentality -- The Penetration Methodology -- Summary -- Chapter 10. What Is Steganography? -- Introduction -- Defining Steganography -- Analog Steganography -- Digital Steganography -- The Six Categories of Steganography -- Types of Steganography -- Steganography Applied to Different Media -- Hiding in Network Packets -- Issues in Information Hiding -- Watermarking -- Steganography Tools -- Real-World Uses -- Detection and Attacks -- Summary -- Chapter 11. Insider Threat -- Introduction -- The Devil Inside -- The Importance of Insider Threat -- Why the Insider Threat Has Been Ignored -- Why the Insider Threat Is Worse Than the External Threat -- The Effect of Insider Threats on a Company -- How Bad Is It-Statistics on What Is Happening . -- Targets of Attack -- The Threat Is Real -- New World Order -- Future Trends -- Summary -- Index -- Last Page.
Abstract Seasoned security experts have joined forces to create a guide to get and stay secure in a techno world!
General noteIncludes index.
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Issued in other formPrint version: Wiles, Jack. Techno Security's guide to managing risks. Burlington, Mass. : Elsevier, c2007 1597491381 9781597491389
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ISBN1597491381 (pbk.)
ISBN9781597491389 (pbk.)
ISBN9786611071882
ISBN6611071881