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There is no sorcery to implementing proper information security, and the concepts that are included in this fully updated second edition are not rocket science. Build a concrete foundation in network security by using this hands-on guide. Examine the threats and vulnerabilities of your organization and manage them appropriately. Includes new chapters on firewalls, wireless security, and desktop protection. Plus, plenty of up-to-date information on biometrics, Windows.NET Server, state laws, the U.S. Patriot Act, and more.

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Eric Maiwald is a Research Vice President with Gartner, Inc. where he focuses on enterprise security infrastructure and mobility technologies. Mr. Maiwald has over twenty years of experience in information security where has worked as a security officer and consultant for large financial institutions, healthcare providers, services firms, and manufacturers. He has extensive experience in the security field performing assessments, policy development, architecture design, and product implementations. Mr. Maiwald holds a Bachelors of Science in Electrical Engineering degree from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and a Masters of Engineering in Electrical Engineering from Stevens Institute of Technology and is a Certified Information Systems Security Professional. He is a named inventor on patent numbers 5,577,209, Apparatus and Method for Providing Multi-level Security for Communications among Computers and Terminals on a Network, 5,872,847, Using Trusted Associations to Establish Trust in a Computer Network, 5,940,591 Apparatus and Method for Providing Network Security, and 6,212,636 Method for Establishing Trust in a Computer Network via Association. Mr. Maiwald is a regular presenter at a number of well-known security conferences. He has also written Security Planning and Disaster Recovery (with William Sieglein), and Fundamentals of Network Security, both published by Osborne/McGraw-Hill and is a contributing author for Hacking Linux Exposed, and Hacker's Challenge also published by Osborne/McGraw-Hill.

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