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Practical Security : Simple Practices for Defending Your Systems
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Roman Zabicki
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Computer security.
- Data protection.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (165 pages)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Pragmatic Programmers, LLC 2019
- Summary:
- Computer security is a complex issue. But you don't have to be an expert in all the esoteric details to prevent many common attacks. Attackers are opportunistic and won't use a complex attack when a simple one will do. You can get a lot of benefit without too much complexity, by putting systems and processes in place that ensure you aren't making the obvious mistakes. Secure your systems better, with simple (though not always easy) practices. Plan to patch often to improve your security posture. Identify the most common software vulnerabilities, so you can avoid them when writing software. Discover cryptography - how it works, how easy it is to get wrong, and how to get it right. Configure your Windows computers securely. Defend your organization against phishing attacks with training and technical defenses. Make simple changes to harden your system against attackers.
- Contents:
- Pr actical Security
- Simple Practices for Defending Your Systems
- by Roman Zabicki
- About the Pragmatic Bookshelf
- Table of Contents
- Early praise for Practical Security
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- Who Is This Book For?
- What’s in This Book
- Online Resources
- Upgrading Third-Party Libraries and Software
- Library Inventory
- Network Inventory
- Patching Windows
- Finding Published Vulnerabilities
- Testing Your Patches
- If Patching Hurts, Do It More Often
- A Practical Application of Fear
- What’s Next?
- SQL Injection
- Cross-Site Scripting (XSS)
- Cross-Site Request Forgery (XSRF)
- Misconfiguration
- Suggested Reading
- Don’t Roll Your Own Crypto
- Don’t Use Low-Level Crypto Libraries
- Evaluating Crypto Libraries Without Being a Cr ypto Expert
- Password Storage Generated by AI.
- Notes:
- Part of the metadata in this record was created by AI, based on the text of the resource.
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- OCLC:
- 1528057301
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