Principles of Computer Security, CompTIA Security+ and Beyond, 2/e (Paperback)

Essential Skills for a Successful IT Security Career

Learn the fundamentals of computer and information security while getting complete coverage of all the objectives for the latest release of CompTIA's Security+ certification exam. This instructive, full-color guide discusses communication, infrastructure, operational security, and methods for preventing attacks. Written and edited by leaders in the field, Principles of Computer Security, Second Edition will help you pass the CompTIA Security+ exam and become an IT security expert.

Learn how to:

• Ensure operational and organizational security
• Use cryptography and public key infrastructures (PKIs)
• Secure remote access, wireless, and virtual private networks (VPNs)
• Harden network devices, operating systems, and applications
• Defend against network attacks, such as denial of service, spoofing, hijacking, and password guessing
• Understand legal, ethical, and privacy issues
• Combat viruses, worms, Trojan horses, logic bombs, and time bombs
• Understand secure software development requirements
• Enable disaster recovery and business continuity
• Implement risk, change, and privilege management measures
• Handle computer forensics and incident response

The CD-ROM features:

• One full practice exam
• Complete electronic book

Each chapter includes:

• Learning objectives
• Photographs and illustrations
• Real-world examples
• Try This! and Cross Check exercises
• Key terms highlighted
• Tech Tips, Notes, and Warnings
• Exam Tips
• End-of-chapter quizzes and lab projects

Wm. Arthur Conklin, Ph.D., CompTIA Security+, CISSP, is an assistant professor in the Information and Logistics Technology Department at the University of Houston.

Greg White, Ph.D., is an associate professor in the Department of Computer Science at The University of Texas at San Antonio.

Contributing authors: Dwayne Williams, Roger Davis, and Chuck Cothren.

「成功IT安全職業的基本技能」
學習計算機和資訊安全的基礎知識，同時完整涵蓋最新版本CompTIA Security+認證考試的所有目標。這本教學性的全彩指南討論了通信、基礎設施、運營安全以及預防攻擊的方法。由該領域的專家撰寫和編輯，《計算機安全原則，第二版》將幫助您通過CompTIA Security+考試，成為IT安全專家。

學習如何：
- 確保運營和組織安全
- 使用加密和公鑰基礎設施（PKI）
- 保護遠程訪問、無線和虛擬私人網絡（VPN）
- 加固網絡設備、操作系統和應用程序
- 防禦網絡攻擊，如阻斷服務、欺騙、劫持和猜測密碼
- 理解法律、道德和隱私問題
- 對抗病毒、蠕蟲、特洛伊木馬、邏輯炸彈和定時炸彈
- 理解安全軟件開發要求
- 實現災難恢復和業務連續性
- 實施風險、變更和特權管理措施
- 處理計算機取證和事件響應

附帶CD-ROM功能：
- 一個完整的模擬考試
- 完整的電子書

每章內容包括：
- 學習目標
- 照片和插圖
- 真實世界的例子
- 試試這個！和交叉檢查練習
- 重點詞彙突出顯示
- 技術提示、注意事項和警告
- 考試提示
- 章末測驗和實驗項目

Wm. Arthur Conklin，博士，CompTIA Security+，CISSP，是休斯頓大學信息和物流技術系的助理教授。

Greg White，博士，是聖安東尼奧德州大學計算機科學系的副教授。

貢獻作者：Dwayne Williams，Roger Davis和Chuck Cothren。