Security Books

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Foundations of Mac OS X Leopard Security

Published 12 years ago includes sample chapter

by Zack Smith, William Barker, Charles Edge, Apress

Foundations of Mac OS X Leopard Security is written in part as a companion to the SANS Institute course for Mac OS X. It contains detailed Mac OS X security information, but also walkthroughs on securing systems. By using the SANS Institute course as a sister to the book, the focus includes both the beginning home user and the seasoned security professional not accustomed to the Mac, and allows this title to establish the “best practices” for Mac OS X for a wide audience.
Beginning Information Cards and CardSpace: From Novice to Professional

Published 13 years ago includes sample chapter

by Marc Mercuri, Apress

If you work at all with Internet-facing solutions, you know that the lack of an identity metasystem is a critical vulnerability in the design. Various consortiums have worked to define a system of identitya platform-agnostic way of communicating and validating claims of identity. If you work with identity solutions or structures, you will find Beginning Information Cards and CardSpace: From Novice to Professional essential to understanding and successfully implementing CardSpace solutions.
SMS 2003 Recipes: A Problem-Solution Approach

Published 14 years ago includes sample chapter

by Greg Ramsey, Warren Byle, Apress

Systems Management Server (SMS) 2003 provides a comprehensive solution for managing the Microsoft platform, enabling organizations to proactively manage their environment. SMS 2003 provides key capabilities like Application Deployment Asset Management Security Patch Management Remote User Management Mobile Systems Management Integration of people, processes, and technology to help solve specific customer scenarios SMS 2003 Recipes: A Problem-Solution Approach provides you with hundreds of quic
Pro PHP Security

Published 15 years ago includes sample chapter

by Chris Snyder, Michael Southwell, Apress

Pro PHP Security is one of the first books devoted solely to PHP security. It will serve as your complete guide for taking defensive and proactive security measures within your PHP applications. (And the methods discussed are compatible with PHP versions 3, 4, and 5.) The knowledge you'll gain from this comprehensive guide will help you prevent attackers from potentially disrupting site operation or destroying data.
Honeypots for Windows

Published 16 years ago includes sample chapter

by Roger A. Grimes, Apress

...a handy book to keep as a general security reference. — Lou Vega, member, Greater Charleston . ...this looks like it'd be cool as h3ll to really do. — Bill Ryan, Bill's House O Insomnia Installing a honeypot inside your network as an early warning system can significantly improve your security. Currently, almost every book and resource about honeypots comes from a Unix background, which leaves Windows administrators still grasping for help.
Hardening Linux

Published 16 years ago includes sample chapter

by James Turnbull, Apress

James Turnbull is an IT&T Security Consultant at the Commonwealth Bank of Australia. He is an experienced infrastructure architect with a background in Linux/Unix, AS/400, Windows, and Storage systems. He has been involved in security consulting, infrastructure security design, SLA & support services design, and business application support.
Hardening Apache

Published 16 years ago includes sample chapter

by Tony Mobily, Apress

This is a book which should definitely be included in any serious Apache administrator's bookshelf. The book walks intuitively through the setup process, from download and verification, to configuration and modifications, to running in production mode. — Blane Warrene, Expert Columnist, SitePoint. This book can save you pain, humiliation, and hair loss.
Real World Microsoft Access Database Protection and Security

Published 17 years ago includes sample chapter

by Garry Robinson, Apress

Author Garry Robinson approaches this book differently than other Access books on the market: he keeps the focus on issues that will help protect your database. Written from an experienced developer's point of view, he discusses protection and security task-by-task. You'll learn to hide tables as system tables, produce databases difficult to crack, and back up databases.
.NET Security

Published 18 years ago includes sample chapter

by Pete Stromquist, Tom Fischer, Nathan Smith, Jason Bock, Apress

When you use .NET to create client-and server-side applications, you have to address a new and large set of security issues. .NET Security shows you what you need to know by covering different aspects of the .NET security model through detailed discussions about the key namespaces. The authors demonstrate how to write .NET code to create secure systems within the .NET Framework. They also discuss possible break-ins to the security model in .NET&emdash;and how .NET prevents such intrusions.
Developing Trust: Online Privacy and Security

Published 19 years ago includes sample chapter

by Matt Curtin, Peter G. Neumann, Apress

Suitable for the IP manager or developer seeking to improve Web privacy and security, Developing Trust: Online Privacy and Security provides an intriguing, though at times somewhat theoretical, guide to the issues surrounding privacy today.Interestingly, this book straddles an expert-eye, theoretical overview of what privacy is and a more practical view of how it is often undermined on the Internet today. Early sections cover basic terms and concepts of privacy at a fairly high level.