Pearson eText for Corporate Computer Security

For introductory courses in information security.

A technical and managerial guide to corporate computer security.
Corporate Computer Security provides a strong managerial focus along with a solid technical understanding of security tools. The text focuses on how to proactively defend corporate systems from attacks and the technical aspects of countermeasures, while also informing students about what they need to know to manage these technologies. The 5th Edition keeps up to date with rapid changes in the IT industry with a new opening case, more content about data breaches, updated news articles, new business-focused articles, new in-depth technical articles, new ethics articles, new hands-on projects, and updated statistics, standards and laws.

Pearson eText is a simple-to-use, mobile-optimized, personalized reading experience. It lets students highlight, take notes, and review key vocabulary all in one place, even when offline. Seamlessly integrated videos and other rich media engage students and give them access to the help they need, when they need it. Educators can easily customize the table of contents, schedule readings, and share their own notes with students so they see the connection between their eText and what they learn in class — motivating them to keep reading, and keep learning. And, reading analytics offer insight into how students use the eText, helping educators tailor their instruction.

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Randall Boyle is an associate professor of management information systems, and Willard Eccles Fellow, at Weber State University in the Goddard School of Business and Economics. He received his Ph.D. in Management Information Systems from Florida State University in 2003. He also has a master’s degree in Public Administration and a B.S. in Finance. His research areas include deception detection in computer-mediated environments, data breaches, secure information systems, the effects of IT on cognitive biases, and the effects of IT on knowledge workers. He has received college teaching awards at Weber State University, Longwood University, the University of Utah, and the University of Alabama in Huntsville. His teaching is primarily focused on management information systems, information security, and networking. He has authored several books including Using MIS 11e, Experiencing MIS 9e, Corporate Computer and Network Security 5e, Applied Information Security, and Applied Networking Labs.

Ray Panko is Professor Emeritus of Information Technology Management at the University of Hawai`i’s Shidler College of Business. His main courses are networking and security. Before coming to the university, he was a project manager at Stanford Research Institute (now SRI International), where he worked for Doug Englebart (the inventor of the mouse). He received his BS in Physics and his MBA from Seattle University. He received his doctorate from Stanford University, where his dissertation was conducted under contract to the Office of the President of the United States. He has been awarded the Shidler College of Business’s Dennis Ching award as the outstanding teacher among senior faculty. He is also a Shidler Fellow.

1. The Threat Environment
   
2. Planning and Policy
   
3. Cryptography
   
4. Secure Networks
   
5. Access Control
   
6. Firewalls
   
7. Host Hardening
   
8. Application Security
   
9. Data Protection
   
10. Incident and Disaster Response
    

Module A. Networking Concepts