Essential Computer Security: Everyone’s Guide to Email, Internet, and Wireless Security

Computer Technology and Software

February 14th, 2010 by admin

ISBN13: 9781597491143
Condition: NEW
Notes: Brand New from Publisher. No Remainder Mark.

Product Description
Essential Computer Security provides the vast home user and small office computer market with the information they must know in order to understand the risks of computing on the Internet and what they can do to protect themselves.

Tony Bradley is the Guide for the About.com site for Internet Network Security. In his role managing the content for a site that has over 600,000 page views per month and a weekly newsletter with 25,000 subscribers, Tony has learned... More >>

Essential Computer Security: Everyone's Guide to Email, Internet, and Wireless Security

5 Responses

Daniel McKinnon writes:
February 15th, 201012:27 amat

‘Essential Computer Security: Everyone’s Guide to Email, Internet, and Wireless Security’ is exactly what it says it is, a guide for admins and IT people to learn to implement better security practices in their everyday lives on the job. With 250+ pages of material, this is a standard Syngress book that you will no doubt be familiar with if you have read their stuff before. Filled with niche particulars that expect the reader to have a background with the subject matter, Syngress releases truly are no fluff, just stuff as they set their sites on the nerdspeak content and not a pretty package. If you want to read up on computer security and learn how to keep your corporate infrastructure safer and more secure, take a look at this release.

**** RECOMMENDED
Rating: 4 / 5
Old Computer Geek writes:
February 15th, 20102:47 amat

I found this book easy to read and have useful information about setting up Windows XP security.
Rating: 5 / 5
Douglas Schweitzer writes:
February 15th, 20103:52 amat

When Tony asked me to write the foreword for this book, I considered it an great honor. We both share the strong belief that knowledge is a more powerful tool than any firewall, antivirus program or intrusion detection system could ever hope to be. That said, not all of us have the luxury of security guru at our fingertips to show us the ropes. This means that you sometimes need to take it upon yourself to understand and learn what needs to be done to keep your computer and network safe and secure. That is what this book was engineered to do, without any confusing jargon or talking down to the reader. Get it and read it and help make the Internet a more secure and safer place for all of us to enjoy.

Douglas Schweitzer, Sc. D.
Rating: 5 / 5
Ben Rothke writes:
February 15th, 20106:47 amat

Driving on the information highway, users face threats ranging from worms to scams. The Essential Computer Security: Everyone’s Guide to Email, Internet, and Wireless Security can serve as the owner’s manual for anyone serious about ensuring the security of their computer and the data contained therein. Many victims of identity theft could undoubtedly have protected themselves had they followed the basic rules outlined in the book.

Essential Computer Security does not attempt to be an encyclopedic work covering the esoteric realms of computer security. Rather, author Tony Bradley takes a “just the facts” approach and covers the essentials, focusing on the two applications average consumers use most: e-mail and the Internet.

In 12 lucid, easy-to-read chapters, Bradley covers all of the necessary topics end-users need to understand, from the basics of Microsoft Windows security to passwords, patching, malware, wireless, e-mail security, and more.

The text does have a technical angle for readers who want that level of detail.

Too few IT security books are written for the typical user. This work lives up to its title and fills an important need.

Rating: 5 / 5
A. Lukaszewski writes:
February 15th, 20108:43 amat

If you have ever wished that your company’s IT staff had more time to
help you understand why you should not open email from people you do
not know or how an IP address relates to the DNS, this book is for
you. If you have ever wanted a personal network security consultant
always on-call to explain the workings of daily network security
issues, this book will meet that need at a fraction of a percentage of
the cost.

The author sketches the general framework of a both wired and wireless
networks. He then discusses in detail the risks associated with each
application that uses those networks — email, web browser, etc. In
each case, his explanations are well-worded such that, by the end of
any section, the reader feels like they grok the philosophy of
security and has always known what the author just taught them. He
does not obfuscate the content of the book in unexplained acronyms and
unnecessary details but keeps his task of empowering the average user
always in view.

Aside from covering the basics of network dynamics and applications
used by the average internet user, the book offers two other boons for
small and medium business users. For those who are unsure what a
computer firewall is and how to deploy one effectively, the author
offers an in-depth discussion of the subject via a case study. In
addition, for those who are frustrated with Windows security lapses,
another chapter offers a comprehensive discussion of alternatives to
Windows applications and offers counsel on how to migrate to Linux.

Unlike other books, the author does not talk down to the reader but
shares his extensive knowledge as a co-labourer in the reader’s
efforts. I wish I could have given this book to users when I worked
for a major university — but then I would have been out of a job!
Simply put: This is one of the best computer security books for users
that I have seen for several years.
Rating: 5 / 5