Protecting LAN Resources: A Comprehensive Guide to Securing, Protecting and Rebuilding a Network

Protecting LAN Resources A Comprehensive Guide to Securing, Protecting and Rebuilding a Network Gilbert Held 4-Degree Consulting, Macon, Georgia, USA With the rapid evolution of distributed computing, security has become a key issue for all network users. This timely book provides valuable guidance on how to protect LAN (Local Area Network) resources, including hardware, software and data. Feautures include: An examination of physical security, detailing access control techniques, access to cables, file servers and work-stations. Detailed coverage of data security and storage protection, reviewing the identification of viruses, back-up techniques and disk mirroring. Advice on file access control, transmission security and administrative security. Clear guidelines are provided on encryption techniques, safe e-mail and the prevention of dial-in hacker access. State-of-the-art information on the creation of a network bible and the use of hot and cold sites in contingency planning. Written by an internationally respected author, this comprehensive guide is essential reading for all LAN users and administrators, data center managers, network analysts and designers. Professional telecommunications engineers and students of data communications, electrical and electronic engineering will also find the author’s practical approach highly appealing.