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For introductory courses in IT Security. A strong business focus through a solid technical presentation of security tools. Corporate Computer Security provides a strong business focus along with a solid technical understanding of security tools. This text gives students the IT security skills they need for the workplace. This edition is more business focused and contains additional hands-on projects, coverage of wireless and data security, and case studies. This program will provide a better teaching and learning experience–for you and your students. Here’s how: Encourage Student’s to Apply Concepts: Each chapter now contains new hands-on projects that use contemporary software. Business Environment Focus: This edition includes more of a focus on the business applications of the concepts. Emphasis has been placed on securing corporate information systems, rather than just hosts in general. Keep Your Course Current and Relevant: New examples, exercises, and research findings appear throughout the text. The full text downloaded to your computer With eBooks you can: search for key concepts, words and phrases make highlights and notes as you study share your notes with friends eBooks are downloaded to your computer and accessible either offline through the Bookshelf (available as a free download), available online and also via the iPad and Android apps. Upon purchase, you'll gain instant access to this eBook. Time limit The eBooks products do not have an expiry date. You will continue to access your digital ebook products whilst you have your Bookshelf installed.

Corporate Computer Security, Global Edition

• Contents


• Preface


• About the Authors


• Chapter 1: The Threat Environment


• 1.1 Introduction


• Basic Security Terminology


• The Threat Environment


• Security Goals


• Compromises


• CounterMeasures


• 1.2 Employee and Ex-Employee Threats


• Why Employees are Dangerous


• Employee Sabotage


• Employee Hacking


• Employee Financial Theft and Theft of Intellectual Property


• Employee Extortion


• Employee Sexual or Racial Harassment


• Employee Computer and Internet Abuse


• Internet Abuse


• Non-Internet Computer Abuse


• Data Loss


• Other ?Internal? Attackers


• 1.3 Malware


• Malware Writers


• Viruses


• Worms


• Blended Threats


• Payloads


• Trojan Horses and Rootkits


• Nonmobile Malware


• Trojan Horses


• Remote Access Trojans


• Downloaders


• Spyware


• Rootkits


• Mobile Code


• Social Engineering in Malware


• Spam


• Phishing


• Spear Phishing


• Hoaxes


• 1.4 Hackers and Attacks


• Traditional Motives


• Anatomy of a Hack


• Target Selection


• Reconnaissance Probes


• The Exploit


• Spoofing


• Social Engineering in an Attack


• Denial-of-Service Attacks


• Skill Levels


• 1.5 The Criminal Era


• Dominance by Career Criminals


• Cybercrime


• International Gangs


• Black Markets and Market Specialization


• Fraud, Theft, and Extortion


• Fraud


• Financial and Intellectual