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Computer Security Basics

Computer Security Basics, 2nd Edition

By Rick Lehtinen, G.T. Gangemi Sr.

The new edition builds on the well-established principles developed in the original edition and thoroughly updates that core knowledge. For anyone involved with computer security, including security administrators, system administrators, developers, ...

Format: Print, Ebook, Safari Books Online

Publish Date: June 2006

Other Editions: 1st Edition

The Myths of Security

The Myths of Security, 1st Edition

By John Viega

If you think computer security has improved in recent years, Myths of Security will shake you out of your complacency. Longtime security professional John Viega reports on the sorry state of security, with concrete suggestions for professionals and i...

Format: Print, Ebook, Safari Books Online

Publish Date: June 2009

Beautiful Security

Beautiful Security, 1st Edition

By Andy Oram, John Viega

In Beautiful Security, today's security experts offer a collection of essays that describe bold and extraordinary methods to secure computer systems in the face of ever-increasing threats. You'll learn how new and more aggressive security measures wo...

Format: Print, Ebook, Safari Books Online

Publish Date: April 2009

Cloud Security and Privacy

Cloud Security and Privacy, 1st Edition

By Tim Mather, Subra Kumaraswamy, Shahed Latif

You may regard cloud computing as an ideal way for your company to control IT costs, but do you know how private and secure this service really is? Not many people do. With Cloud Security and Privacy, you'll learn what's at stake when you trust your ...

Format: Print, Ebook, Safari Books Online

Publish Date: September 2009

Security Data Visualization

Security Data Visualization, 1st Edition

By Greg Conti

In Security Data Visualization, the author creates graphical windows into the world of computer security data, revealing fascinating and useful insights into networking, cryptography, and file structures. After learning how to graph and display their...

Format: Print

Publish Date: September 2007

Security and Usability

Security and Usability, 1st Edition

By Lorrie Faith Cranor, Simson Garfinkel

There is increasing agreement that we need to design secure computer systems that people can actually use, but less agreement about how to reach this goal. Destined to be the classic reference in this emerging field, Security & Usability collects...

Format: Print, Ebook, Safari Books Online

Publish Date: August 2005

Social Security in the Gov 2.0 age - O'Reilly Radar

By Alex Howard

Social Security CIO Frank Baitman talks frankly about the potential for technology to deliver on the agency's mission. In an exclusive interview, he discusses open government, social media, teleworking, mobile devices, cloud computing and more.

Publish Date: July 19, 2010

Security Operations Guide for Microsoft® Windows® 2000 Server

Security Operations Guide for Microsoft® Windows® 2000 Server, 1st Edition

By Microsoft Corporation

This Securing Windows 2000 Server solution reinforces the Microsoft Trustworthy Computing initiative by providing structured guidance to help you understand, evaluate, and address security issues in Microsoft® Windows® 2000 Server environments....

Format: Print

Publish Date: July 2002

Computers, Freedom, and Privacy enters 21st year at a moment of hot debate - ...

By Andy Oram

Lillie Coney of the Electronic Privacy Information Center and Jules Polonetsky of the Future of Privacy Forum, cochairs of CFP this year, talk about what makes the conference unique and how it will illuminate the pressing issues of Twitter revolutions (or whatever role the Internet may play), surveillance and tracking, security of personal health data, and more.

Publish Date: March 28, 2011

Microsoft® Computer Dictionary

Microsoft® Computer Dictionary, 1st Edition

By Microsoft Press

Over 10,000 entries! The Fifth Edition of this award-winning dictionary has been fully updated with the latest technologies, terms, and acronyms. Covers hardware, software, the Internet, networking, security, and more!...

Format: Print, Safari Books Online

Publish Date: March 2002

USENIX's LISA still for system administrators - O'Reilly Radar

By Andy Oram

Topics that concern LISA are fairly stable from year to year. Configuration management, storage options, security, cloud computing (particularly with Xen), IPv6, customer relations, and a bit of NoSQL formed the pillars of the program.

Publish Date: December 09, 2011

Four short links: 31 August 2011 - O'Reilly Radar

By Nat Torkington

OSMdroid -- The OpenStreetMapView is a (almost) full/free replacement for Android's MapView class. Also see this tutorial. (via Simon Gianoutsos) 10 Immutable Laws of Security (Microsoft) -- an oldie but a goodie. Law #1: If a bad guy can persuade you to run his program on your computer, it's not your computer anymore. What's in The Trough? (BERG London)...

Publish Date: August 31, 2011

Four short links: 24 November 2009 - O'Reilly Radar

By Nat Torkington

English Shellcode (PDF) -- paper presented at ACM Conference on Computer and Communications Security, showing how to encode arbitrary x86 shell code (the payload in a malware or other attack that elevates privileges and pwns your machine) as something that looks, at first glance, to be English text. Impressive piece of work. This and more in today's Four Short Links.

Publish Date: November 24, 2009

The OpenBSD 4.0 Crash Course

The OpenBSD 4.0 Crash Course, 1st Edition

By Jem Matzan

OpenBSD is a Unix-like computer operating system that is widely regarded for its excellent documentation and its fanatical focus on security. The OpenBSD Crash Course Short Cut will help you get an x86 or AMD64/EM64T server, desktop, or network appli...

Format: Ebook, Safari Books Online

Publish Date: January 2007

Computer Crime

Computer Crime, 1st Edition

By David Icove, Karl Seger, William VonStorch

This book is for anyone who needs to know what today's computer crimes look like, how to prevent them, and how to detect, investigate, and prosecute them if they do occur. It contains basic computer security information as well as guidelines for inve...

Publish Date: September 1995

Run Your Own Web Server Using Linux & Apache

Run Your Own Web Server Using Linux & Apache, 1st Edition

By Tony Steidler-Dennison

Learn to install Linux and Apache 2.0 on a home or office computer for testing and development, and then learn how to perform dozens of common administration, security and optimization tasks related to using Linux for web hosting. Save thousands on e...

Format: Print, Safari Books Online

Publish Date: December 2005

 
O'Reilly Search: computer security
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OST

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"...it is obvious that all O'Reilly School of Technology teachers are pros. Besides that, the courses are done perfectly. They emphasize the important concepts and contain 'no fluff'."
– Kent Elchuk

Enroll Now >
Computer Security Basics

Computer Security Basics, 2nd Edition

By Rick Lehtinen, G.T. Gangemi Sr.

The new edition builds on the well-established principles developed in the original edition and thoroughly updates that core knowledge. For anyone involved with computer security, including security administrators, system administrators, developers, ...

Format: Print, Ebook, Safari Books Online

Publish Date: June 2006

Other Editions: 1st Edition

The Myths of Security

The Myths of Security, 1st Edition

By John Viega

If you think computer security has improved in recent years, Myths of Security will shake you out of your complacency. Longtime security professional John Viega reports on the sorry state of security, with concrete suggestions for professionals and i...

Format: Print, Ebook, Safari Books Online

Publish Date: June 2009

Beautiful Security

Beautiful Security, 1st Edition

By Andy Oram, John Viega

In Beautiful Security, today's security experts offer a collection of essays that describe bold and extraordinary methods to secure computer systems in the face of ever-increasing threats. You'll learn how new and more aggressive security measures wo...

Format: Print, Ebook, Safari Books Online

Publish Date: April 2009

Cloud Security and Privacy

Cloud Security and Privacy, 1st Edition

By Tim Mather, Subra Kumaraswamy, Shahed Latif

You may regard cloud computing as an ideal way for your company to control IT costs, but do you know how private and secure this service really is? Not many people do. With Cloud Security and Privacy, you'll learn what's at stake when you trust your ...

Format: Print, Ebook, Safari Books Online

Publish Date: September 2009

Security Data Visualization

Security Data Visualization, 1st Edition

By Greg Conti

In Security Data Visualization, the author creates graphical windows into the world of computer security data, revealing fascinating and useful insights into networking, cryptography, and file structures. After learning how to graph and display their...

Format: Print

Publish Date: September 2007

Security and Usability

Security and Usability, 1st Edition

By Lorrie Faith Cranor, Simson Garfinkel

There is increasing agreement that we need to design secure computer systems that people can actually use, but less agreement about how to reach this goal. Destined to be the classic reference in this emerging field, Security & Usability collects...

Format: Print, Ebook, Safari Books Online

Publish Date: August 2005

Social Security in the Gov 2.0 age - O'Reilly Radar

By Alex Howard

Social Security CIO Frank Baitman talks frankly about the potential for technology to deliver on the agency's mission. In an exclusive interview, he discusses open government, social media, teleworking, mobile devices, cloud computing and more.

Publish Date: July 19, 2010

Security Operations Guide for Microsoft® Windows® 2000 Server

Security Operations Guide for Microsoft® Windows® 2000 Server, 1st Edition

By Microsoft Corporation

This Securing Windows 2000 Server solution reinforces the Microsoft Trustworthy Computing initiative by providing structured guidance to help you understand, evaluate, and address security issues in Microsoft® Windows® 2000 Server environments....

Format: Print

Publish Date: July 2002

Computers, Freedom, and Privacy enters 21st year at a moment of hot debate - ...

By Andy Oram

Lillie Coney of the Electronic Privacy Information Center and Jules Polonetsky of the Future of Privacy Forum, cochairs of CFP this year, talk about what makes the conference unique and how it will illuminate the pressing issues of Twitter revolutions (or whatever role the Internet may play), surveillance and tracking, security of personal health data, and more.

Publish Date: March 28, 2011

Microsoft® Computer Dictionary

Microsoft® Computer Dictionary, 1st Edition

By Microsoft Press

Over 10,000 entries! The Fifth Edition of this award-winning dictionary has been fully updated with the latest technologies, terms, and acronyms. Covers hardware, software, the Internet, networking, security, and more!...

Format: Print, Safari Books Online

Publish Date: March 2002

USENIX's LISA still for system administrators - O'Reilly Radar

By Andy Oram

Topics that concern LISA are fairly stable from year to year. Configuration management, storage options, security, cloud computing (particularly with Xen), IPv6, customer relations, and a bit of NoSQL formed the pillars of the program.

Publish Date: December 09, 2011

Four short links: 31 August 2011 - O'Reilly Radar

By Nat Torkington

OSMdroid -- The OpenStreetMapView is a (almost) full/free replacement for Android's MapView class. Also see this tutorial. (via Simon Gianoutsos) 10 Immutable Laws of Security (Microsoft) -- an oldie but a goodie. Law #1: If a bad guy can persuade you to run his program on your computer, it's not your computer anymore. What's in The Trough? (BERG London)...

Publish Date: August 31, 2011

Four short links: 24 November 2009 - O'Reilly Radar

By Nat Torkington

English Shellcode (PDF) -- paper presented at ACM Conference on Computer and Communications Security, showing how to encode arbitrary x86 shell code (the payload in a malware or other attack that elevates privileges and pwns your machine) as something that looks, at first glance, to be English text. Impressive piece of work. This and more in today's Four Short Links.

Publish Date: November 24, 2009

The OpenBSD 4.0 Crash Course

The OpenBSD 4.0 Crash Course, 1st Edition

By Jem Matzan

OpenBSD is a Unix-like computer operating system that is widely regarded for its excellent documentation and its fanatical focus on security. The OpenBSD Crash Course Short Cut will help you get an x86 or AMD64/EM64T server, desktop, or network appli...

Format: Ebook, Safari Books Online

Publish Date: January 2007

Computer Crime

Computer Crime, 1st Edition

By David Icove, Karl Seger, William VonStorch

This book is for anyone who needs to know what today's computer crimes look like, how to prevent them, and how to detect, investigate, and prosecute them if they do occur. It contains basic computer security information as well as guidelines for inve...

Publish Date: September 1995

Run Your Own Web Server Using Linux & Apache

Run Your Own Web Server Using Linux & Apache, 1st Edition

By Tony Steidler-Dennison

Learn to install Linux and Apache 2.0 on a home or office computer for testing and development, and then learn how to perform dozens of common administration, security and optimization tasks related to using Linux for web hosting. Save thousands on e...

Format: Print, Safari Books Online

Publish Date: December 2005