Intranet Security - Stories from the Trenches

by Linda McCarthy

The author blends statistics with real stories about computer security. Discusses and documents importance of a security policy, the impact of organizational politics, and actual transcripts of... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0138947597
• ISBN13: 9780138947590
• Release Date: January 1997
• Publisher: Prentice Hall PTR
• Length: 260 Pages
• Weight: 1.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 7.0" x 9.2"

Customer Reviews

Easy-to-read high level view of the topic

"Intranet Security : Stories from the Trenches" gives you more than the title promises. It is not only a collection of enlightening case studies, but the author also gives a brief and to-the-point analysis of each case. The morals can easily be generalized for networks other than Intranets. The book does not intend to go into technical details, so anyone who is interested in network security will find it easy to read. The chapters are well-structured and the most important messages are repeated throughout the book. My experience as an IT consultant shows that the problems highlighted in the book are common to many organizations, so it is a very useful (though not comprehensive) high level guide for Security Managers, Executives and IS Auditors.

Good primer on basic security strategies.

I have a small, growing company that is just becoming aware of it's need for greater security implementation. I picked this book up because I wanted to be able to converse more effectively with the folks who are implementing a security strategy for the greater organization. This book helped to build my confidence in asking the right questions of the experts, because I am NOT a computer security expert. I was able to understand the big picture about the importance of security and what that means. It's a good primer on basic security strategies.

Excellent book to get wholistic knowledge of e-security!

Linda's book is one of those that you can't put down until you have carefully consumed it all. It contains valuable information about major minor issues surrounding network and system security. Linda brings her wealth of knowledge on the subject to the table and helps the reader obtain essential information about how to create and maintain a secure computing environment. Her book addresses not only the "electronic issues" associated with computer security, but the people issues as well! Get it, read it, follow its guidelines, or someone else may soon find out you haven't....

i liked it so much i bought fifty copies!

The book is terrific. I like the mix of case studies and technical content. I really wanted to know the names of the actual companies mentioned in the book.I liked is to much that I bought fifty copies to pass out to friends and customers, then my company hired the author to do a series of seminars.

Will help you open your eyes to Intranet Security.

This book is by no means a how-to book. For that you should buy "Practical Unix and Internet Security" by Spafford and Garfinkel."Intranet Security : Stories from the Trenches" will help you raise management's awareness of the security issues derived from the wide use of corporate intranets. Hence, true to its title, this book offers detailed narratives "from the trenches" that might help one not make the same mistakes the author has encountered during her work as a consultant. Know, if you're looking for lines of code and configuration details, go somewhere else.