IT Security Cookbook
by Sean Boran
Publisher: Boran Consulting 2003
Description:
This document briefly discusses threat & risk analysis, outlines the ingredients necessary to define a security policy and to provide a framework for deciding how tightly systems need to be secured, outlines policies, processes, structure and responsibilities required in a security organization, presents current security mechanisms, and provides a detailed list of technical guidelines for operating systems, applications and networks used in client/server systems.
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