Network Intrusion Detection. An Analyst'S Handbook - Couverture souple

Northcutt, Stephen

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0735708681 ISBN 13 : 9780735708686

Editeur : New Riders Publishing, 1999

Synopsis

As the number of corporate, government, and educational networks grows and becomes more connected, so too does the number of attacks on those networks. Stephen Northcutt - original developer of the Shadow intrusion detection system, former head of the Department of Defense's Shadow Intrusion Detection Team, and currently the Chief Information Warfare Officer for the U.S. Ballistic Missile Defense Organization - gives you Network Intrusion Detection: An Analyst's Handbook. Written to be both a training aid and a technical reference for intrusion detection analysts, Northcutt's book contains unparalleled, practical experience that can't be found anywhere else. With detailed explanations and illustrative examples from his own career, Northcutt covers the topic completely, from detect evaluation, analysis, and situation handling, through the theories involved in understanding hackers, intelligence gathering, and coordinated attacks, to an arsenal of preventive and aggressive security measures. Ideal for the serious security analyst, Network Intrusion Detection: An Analyst's Handbook is the tool that puts you in full control of your network's security. Identify vulnerable targets on your system Mitigate your security risks Recognize common and unusual attack patterns Create effective filters, honey-pots, and firewalls Know and disable your enemies Recognize real detects versus false alarms, and know when to report them Set up your system to avoid false detects Evaluate ID systems and third-party tools Learn about automated response and manual response in relation to real-time analysis Propose and justify ID expenditures to management

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Biographie de l'auteur

About the Authors

Stephen Northcutt is a graduate of Mary Washington College. Beforeentering the field of computer security, he worked as a Navy helicopter searchand rescue crewman, white water raft guide, chef, martial arts instructor,cartographer, and network designer. Stephen is author/co-author of IncidentHandling Step by Step, Intrusion Signatures and Analysis, Inside NetworkPerimeter Security, and the previous two editions of this book. He was theoriginal author of the Shadow intrusion detection system and leader of theDepartment of Defense's Shadow Intrusion Detection team before acceptingthe position of Chief for Information Warfare at the Ballistic Missile DefenseOrganization. Stephen currently serves as Director of Training and Certificationfor the SANS Institute.

Judy Novak is currently a senior security analyst working for theBaltimore-based consulting firm of Jacob and Sundstrom, Inc. She primarily worksat the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory where she is involvedin intrusion detection and traffic monitoring and Information Operationsresearch. Judy was one of the founding members of the Army Research LabsComputer Incident Response Team where she worked for three years. She hascontributed to the development of a SANS course in TCP/IP and written a SANShands-on course, "Network Traffic Analysis Using tcpdump," both ofwhich are used in SANS certifications tracks. Judy is a graduate of theUniversity of Maryland―home of the 2002 NCAA basketball champions. She isan aging, yet still passionate, bicyclist, and Lance Armstrong is her modern-dayhero!

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Présentation de l'éditeur

Written to be both a training aid and a technical reference for intrusion detection analysts, Northcutt's book contains unparalleled, practical experience that can't be found anywhere else. With detailed explanations and illustrative examples from his own career, Northcutt covers the topic completely, from detect evaluation, analysis, and situation handling, through the theories involved in understanding hackers, intelligence gathering, and coordinated attacks, to an arsenal of preventive and aggressive security measures. Ideal for the serious security analyst, Network Intrusion Detection: An Analyst's Handbook is the tool that puts you in full control of your network's security.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: New Riders Publishing
• Date d'édition: 1999
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0735708681
• ISBN 13: 9780735708686
• Reliure: Broché
• Numéro d'édition: 1
• Nombre de pages: 304
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible