Build Your Own Security Lab: A Field Guide for Network Testing

If your job is to design or implement IT security solutions or if you‘re studying for any security certification, this is the how–to guide you‘ve been looking for. Here‘s how to assess your needs, gather the tools, and create a controlled environment in which you can experiment, test, and develop the solutions that work. With liberal examples from real–world scenarios, it tells you exactly how to implement a strategy to secure your systems now and in the future.

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From the back cover:

Many books tell you what to do. This one tells you how.

If your job is to design or implement IT security solutions, or if you‘re studying for any security certification, this is the how–to guide you‘ve been looking for. Here‘s how to assess your needs, gather the tools, and create a controlled environment in which you can experiment, test, and develop the solutions that work. With liberal examples from real–world scenarios, it tells you exactly how to implement a strategy to secure your systems now and in the future.

• Collect the necessary hardware and software and assemble your own network lab

• Configure a bootable Linux CD

• Explore various methods for gathering information about existing security

• Identify automated attack and penetration tools

• Understand cryptographic systems and encryption and authentication attacks

• Learn to find, identify, and defeat malware

• Address the special protection needs of wireless systems

• Use Snort® to build an IDS that will help to detect and identify attacks in real time

DVD includes tools for actually building and implementing security solutions

• Open source tools

• Demo software

• A bootable version of Linux

About the Author:

Michael Gregg, CISSP, CISA, MCSE, holds a total of 19 professional certifications and is a highly respected security consultant. President of Security Solutions, Inc., he is also an expert for three TechTarget.com web sites. Michael has authored or coauthored several books, including Security+ Street Smarts, also published by Wiley.