Security In Distributed Computing: Did You Lock the Door?
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ISBN: 0131829084 / Publisher: Pearson College Div, October 1996
Cost-effective computer security is the focus of chapters on secure distributed systems architectures and methodologies, open-systems-based distributed transaction processing systems, human and organizational factors, critical risk areas (networks, operating systems, applications, middleware, and the Internet), the unique security challenges in UNIX and Windows NT environments, and information about helpful technologies such as cryptography, the Kerberos authentication model, and DCE security. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.
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An end-to-end guide to safeguarding a company's information assets.KEY TOPICS:Identifies key issues in computer security, and the technologies that can help organizations respond. Presents guidance on developing a distributed systems architecture and methodology that is inherently more secure. Shows how to secure distributed transaction processing systems. Covers the human and organizational aspects of security. Discusses security issues that affect PCs, workstations and mainframes, with especially detailed coverage of UNIX security issues.MARKET:Anyone responsible for architecting, building, managing or auditing distributed computing applications, including software developers, project managers, system and network administrators, and security officers.
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