Network Security Foundations. Technology Fundamentals for IT Success (Matthew Strebe).

Книга "Network Security Foundations. Technology Fundamentals for IT Success" представляет собой сборник стабильных и фундаментальных концепций, необходимых для понимания принципов и методов защиты компьютеров и сетей от хакеров, вирусов и других угроз. Она представляет собой идеальное руководство для тех, кто только начинает изучать область информационной безопасности. В книге описываются такие темы, как: причины и методы действий хакеров, принципы работы шифрования и аутентификации, работа брандмауэров, понимание виртуальных частных сетей (VPN), риски, связанные с удаленным доступом, настройка защиты от вирусов, червей и программ-шпионов, защита компьютеров под управлением Windows, UNIX, Linux, а также веб- и электронных почтовых серверов, а также обнаружение попыток взлома. Если вы используете эти знания на практике, то они будут полезны как в краткосрочной, так и в долгосрочной перспективе.

This book's structure resembles more an encyclopedia or textbook than a magazine article. It covers not one topic, but ten, in a comprehensive, solid manner. Making connections between concepts and summarizing important takeaways in manageable little chunks makes learning the material digestible and easy to grasp. Additionally, each chapter references common scenarios for the issue at hand, making it easier to apply what's being discussed to real-life situations. One downside could be the length of some chapters; it seems almost a bit unnecessary to spend that much time covering the measure theory concept at length. Another potential criticism I might have is the lack of problem sets and simulations for assessing and deploying what has been learned to practice. While the book does contain 'walkthroughs' and 'sample use cases' for most topics, I think more could be done to drill the reader into getting their hands dirty with some hands-on solutions on vulnerability assessments and network attacks. Finally, while the font size and the text size are both appropriate, it would be great if the layout of the book allowed for more space to underline key terms and concepts, especially at first reading. For someone new to the topic of network security, phrases like "stateful firewall" or "comScore," could become tenuous if not properly demystified or defined. Having those concepts explained once more on a concept map or perhaps a bulleted list would aid greatly in getting an overall perspective.