Information Security Illuminated (Jones and Barlett Illuminated) | 
 enlarge | Authors: Michael G. Solomon, Mike Chapple
Publisher: Jones and Bartlett Publishers, Inc.
Category: Book
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Rating:  3 reviews
Sales Rank: 590037
Media: Paperback
Edition: 1
Pages: 600
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.6
Dimensions (in): 9 x 7.5 x 1
ISBN: 076372677X
Dewey Decimal Number: 005.8
EAN: 9780763726775
Publication Date: April 25, 2005
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Product Description
A comprehensive textbook that introduces students to current information security practices and prepares them for various related certifications.
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covers the field well June 20, 2005
W Boudville (Terra, Sol 3)
4 out of 5 found this review helpful
Solomon gives a pretty good summation of the topic. Little is assumed of the reader except a general background in computing. He covers the main aspects in enough detail for you to understand the gist.
Intrusion Detection Systems get good play. So too are their logical successors - Intrusion Prevention Systems. Both defend against malware attacks. Though sadly, he refrains from using the commonly accepted term malware.
In the context of spam, he warns against running an open mail relay. Because spammers can detect this and shovel their spam through it. With the likely consequence that your machine and network can get blacklisted by irate recipient networks.
There's much more in the book. But the above should give the flavour of what he covers.
decent overview September 15, 2007
Christopher Coy (Ann Arbor, MI)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
This book provides a decent overview of the different aspects of computer/information security, and is an easy read, but if you are a software developer or IT professional, you may want to consider purchasing a few more specialized books instead.
Review of Information Security Illuminated January 9, 2007
Michael A. Kowalski
I had the good fortune to study under the co-author of this book Mike Chapple and we used this book as a text for the course. The book is layed out well for a class text on the subject matter. Over all it is clear and concise.
This is not to say that anyone won't gain knowledge from this book. I ended up reading the entire book (which was not covered in the class) and have picked up just as much information from the book.
For those out there attempting to gain security knowledge, this book gives you just that very well.
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