THE COMPLETE GUIDE TO INTERNET SECURITY offers a behind-the-scenes guided tour through the field of information security for IT professionals, systems analysts, CIOs, programmers, and anyone intent on making their computer system more secure. Practical and easy to understand, this indispensable guide covers:

• Inherent vulnerabilities of Internet protocol-attached networks

• Weaknesses of e-commerce sites

• Attacks from within the company

• Common hacker tools

• Costly consequences of security breaches

• Physical and logical system security, including firewalls, routers, proxies, access controls, intrusion detection, and policy-based networking

• Commercial security software
• Cryptography, and more.

1. Building a Foundation for Information Security

2. The Fundamental Elements of Security

3. Vulnerabilities to Internet-attached Networks

4. E-Commerce System Vulnerabilities and Other Threats from Within

5. Peeking Inside a Hacker's Toolbox

Part II: Preparing to Launch an Effective Defense

6. Security Assurance Concepts

7. Security Technologies

Part III: Building Upon the Layers of Security

8. Physical Security

9. Logical Security

10. Application-layer Security

Part IV: Inside Cryptography for E-Commerce Security

11. An Introduction to Cryptography

12. Transport Layer Cryptography

13. Understanding Digital Signature and Public Key Infrastructures

14. Key Management Principles

15. Application-layer Cryptography

16. Access Controls with Cryptography

Part V: Wrap-up

17. Security Is a Never-ending Challenge

18. The Future of Security

Appendices

Appendix A: Sample Security Policy

Appendix B: Bookmarks to Additional Security Internet Sites

Appendix C: Trade and Industry Groups That Specialize in Infosec

Appendix D: Suggested Reading List (books and print publications)

Appendix E: Glossary of Security Terms