John Viega

The Myths of Security

What the Computer Security Industry Doesn't Want You to Know

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Produktbeschreibung

If you think computer security has improved in recent years, The Myths of Security will shake you out of your complacency. Longtime security professional John Viega, formerly Chief Security Architect at McAfee, reports on the sorry state of the industry, and offers concrete suggestions for professionals and individuals confronting the issue.

Why is security so bad? With many more people online than just a few years ago, there are more attackers and they're truly motivated. Attacks are sophisticated, subtle, and harder to detect than ever. But, as Viega notes, few people take the time to understand the situation and protect themselves accordingly. This book tells you:

- Why it's easier for bad guys to "own" your computer than you think

- Why anti-virus software doesn't work well and one simple way to fix it

- Whether Apple OS X is more secure than Windows

- What Windows needs to do better

- How to make strong authentication pervasive

- Why patch management is so bad

- Whether there's anything you can do about identity theft

- Five easy steps for fixing application security, and more

Provocative, insightful, and always controversial, The Myths of Security not only addresses IT professionals who deal with security issues, but also speaks to Mac and PC users who spend time online.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: O'Reilly Media
• Seitenzahl: 260
• Erscheinungstermin: 28. Juli 2009
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 140mm x 15mm
• Gewicht: 258g
• ISBN-13: 9780596523022
• ISBN-10: 0596523025
• Artikelnr.: 25450146

Autorenporträt

John Viega is CTO of the Software-as-a-Service Business Unit atMcAfee, and was previously Vice President, Chief Security Architect atMcAfee. He is an active advisor to several security companies,including Fortify and Bit9, and is the author of a number of securitybooks, including Network Security with OpenSSL (O'Reilly) and BuildingSecure Software (Addison-Wesley). John is responsible for numerous software security tools and is theoriginal author of Mailman, the popular mailing list manager. He hasdone extensive standards work in the IEEE and IETF, and co-inventedGCM, a cryptographic algorithm that NIST (US Department of Commerce)has standardized. He holds a B.A. and M.S. from the University ofVirginia.

Inhaltsangabe

Foreword
Preface
Why Myths of Security?
Acknowledgments
How to Contact Us
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Chapter 1: The Security Industry Is Broken
Chapter 2: Security: Nobody Cares!
Chapter 3: It's Easier to Get "0wned" Than You Think
Chapter 4: It's Good to Be Bad
Chapter 5: Test of a Good Security Product: Would I Use It?
Chapter 6: Why Microsoft's Free AV Won't Matter
Chapter 7: Google Is Evil
Chapter 8: Why Most AV Doesn't Work (Well)
Chapter 9: Why AV Is Often Slow
Chapter 10: Four Minutes to Infection?
Chapter 11: Personal Firewall Problems
Chapter 12: Call It "Antivirus"
Chapter 13: Why Most People Shouldn't Run Intrusion Prevention Systems
Chapter 14: Problems with Host Intrusion Prevention
Chapter 15: Plenty of Phish in the Sea
Chapter 16: The Cult of Schneier
Chapter 17: Helping Others Stay Safe on the Internet
Chapter 18: Snake Oil: Legitimate Vendors Sell It, Too
Chapter 19: Living in Fear?
Chapter 20: Is Apple Really More Secure?
Chapter 21: OK, Your Mobile Phone Is Insecure
Should You Care?
Chapter 22: Do AV Vendors Write Their Own Viruses?
Chapter 23: One Simple Fix for the AV Industry
Chapter 24: Open Source Security: A Red Herring
Chapter 25: Why SiteAdvisor Was Such a Good Idea
Chapter 26: Is There Anything We Can Do About Identity Theft?
Chapter 27: Virtualization: Host Security's Silver Bullet?
Chapter 28: When Will We Get Rid of All the Security Vulnerabilities?
Chapter 29: Application Security on a Budget
Chapter 30: "Responsible Disclosure" Isn't Responsible
Chapter 31: Are Man-in-the-Middle Attacks a Myth?
Chapter 32: An Attack on PKI
Chapter 33: HTTPS Sucks
Let's Kill It!
Chapter 34: CrAP-TCHA and the Usability/Security Tradeoff
Chapter 35: No Death for the Password
Chapter 36: Spam Is Dead
Chapter 37: Improving Authentication
Chapter 38: Cloud Insecurity?
Chapter 39: What AV Companies Should Be Doing (AV 2.0)
Chapter 40: VPNs Usually Decrease Security
Chapter 41: Usability and Security
Chapter 42: Privacy
Chapter 43: Anonymity
Chapter 44: Improving Patch Management
Chapter 45: An Open Security Industry
Chapter 46: Academics
Chapter 47: Locksmithing
Chapter 48: Critical Infrastructure
Epilogue
Colophon