Computer Security Fundamentals, 4th Edition

✅ Clearly explains core concepts, terminology, challenges, technologies, and skills

✅ Covers today’s latest attacks and countermeasures

✅ The perfect beginner’s guide for anyone interested in a computer security career

✅ Dr. Chuck Easttom brings together complete coverage of all basic concepts, terminology, and issues, along with all the skills you need to get started.

✅ Drawing on 30 years of experience as a security instructor, consultant, and researcher, Easttom helps you take a proactive, realistic approach to assessing threats and implementing countermeasures. Writing clearly and simply, he addresses crucial issues that many introductory security books ignore, while addressing the realities of a world where billions of new devices are Internet-connected.

✅ This guide covers web attacks, hacking, spyware, network defense, security appliances, VPNs, password use, and much more. Its many tips and examples reflect new industry trends and the state-of-the-art in both attacks and defense. Exercises, projects, and review questions in every chapter help you deepen your understanding and apply all you’ve learned.

✅ Whether you’re a student, a professional, or a manager, this guide will help you protect your assets—and expand your career options.

✅ LEARN HOW TO

    • Identify and prioritize potential threats to your network
    • Use basic networking knowledge to improve security
    • Get inside the minds of hackers, so you can deter their attacks
    • Implement a proven layered approach to network security
    • Resist modern social engineering attacks
    • Defend against today’s most common Denial of Service (DoS) attacks
    • Halt viruses, spyware, worms, Trojans, and other malware
    • Prevent problems arising from malfeasance or ignorance
    • Choose the best encryption methods for your organization
    • Compare security technologies, including the latest security appliances
    • Implement security policies that will work in your environment
    • Scan your network for vulnerabilities
    • Evaluate potential security consultants
    • Master basic computer forensics and know what to do if you’re attacked
    • Learn how cyberterrorism and information warfare are evolving