Security Administrator Street Smarts

by David J. Miller, Michael C. Gregg

Develop the skills you need in the real worldHit the ground running with the street-smart training you'll find in this practical book. Using a year in the life approach, it gives you an inside look at the common responsibilities of security administrators, with key information organized around the actual day-to-day tasks, scenarios, and challenges you'll face in the field. This valuable training tool is loaded with hands-on, step-by-step exercises covering all phases of a security administrator's job, including: Designing a secure network environmentCreating and implementing standard security policies and practicesIdentifying insecure systems in current environmentProviding training to on-site and remote usersAn invaluable study toolThis no-nonsense book also covers the common tasks that CompTIA expects all of its Security+ candidates to know how to perform. So whether you're preparing for certification or seeking practical skills to break into the field, you'll find the instruction you need, including: Performing an initial risk assessmentInstalling, updating, and running anti-virusEncrypting files and securing e-mailCreating new user accountsDeploying IPSecThe Street Smarts series is designed to help current or aspiring IT professionals put their certification to work for them. Full of practical, real world scenarios, each book features actual tasks from the field and then offers step-by-step exercises that teach the skills necessary to complete those tasks. And because the exercises are based upon exam objectives from leading technology certifications, each Street Smarts book can be used as a lab manual for certification prep.

424 pages, ebook

First published February 2, 2007