| Description |
1 online resource (xxii, 262 pages) : illustrations |
| Note |
Title from Web page (viewed February 28, 2007). |
| Summary |
Packed with vivid real-life cases, this comprehensive book addresses the most difficult to manage and costly of all security threats: the insider. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Part I: Background on Cyber Crime, Insider Threats, and ESM -- Chapter One: Cyber Crime and Cyber Criminals -- About this Chapter -- Computer Dependence and Internet Growth -- The Shrinking Vulnerability Threat Window -- Motivations for Cyber Criminal Activity -- o Black Markets -- Hacker -- Script Kiddies -- Solitary Cyber Criminals and Exploit Writers for Hire -- Organized Crime -- Identity Thieves (Impersonation Fraudsters) -- Competitors -- Activist Groups, Nation-State Threats, and Terrorists -- Activists -- Nation-State Threats -- o China -- o France -- o Russia -- o United Kingdom -- o United States -- Terrorists -- Insiders -- Tools of the Trade -- o Application-Layer Exploits -- o Botnets -- o Buffer Overflows -- o Code Packing -- o Denial-of-service (DoS) Attacks -- o More Aggressive and Sophisticated Malware -- o Non-wired Attacks and Mobile Devices -- o Password-cracking -- o Phishing -- o Reconnaissance and Googledorks -- o Rootkits and Keyloggers -- o Social Engineering Attacks -- o Voice over IP (VoIP) Attacks -- o Zero-Day Exploits -- Summary Points -- Chapter Two: Insider Threats -- Understanding Who the Insider Is -- Psychology of Insider Identification -- Insider Threat Examples from the Media -- Insider Threats from a Human Perspective -- o A Word on Policies -- Insider Threats from a Business Perspective -- o Risk -- Insider Threats from a Technical Perspective -- o Need-to-know -- o Least Privileges -- o Separation of Duties -- o Strong Authentication -- o Access Controls -- o Incident Detection and Incident Management -- Summary Points -- -- Chapter Three: Enterprise Security Management (ESM) -- ESM in a Nutshell -- Key ESM Feature Requirements -- o Event Collection -- o Normalization -- o Categorization -- o Asset Information -- o Vulnerability Information -- o Zoning and Global Positioning System Data -- o Active Lists -- o Actors -- o Data Content -- o Correlation -- o Prioritization -- o Event and Response Time Reduction -- o Anomaly Detection -- o Pattern Discovery -- o Alerting -- o Case Management -- o Real-Time Analysis and Forensic Investigation -- o Visualization -- o High-level Dashboards -- o Detailed Visualization -- o Reporting -- o Remediation -- Return On Investment (ROI) and Return On Security Investment (ROSI) -- Alternatives to ESM -- o Do Nothing -- o Custom In-house Solutions -- o Outsourcing and Co-sourcing --? Co-sourcing examples: -- Summary Points -- -- Part II: Real Life Case Studies -- Chapter Four: Imbalanced SecurityA Singaporean Data Center -- Chapter Five: Correlating Physical and Logical Security EventsA U.S. Government Organization -- Chapter Six: Insider with a ConscienceAn Austrian Retailer -- Chapter Seven: Collaborative ThreatA Telecommunications Company in the U.S. -- Chapter Eight: Outbreak from WithinA Financial Organization in the U.K. -- Chapter Nine: Mixing Revenge and PasswordsA Utility Company in Brazil -- Chapter Ten: Rapid RemediationA University in the United States -- Chapter Eleven: Suspicious ActivityA Consulting Company in Spain -- Chapter Twelve: Insiders Abridged -- Malicious use of Medical Records -- Hosting Pirated Software -- Pod-Slurping -- Auctioning State Property -- Writing Code for another Company -- Outsourced Insiders -- Smuggling Gold in Rattus Norvegicus -- -- Part III: The Extensibility of ESM -- Chapter Thirteen: Establishing Chain-of-Custody Best Practices with ESM -- Disclaimer -- Monitoring and disclosure -- Provider Protection Exception -- Consent Exception -- Computer Trespasser Exception -- Court Order Exception -- Best Practices -- Canadian Best Evidence Rule -- Summary Points -- -- Chapter Fourteen: Addressing Both Insider Threats and Sarbanes-Oxley with ESM -- A Primer on Sarbanes-Oxley -- Section 302: Corporate Responsibility for Financial Reports -- Section 404: Management Assessment of Internal Controls -- Separation of Duties -- Monitoring Interaction with Financial Processes -- Detecting Changes in Controls over Financial Systems -- Section 409: Real-time Issuer Disclosures -- Summary Points -- -- Chapter Fifteen: Incident Management with ESM -- Incident Management Basics -- Improved Risk Management -- Improved Compliance -- Reduced Costs -- Current Challenges -- o Process -- o Organization -- o Technology -- Building an Incident Management Program -- o Defining Risk -- Five Steps to Risk Definition for Incident Management -- o Process -- o Training -- o Stakeholder Involvement -- o Remediation -- o Documentation -- Reporting and Metrics -- Summary Points -- -- Chapter Sixteen: Insider Threat Questions and Answers -- Introduction -- Insider Threat Recap -- Question One -- Employees -- o The Hiring Process -- o Reviews -- o Awareness -- o NIST 800-50 -- o Policies -- o Standards -- o Security Memorandum Example -- Question Two -- Prevention -- Question Three Asset Inventories -- Question Four Log Collection -- o Security Application Logs -- o Operating System Log -- o Web Server Logs -- o NIST 800-92 -- Question Five Log Analysis -- Question Six -- Specialized Insider Content -- Question Seven Physical and Logical Security Convergence -- Question Eight IT Governance -- o NIST 800-53 -- o Network Account Deletion maps to NIST 800-53 section AC-2 -- o Vulnerability Scanning maps to NIST 800-53 section RA-5 -- o Asset Creation maps to NIST 800-53 section CM-4 -- o Attacks and Suspicious Activity from Public Facing Assets maps to NIST 800-53 section SC-14 -- o Traffic from Internal to External Assets maps to NIST 800-53 section SC-7 -- Question Nine -- Incident Response -- Question 10 Must Haves -- -- Appendix AExamples of Cyber Crime Prosecutions. |
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Computer networks -- Security measures.
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Computer security.
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Hackers.
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Réseaux d'ordinateurs -- Sécurité -- Mesures. |
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Sécurité informatique. |
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Pirates informatiques. |
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Computer networks -- Security measures. |
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Computer security. |
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Computer hackers. |
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Hackers |
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Computer networks -- Security measures |
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Computer security |
| Other Form: |
Print version: Contos, Brian T. Enemy at the water cooler. Rockland, MA : Syngress, ©2006 1597491292 9781597491297 (OCoLC)71843890 |
| ISBN |
1597491292 |
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9781597491297 |
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9780080477602 (electronic bk.) |
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0080477607 (electronic bk.) |
| Standard No. |
792502912928 |
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