Most home computer users and small businesses maintain no real, effective security on their Internet-exposed home computers or networks. Have You Locked the Castle Gate? remedies that perilous situation by guiding you through the basics of information security. The book is a friendly, easy, practical guide for every home and small business. Through real-world analogies and step-by-step procedures, Brian Shea shows how to evaluate and handle every contemporary security risk you're likely to face. Shea helps you set priorities for system security, then use the security tools built into Windows - including file and folder permissions, access limitations, personal firewalls, and more. He identifies essential safe computing practices, then walks through securing Windows servers, the Windows registry, TCP/IP connections, email services, fending off viruses, and more. Appendices include detailed Web resource lists, as well as a comprehensive security glossary. The book is a welcomed suvival kit for less-technically oriented people! For every home and small business computer user concerned about protecting their computers, communication, networks, and data.
- ISBN10 020171955X
- ISBN13 9780201719550
- Publish Date 14 May 2002
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 26 October 2005
- Publish Country US
- Publisher Pearson Education Limited
- Imprint Addison Wesley
- Format Paperback
- Pages 224
- Language English