If your job is to design or implement IT security solutions, or if you're studying for any security certification, this is the how-to guide you've been looking for. Here's how to assess your needs, gather the tools, and create a controlled environment in which you can experiment, test, and develop the solutions that work. With liberal examples from real-world scenarios, it tells you exactly how to implement a strategy to secure your systems now and in the future.

• Collect the necessary hardware and software and assemble your own network lab

• Configure a bootable Linux CD

• Explore various methods for gathering information about existing security

• Identify automated attack and penetration tools

• Understand cryptographic systems and encryption and authentication attacks

• Learn to find, identify, and defeat malware

• Address the special protection needs of wireless systems

• Use Snort® to build an IDS that will help to detect and identify attacks in real time

DVD includes tools for actually building and implementing security solutions

• Open source tools

• Demo software

• A bootable version of Linux