Whether you operate a home-based business or bring your company's
business home, this book establishes a functional understanding of
security, and teaches its application in securing personal computers in
a home environment. It is a guide that takes the reader through the
underlying vulnerabilities of computing and illustrates the security
mechanisms needed to defend yourself. There truly are some simple
solutions to solving complex problems in securing information, and this
guide walks you through them.
Real, long lasting security requires expertise. Andrew Colarik has a
thorough knowledge of the foundations, architectures, and protocols of
computer and Internet fundamentals and their associated vulnerabilities.
With over twenty-three (23) years utilizing computerized information
systems, Andrew has and continues to provide simple, step by step
explanations of the risks businesses face and how to protect systems
from computer attacks.
Andrew Colarik was awarded a Ph.D. in
Information Systems (Security), and is the holder of a Masters in
Business Administration (MIS). The combination of his credentials with
over eight years of college teaching, providing training seminars to
business, legal, and law enforcement professionals, and over eight years
as an independent consultant brings a well balanced insight on key
security issues facing organizations today.
Throughout Andrew's
career, he has taught management of information systems, multimedia
communications, database management, programming languages, application
software packages, and business courses. Andrew also continues to
provide systems design, network administration, equipment review and
selection, troubleshooting, and hands-on training of installed systems
for businesses in the financial, manufacturing, and government
industries. As a researcher, author, and inventor, Andrew has been
published in top-tier security conferences, authored several information
security books, and is an inventor of both utility and design patents.
The latest of these publications by Andrew include: Managerial Guide to
Handling Cyber-Terrorism and Information Warfare (January 2005),
Update/Patch Management Systems: A protocol taxonomy with security
implications (August 2004), A Secure Patch Management Authority (2003),
World Framework for Security Benchmark Changes (May 2003), and An
Integrity Mechanism for File Transfer in Communication Networks (May
2002). Additional publications are currently under development as
Andrew's ongoing research into the security arena continues.