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Desktop Witness: The Do's and Don'ts of Personal Computer Security

Michael A. Caloyannides

9780471486572

John Wiley & Sons Ltd


Privacy & data protection; Data encryption; Network security

Paperback

384 pages

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Are you aware of every track, trail, and trace you leave behind every time you use your PC? Are you sure that you really deleted that confidential information from your hard drive? If not - read this. This book describes the ways in which computer and online privacy can be compromised and gives practical guidance on how to prevent private information from being accessible or retrievable by outside parties or agencies. This book covers: The types of information which are retrievable from a computer and how to prevent leaving sensitive data behind How privacy is compromised on the internet (email, web browsing, profiling) and how to combat it Full technical details on software for doing computer forensics, defeating computer forensics, encryption, steganography, keystroke capture and detecting keystroke capture

By:   Michael A. Caloyannides
Imprint:   John Wiley & Sons Ltd
Country of Publication:   United Kingdom
Dimensions:   Height: 23mm,  Width: 235mm,  Spine: 188mm
Weight:   690g
ISBN:  

9780471486572


ISBN 10:   0471486574
Pages:   384
Publication Date:   April 2002
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational ,  A / AS level ,  Further / Higher Education
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Preface Acknowledgment The Need is Very Real: Author s Perspective So You Want to Encrypt: Don t Hurt Your Own Interests by Doing So Protect What and From Whom? The Answer Determines What You Should and Should Not Do Effective Protection for Computers Not Connected to Networks Effective Protection for Computers Connected to the Internet or other Networks Encrypted TelephonyLegal Issues In ConclusionAppendicesGlossary Index

MICHAEL A. CALOYANNIDES is a Senior Fellow at Mitretek Systems,Virginia, USA. He is an expert in the fields of information assurance, network security, computer forensics and other related security areas.


...Desktop Witness is a wake up call to all computer users, and certainly essential reading for anyone travelling to unfamiliar countries...In this case, if you don t read it, you could well regret it... (New Scientist, 22 June 2002) this book is fascinating will provide some very valuable information, and an alternative perspective (M2 Best Books, 29 August 2002)

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