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Thor's Microsoft Security Bible

ISBN: 9781597495721
Pages: 336
Trim: 7.5 in x 9.25 in
Publication Date: Aug 2011

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Thor's Microsoft Security Bible

By Timothy "Thor" Mullen

Description

Thor's Microsoft® Security Bible provides a "one-stop-shop" for Microsoft-related security techniques and procedures as applied to the typical deployment of a Microsoft-based infrastructure. The book contains detailed security concepts and methodologies described at every level: Server, Client, Organizational Structure, Platform-specific security options, application specific security (IIS, SQL, Active Directory, etc.) and also includes new, never-before-published security tools complete with source code.

  • Detailed technical information on security processes for all major Microsoft applications
  • Unique project-based "storytelling" delivery, combining multiple security techniques and methods together for real-world solutions to security challenges in actual business use cases
  • Reference-style content for access to specific application security techniques and methods
  • Actual author opinion and guidance as not only HOW to go about security particular applications, but WHY to do so
  • DVD Companion disk with source code, tools, video tutorials, and other materials

About the Authors

Timothy "Thor" Mullen
Principal Security Architect for a world-wide, multi-billion dollar commerce platform, and is rumored to operate somewhere in the vicinity of Seattle, WA. Also known as "Thor,” he is the founder of the "Hammer of God" security co-op group. He is a member of American Mensa, a Microsoft Certified Trainer, has Microsoft Engineer certifications in all remotely recent Operating Systems and was awarded Microsoft's "Most Valuable Professional” (MVP) award in Windows Enterprise Security for four years running.

Contents

  • Chapter 1. Securely Writing Web Proxy Log Data to Structured Query Language (SQL) Server and Programmatically Monitoring Web Traffic Data in Order to Automatically Inject Allow/Deny Rules into Threat Management Gateway (TMG) Chapter 2. Internet Information Server (IIS) Authentication and Authorization Models, and Locking Down File Access with Encrypting File System (EFS) and Web Distributed Authoring and Versioning (Web DAV) Chapter 3. Analyzing and Blocking Malicious Traffic Based on Geolocation Chapter 4. Creating an Externally Accessible Authenticated Proxy in a Secure Manner Chapter 5. The Creation and Maintenance of Low Privileged Service Users (with a focus on SQL) Chapter 6. Remote Security Log Collection in a Least Privilege Environment Chapter 7. Securing RDP Appendix A: List Of Acronyms Appendix B: Full list of Server 2008 logs via WEVTUTIL tool