Microsoft Vista for IT Security Professionals (Paperback)

Description

This book is designed for the professional system administrators who need to securely deploy Microsoft Vista in their networks. Readers will not only learn about the new security features of Vista, but they will learn how to safely integrate Vista with their existing wired and wireless network infrastructure and safely deploy with their existing applications and databases. The book begins with a discussion of Microsoft's Trustworthy Computing Initiative and Vista's development cycle, which was like none other in Microsoft's history. Expert authors will separate the hype from the reality of Vista’s preparedness to withstand the 24 x 7 attacks it will face from malicious attackers as the world’s #1 desktop operating system. The book has a companion CD which contains hundreds of working scripts and utilities to help administrators secure their environments.

Table of contents

1: Microsoft Vista: An Overview
2: Microsoft Vista: The Battle Against Malware Lives On
3: Microsoft Vista: Securing User Access
4: Microsoft Vista: Trusted Platform Module Services
5: Microsoft Vista: Data Protection
6: Microsoft Vista: Patchguard
7: Microsoft Vista: Networking Essentials
8: Microsoft Vista: Wireless World
9: Microsoft Vista: Windows Mail
10: Microsoft Vista: Update Services
11: Microsoft Vista: The Bells and Whistles
12: Monitoring Vista
13: Appendix A: Microsoft Vista: The International Community
14: Appendix B: Changes to the Vista EULA