Microsoft Windows Security Fundamentals

For Windows 2003 SP1 and R2

Jan De Clercq, Guido Grillenmeier

• Publisher: Digital Press
• Year: 2011
• Print ISBN: 9781555583408
• eBook ISBN: 9780080491882
• Topic: Computer Science
• Subtopic: Computer Networking
• Index: Computer Science

This is the first of two books serving as an expanded and up-dated version of Windows Server 2003 Security Infrastructures for Windows 2003 Server R2 and SP1 & SP2. The authors choose to encompass this material within two books in order to illustrate the intricacies of the different paths used to secure MS Windows server networks. Since its release in 2003 the Microsoft Exchange server has had two important updates, SP1 and SP2. SP1, allows users to increase their security, reliability and simplify the administration of the program. Within SP1, Microsoft has implemented R2 which improves identity and access management across security-related boundaries. R2 also improves branch office server management and increases the efficiency of storage setup and management. The second update, SP2 minimizes spam, pop-ups and unwanted downloads. These two updated have added an enormous amount of programming security to the server software.* Covers all SP1 and SP2 updates* Details strategies for patch management* Provides key techniques to maintain security application upgrades and updates

Table of contents

• Front Cover
• Microsoft® Windows Security Fundamentals
• Copyright Page
• Contents
• Foreword by Tony Redmond
• Foreword by Mark Mortimore
• Foreword by Steven Adler
• Preface
• Acknowledgments
• Part I: Introduction
• Part II: Authentication
• Part III: Authorization
• Index