This is a book about IT security, hackers, crackers, phishers, spammers, scammers, virus-writers, Trojan horses, malware, spyware and how to keep this sort of stuff out of computer systems. This is one of those particularly interesting security books, as the author used to be a hacker. Therefore, this book contains advice from someone who knows how to break into someone else's computers and who has, in the past, been prepared to invest large amounts of time in attempting to do just that. 'Defeating the Hacker' allows the reader to learn how to protect their computer systems with advice from someone who knows how to break into them.

Chapter 1: Introduction.
Chapter 2: A Hacker is Made.
Chapter 3: Preparation and Planning.
Chapter 4: International Laws and Standards.
Chapter 5: Passwords and Beyond.
Chapter 6: Your Information Security Policy
Chapter 7: Security Awareness Training.
Chapter 8: Patch Management.
Chapter 9: Windows Workstation Security.
Chapter 10: Basic Server Security.

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